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Mitochondrial DNA variation in cattle of south China: origin and introgression.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 1999
Yu Y, Nie L, He Z Q, Wen J K, Jian C S, Zhang Y P
Abstract excerpt
Ten restriction endonucleases were used to investigate the mitochondrial DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism (mtDNA RFLP) of 11 native cattle breeds and one cultivated cattle breed in South China. Twenty-three restriction morphs were detected, which can be sorted into five haplotypes. A phylogenetic tree of the haplotypes was constructed by using the 'upgMa' method. Our study showed that haplotype I and...
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