The complete genome sequence of the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

BMC Genomics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Glanzmann, Brigitte ^a   Möller, Marlo ^a   le Roex, Nikki ^a   Tromp, Gerard ^a   Hoal, Eileen G ^a   van Helden, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bos taurus; Genetic diversity; Genome assembly; Syncerus caffer

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN BUFFALO; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; MALE; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; TAURINE CATTLE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; BUFFALO; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 85002607360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3364-0     Document Type: Article

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