Admixture and diversity in West African cattle populations

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3477-3487

  Freeman, A R ^a   Meghen, C M ^b   Machugh, D E ^c   Loftus, R T ^b   Achukwi, M D ^d   Bado, A ^e   Sauveroche, B ^f   Bradley, D G ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b IDENTIGEN LTD   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^e Ctr Intl Rech Devmt l'Elevage S   (Burkina Faso)

^f FAO Regional Project   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Admixture; Bos indicus; Bos taurus; Gene flow; Microsatellite; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; GLOSSINA (PROPER); MAMMALIA;

EID: 7044264946     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02311.x     Document Type: Article

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