Genetics and domestic cattle origins

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 79-86

  Bradley, Daniel G ^a   Loftus, Ronan T ^a   Cunningham, Patrick ^a   Machugh, David E ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0032221242     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1998)6:3<79::AID-EVAN2>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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