Genetic diversity among Angus, American Brahman, Senepol and Romosinuano cattle breeds

Animal Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-53

  Brenneman, R A ^a,c   Chase Jr , C C ^a   Olson, T A ^b   Riley, D G ^a   Coleman, S W ^a  

^a USDA ARS SubTropical Agricultural Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Henry Doorly Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef breeds; Genetic distance; Genetic variation; Inbreeding; Microsatellites; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 33846638834     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2006.01551.x     Document Type: Article

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