African maternal origin and genetic diversity of Chinese domestic donkeys

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 645-652

  Lei, Chu Zhao ^a   Ge, Qing Lan ^a   Zhang, Hu Cai ^b   Liu, Ruo Yu ^c   Zhang, Wei ^a   Jiang, Yong Qing ^a   Dang, Rui Hua ^a   Zheng, Hui Ling ^a   Hou, Wen Tong ^a   Chen, Hong ^a,d  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^c GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese domestic donkeys; MtDNA D loop; Origin

Indexed keywords

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 33947305983     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2007.645     Document Type: Article

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