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Genetic diversity and subdivision of 57 European and Middle-Eastern sheep breeds.
Animal genetics - 1 Feb 2007
Peter C, Bruford M, Perez T, Dalamitra S, Hewitt G, Erhardt G
Abstract excerpt
The population structure and genetic diversity of 57 European and Middle Eastern marginal and cosmopolitan sheep breeds from 15 countries were analysed by typing 31 microsatellite markers. Mean unbiased expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.63 in British Exmoor Horn to 0.77 in Albanian Ruda. South-eastern European and Middle-Eastern sheep breeds were significantly more variable than northwestern and western...
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