Genetic Diversity and Geographic Population Structure of Bovine Neospora caninum Determined by Microsatellite Genotyping Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Regidor Cerrillo, Javier ^a   Díez Fuertes, Francisco ^a   García Culebras, Alicia ^a   Moore, Dadín P ^b   González Warleta, Marta ^c   Cuevas, Carmen ^a   Schares, Gereon ^d   Katzer, Frank ^e   Pedraza Díaz, Susana ^a   Mezo, Mercedes ^c   Ortega Mora, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c Centro de Investigacions Agrarias de Mabegondo   (Spain)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^e MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COW; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GERMANY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEOSPORA; SCOTLAND; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN;

EID: 84881169884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072678     Document Type: Article

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