Contributions of Portuguese cattle breeds to genetic diversity using marker-estimated kinships

Animal Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 305-313

  Mateus, J C ^a,d   Eding, H ^b   Penedo, M C T ^c   Rangel Figueiredo, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cattle; Core set; Genetic diversity; Marker estimated kinship

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PORTUGAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GENE FREQUENCY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PORTUGAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 3843100290     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2004.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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