Testing the usefulness of the molecular coancestry information to assess genetic relationships in livestock using a set of Spanish sheep breeds

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 737-744

  Alvarez I ^a   Gutierrez J P ^b   Royo, L J ^a   Fernandez I ^a   Gomez E ^a   Arranz, J J ^c   Goyache, F ^a,d  

^a Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic Distance; Microsatellite; Molecular Kinship; Sheep Breeds

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 27944510460     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2005.834737x     Document Type: Article

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