Genetic diversity and relationships of Portuguese and other horse breeds based on protein and microsatellite loci variation

Animal Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-27

  Luis C ^a,c   Juras, R ^b   Oom, M M ^a   Cothran, E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Horse breed history; Microsatellites; Proteins

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HORSE; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENETIC MARKERS; HORSES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORTUGAL; PROTEINS;

EQUIDAE; FRIESIA;

EID: 33846593525     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2006.01545.x     Document Type: Article

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