Maternal genetic diversity and population structure of four Chinese donkey breeds

Livestock Science

Volumn 131, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 272-280

  Chen, Jianxing ^a   Sun, Yujiang ^a,b   Manglai, Dugarjaviin ^c   Min, Lingjiang ^a   Pan, Qingjie ^a  

^a QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Agricultural Science of Dongying   (China)

^c INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytb; Donkey; Genetic diversity; Maternal origin; Population structure

Indexed keywords

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 80052025743     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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