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Genetic diversity and population structure of indigenous yellow cattle breeds of China using 30 microsatellite markers.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2007
Zhang G X, Wang Z G, Chen W S, Wu C X, Han X, Chang H, Zan L S, Li R L, Wang J H, Song W T, Xu G F, Yang H J, Luo Y F
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Twenty-seven domesticated yellow cattle breeds of China and three introduced cattle breeds were analysed by means of 30 microsatellite markers to determine the level of genetic variation within and among populations as well as the population structure. In all, 480 microsatellite alleles were observed across the 30 breeds with the mean number of alleles per locus of 9.093 for native breeds and 6.885 for the three...
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