Molecular evidence for fat-tailed sheep domestication

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1237-1243

  Rocha, Joana ^a   Chen, Shanyuan ^a   Beja Pereira, Albano ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Domestication; Fat tailed; Genetics; Ovis aries; Sheep

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SHEEP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79960836825     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9854-9     Document Type: Article

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