A comprehensive evaluation of cattle introgression into US federal bison herds

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Halbert, Natalie D ^a   Derr, James N ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HERD; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; BISON; CATTLE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; UNITED STATES;

BISON; BOS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 34250018338     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esl051     Document Type: Article

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