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Admixture and diversity in West African cattle populations.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2004
Freeman A R, Meghen C M, MacHugh D E, Loftus R T, Achukwi M D, Bado A, Sauveroche B, Bradley D G
Abstract excerpt
We present a population genetic analysis of microsatellite variation in 16 West African cattle populations. West Africa represents a unique juxtaposition of different climatic and ecological zones in a relatively small geographical area. While more humid coastal regions are inhabited by the tsetse fly, a vector which spreads trypanosomiasis among cattle, the disease is not transmitted in the drier areas outside...
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