Molecular characterisation of the Mafriwal dairy cattle of Malaysia using microsatellite markers

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1366-1368

  Selvi, P K ^a   Panandam, J M ^a   Yusoff, K ^a   Tan, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dairy Cattle; Gene Frequency; Genotype; Mafriwal; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 5444224279     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2004.1366     Document Type: Article

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