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Are DNA profiles breed-specific? A pilot study in pigs.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2000
Signer E N, Dubrova Y E, Jeffreys A J
Abstract excerpt
In this study, DNA fingerprints from 32 unrelated domestic pigs were analysed and screened for breed-specificity. Three breed groups were analysed: Chinese Meishan, Large White and a collection of other European breeds. Ninety-three distinct and variable bands were used to estimate genetic distances between the animals. Between the groups these individual genetic distances substantially exceeded those within a...
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