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Differentiation of European cattle by AFLP fingerprinting.
Animal genetics - 1 Feb 2007
Negrini R, Nijman I J, Milanesi E, Moazami-Goudarzi K, Williams J L, Erhardt G, Dunner S, Rodellar C, Valentini A, Bradley D G, Olsaker I, Kantanen J, Ajmone-Marsan P, Lenstra J A
Abstract excerpt
The Neolithic introduction of domestic cattle into Europe was followed by differential adaptation, selection, migration and genetic isolation, leading ultimately to the emergence of specialized breeds. We have studied the differentiation of European cattle by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) fingerprinting. Combining AFLP data sets from two laboratories yielded 81 biallelic polymorphic markers scored...
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