Hierarchical structure of the Sicilian goats revealed by Bayesian analyses of microsatellite information

Animal Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-95

  Siwek, M ^a,d   Finocchiaro, R ^b   Curik, I ^c   Portolano, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Frisona Italiana   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

biodiversity management; clustering; goat; hierarchical genealogical structure; microsatellite diversity

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BREEDING; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GOAT; ITALY; PEDIGREE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BREEDING; GOATS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; SICILY;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 78651394916     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02080.x     Document Type: Article

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