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Genetic diversity and structure of the West Balkan Pramenka sheep types as revealed by microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Dec 2008
Cinkulov M, Popovski Z, Porcu K, Tanaskovska B, Hodzić A, Bytyqi H, Mehmeti H, Margeta V, Djedović R, Hoda A, Trailović R, Brka M, Marković B, Vazić B, Vegara M, Olsaker I, Kantanen J
Abstract excerpt
Several different phenotypes of the native Pramenka sheep have been developed in the Balkan region for different environmental and socio-cultural conditions. Animals from seven West Balkan Pramenka sheep types were analysed for 15 microsatellite markers and for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and the results were used to assess genetic variation within and among the types and to infer the genetic population structure...
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