Discriminating among cattle breeds using genetic markers

Heredity

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 613-619

  Blott, S C ^a,b   Williams, J L ^a   Haley, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breed identification; Cattle; Genetic markers

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CATTLE; CROSSBREEDING; DIALLEL ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033151857     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1999.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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