Variation in the mitochondrial control region sequence between the two maternal lines of the Sorraia horse breed

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 309-311

  Luís, Cristina ^a   Bastos Silveira, Cristiane ^a,b   Gus Cothran, E ^c   Mar Oom, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control region; Maternal lineages; Mitochondrial DNA; Sorraia horse

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HORSE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036760367     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572002000300010     Document Type: Article

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