Microsatellite-based genetic diversity and population structure of domestic sheep in northern Eurasia

BMC Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tapio, Miika ^a   Ozerov, Mikhail ^a   Tapio, Ilma ^a   Toro, Miguel A ^b   Marzanov, Nurbiy ^c   Ćinkulov, Mirjana ^d   Goncharenko, Galina ^e   Kiselyova, Tatyana ^f   Murawski, Maziek ^g   Kantanen, Juha ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Federal Agency of Scientific Organizations   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^e Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Agricultural Science   (Russian Federation)

^f All Russian Research Institute of Farm Animal Genetics and Breeding   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BAYES THEOREM; BODY WEIGHT; BREED DIFFERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOMESTICATION; EUROPE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIVESTOCK; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHEEP; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ANIMAL; BREEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS;

OVIS ARIES;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BAYES THEOREM; BREEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 77955301212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-11-76     Document Type: Article

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