Geographic distribution and frequency of a taurine Bos taurus and an indicine Bos indicus Y specific allele amongst sub-Saharan African cattle breeds

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 387-396

  Hanotte, O ^a   Tawah, C L ^b,c   Bradley, D G ^d   Okomo, M ^a   Verjee, Y ^a   Ochieng, J ^a   Rege, J E O ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Bos indicus; Bos taurus; Indicine; Sanga; Taurine; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLELE; BREED DIFFERENCE; BREED; CROSSBREEDING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CROSS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTROGRESSION; MICROSATELLITE DNA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICA; AFRICA, NORTHERN; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; CASTANEA CRENATA; MAMMALIA; SANGA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0034049584     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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