Mitochondrial sequence reveals high levels of gene flow between breeds of domestic sheep from Asia and Europe

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 494-501

  Meadows, J R S ^a   Li, K ^b   Kantanen, J ^c   Tapio, M ^c   Sipos, W ^d   Pardeshi, V ^e   Gupta, V ^e   Calvo, J H ^f   Whan, V ^a   Norris, B ^a   Kijas, J W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^e NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^f Unidad de Sanidad Vegetal   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GOAT; HAPLOTYPE; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 26644459998     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esi100     Document Type: Article

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