A microsatellite survey of cattle from a centre of origin: The Near East

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2015-2022

  Loftus, R T ^a   Ertugrul, O ^b   Barbar, A H ^c   El Barody, M A A ^d   Machugh, D E ^a   Park, S D E ^a   Bradley, D G ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^d Minia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cattle; Domestication; Genetic diversity; Introgression; Microsatellite; Origins

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BREED; EUROPE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DIVERGENCE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; INDIA; INTROGRESSION; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MIDDLE EAST; WEST AFRICA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; EUROPE; GENETICS, POPULATION; INDIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033367180     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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