On the history of cattle genetic resources

Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 705-750

  Felius, Marleen ^a   Beerling, Marie Louise ^b   Buchanan, David S ^c   Theunissen, Bert ^d   Koolmees, Peter A ^e   Lenstra, Johannes A ^e  

^a North Dakota State University ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Utrecht University ^*  (Netherlands)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cattle; Conservation; Diversity; Domestication; Genetic resources; History

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CATTLE; DOMESTICATION; GENETIC RESOURCE; LIVESTOCK; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BOS;

EID: 84920124964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d6040705     Document Type: Review

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