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Y chromosome haplotype analysis in Portuguese cattle breeds using SNPs and STRs.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Ginja Catarina, Telo da Gama Luís, Penedo Maria Cecilia T
Abstract excerpt
DNA samples from 307 males of 13 Portuguese native cattle breeds, 57 males of the 3 major exotic breeds in Portugal (Charolais, Friesian, and Limousin), and 5 Brahman (Bos indicus) were tested for 5 single nucleotide polymorphisms, 1 "indel," and 7 microsatellites specific to the Y chromosome. The 13 Y-haplotypes defined included 3 previously described patrilines (Y1, Y2, and Y3) and 10 new haplotypes within Bos...
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