Genetic characterization of local Sudanese sheep breeds using DNA markers

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-33

  Gornas, Nahid ^a,b   Weimann, C ^a   El Hussien, A ^b   Erhardt, G ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Microsatellite loci; Mitochondrial DNA; Sheep; Sudan

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78650857262     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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