Genetic variability in the skyros pony and its relationship with other Greek and foreign horse breeds

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-76

  Bömcke, Elisabeth ^a,b   Gengler, Nicolas ^a,c   Cothran, E Gus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b FRIA   (Belgium)

^c FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic markers; Genetic variation; Horse; Pedigree

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING LINE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENE LOCUS; GENEALOGY; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GREECE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HORSE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 79851481190     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572010005000113     Document Type: Article

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