Mitochondrial sequence variation suggests an African influence in Portuguese cattle

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1419, 1999, Pages 597-603

  Cymbron, Teresa ^b   Loftus, Ronan T ^a   Malheiro, M Isabel ^b   Bradley, Daniel G ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bos taurus; Domestication; Molecular evolution; mtDNA; Population genetics; Portugal

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANTAGONISM; COEVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MUTUALISM;

AFRICA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0033594138     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0678     Document Type: Article

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