Unique mitochondrial DNA in highly inbred feral cattle

Mitochondrion

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 438-440

  Hudson, Gavin ^a   Wilson, Ian ^a   Payne, Brendan I A ^a   Elson, Joanna ^a   Samuels, David C ^b   Santibanez Korev, Mauro ^a   Hall, Stephen J G ^c   Chinnery, Patrick F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine; Mitochondria; MtDNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHILLINGHAM CATTLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXTANT SPECIES; FERAL CATTLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; HERD; HOMOZYGOSITY; INBRED STRAIN; INBREEDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, INBRED STRAINS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; PHYLOGENY;

BOS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84861675727     PISSN: 15677249     EISSN: 18728278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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