Population structure and phylogeography of Toda buffalo in Nilgiris throw light on possible origin of aboriginal Toda tribe of South India

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 295-304

  Kathiravan, P ^a   Kataria, R S ^a   Mishra, B P ^a   Dubey, P K ^a   Sadana, D K ^a   Joshi, B K ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

Author keywords

Evolutionary relationship; Kanarese origin; Toda buffalo; Todas

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CLASSIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BUBALUS;

EID: 79960296683     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2011.00921.x     Document Type: Article

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