Temporal changes in genetic variation of North European cattle breeds

Animal Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-28

  Kantanen, Juha ^a   Olsaker, I ^b   Adalsteinsson, S ^b,c   Sandberg, K ^d   Eythorsdottir, E ^e   Pirhonen, K ^f   Holm, L E ^c  

^a ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c Agricultural University of Norway ^*  (United States)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e Agricultural Research Institute Reykjavik   (Iceland)

^f Finnish Animal Breeding Association   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blood groups; Cattle; Effective population size; Genetic variation; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

BREEDING METHODS; CATTLE; DENDROGRAM; EUROPE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIANCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; TIME;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033081165     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.1999.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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