Genetic study of Murgese horse from genealogical data and microsatellites

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-202

  Pieragostini, Elisa ^a   Rizzi, Rita ^b   Bramante, Grazia ^a   Rosati, Andrea ^c   Perrotta, Giovanna ^c   Caroli, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Laboratorio Genetica e Servizi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genealogical data; Horse; Inbreeding; Microsatellites; Murgese

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MESOMORPHA;

EID: 33645720532     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2005.197     Document Type: Article

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