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Population structure, genetic variation and morphological diversity in indigenous sheep of Ethiopia.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2007
Gizaw S, Van Arendonk J A M, Komen H, Windig J J, Hanotte O
Abstract excerpt
We investigated genetic and morphological diversity and population structure of 14 traditional sheep populations originating from four ecological zones in Ethiopia (sub-alpine, wet highland, sub-humid lowland and arid lowland). All animals (n = 672) were genotyped for 17 microsatellite markers and scored for 12 morphological characters. The sheep were initially classified as fat-tailed (11 populations),...
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