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The CD45 locus in cattle: allelic polymorphism and evidence for exceptional positive natural selection.
Immunogenetics - 1 Jan 2001
Ballingall K T, Waibochi L, Holmes E C, Woelk C H, MacHugh N D, Lutje V, McKeever D J
Abstract excerpt
Cattle in Africa are a genetically diverse population that has resulted from successive introduction of Asian Bos indicus and European B. taurus cattle. However, analysis of mitochondrial genetic diversity in African cattle identified three lineages, one associated with Asian B. indicus, one with European B. taurus, and a third ascribed to an indigenous African sub-species of cattle. Due to their extended...
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