Genetic diversity of donkey populations from the putative centers of domestication

Animal Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 30-36

  Rosenbom, S ^a   Costa, V ^a   Al Araimi, N ^a   Kefena, E ^b   Abdel Moneim, A S ^c,d   Abdalla, M A ^e   Bakhiet, A ^e   Beja Pereira, A ^a,f  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^c TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

^e SUDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

allelic richness; centers of origin; domestic donkey; microsatellite variation

Indexed keywords

EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS ASINUS SOMALICUS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; EQUIDAE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MIDDLE EAST; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICA; ALLELES; ANIMALS; EQUIDAE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE EAST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84921684389     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/age.12256     Document Type: Article

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