Assessing genetic diversity of Hamdani sheep breed in Kurdistan region of Iraq using microsatellite markers

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 67, 2011, Pages 15109-15116

  Al Barzinji, Y M S ^a   Lababidi, S ^b   Rischkowsky, B ^b   Al Rawi, A A ^a   Tibbo, M ^b   Hassen, Halima ^b   Baum, M ^b  

^a SALAHADDIN UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Hamdani sheep; Heterozygosity; Inbreeding; Microsatellites; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; IRAQ; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 80355136883     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.2689     Document Type: Article

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