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Genetic diversity and assignment tests among seven French cattle breeds based on microsatellite DNA analysis.
Journal of animal science - 1 Apr 2002
Maudet C, Luikart G, Taberlet P
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variability and relationships among six native French cattle breeds (Abondance, Tarentaise, Villard de Lans, Montbéliarde, Limousin, and Charolais) and one foreign breed (Holstein) were investigated using 23 microsatellite markers. These breeds were also compared with four Swiss breeds genotyped in a previously published study. Interestingly, the French alpine breeds have smaller population sizes but...
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