Genetic signatures of a Mediterranean influence in Iberian Peninsula sheep husbandry

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1420-1426

  Pereira, Filipe ^a   Davis, Simon J M ^b   Pereira, Luísa ^a   McEvoy, Brian ^c   Bradley, Daniel G ^c   Amorim, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Ministerio da Cultura Portugal   (Portugal)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Iberian Peninsula; mtDNA lineages; Ovis aries; Sheep husbandry

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ASIA; BREEDING; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENETIC SIGNATURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HISTORY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORTUGAL; SHEEP; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ASIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SPAIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33745623627     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl007     Document Type: Article

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