Lack of mitochondrial DNA structure in Balkan donkey is consistent with a quick spread of the species after domestication

Animal Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 144-147

  Perez Pardal L ^a   Grizelj, J ^b   Traore A ^c   Cubric Curik, V ^d   Arsenos, G ^e   Dovenski, T ^f   Markovic B ^g   Fernandez I ^a   Cuervo, M ^h   Alvarez I ^a   Beja Pereira, A ⁱ   Curik, I ^d   Goyache, F ^a  

^a Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c INSTITUT DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES INERA   (Burkina Faso)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^f SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^h SERPA SA   (Spain)

ⁱ CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

D loop; Equus asinus; genetic diversity; genetic structure; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

EQUUS ASINUS;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BALKAN PENINSULA; BURKINA FASO; DNA SEQUENCE; EQUIDAE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BALKAN PENINSULA; BURKINA FASO; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EQUIDAE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84892432174     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/age.12086     Document Type: Article

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