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Unfolding of population structure in Baltic sheep breeds using microsatellite analysis.
Heredity - 1 Apr 2005
Tapio I, Tapio M, Grislis Z, Holm L-E, Jeppsson S, Kantanen J, Miceikiene I, Olsaker I, Viinalass H, Eythorsdottir E
Abstract excerpt
Studies of domestic animals are performed on breeds, but a breed does not necessarily equate to a genetically defined population. The division of sheep from three native and four modern Baltic sheep breeds was studied using 21 microsatellite loci and applying a Bayesian clustering method. A traditional breed-wise approach was compared to that relying on the pattern of molecular diversity. In this study, a breed...
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