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Genetic diversity and differentiation of Mongolian and Russian yak populations.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Apr 2005
Xuebin Q, Jianlin H, Lkhagva B, Chekarova I, Badamdorj D, Rege J E O, Hanotte O
Abstract excerpt
In this study we examined the genetic diversity of yak populations in the northernmost part of their current global distribution. Five Mongolian and one Russian yak populations as well as one Chinese yak population from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, the putative centre of yak domestication, were analysed with 15 microsatellite loci to determine the level of genetic variation within populations as well as the...
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