Near East mtDNA haplotype variants in Roman cattle from Augusta Raurica, Switzerland, and in the Swiss Evolène breed

Animal Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 373-375

  Schlumbaum, A ^a   Turgay, M ^a   Schibler, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Bos taurus; Genetic diversity; Mitochondrial DNA; Roman cattle

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWITZERLAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33746237720     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2006.01435.x     Document Type: Article

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