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Genetic diversity analysis of an indigenous Chinese buffalo breed and hybrids based on microsatellite data.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 5 Dec 2011
Yang W C, Tang K Q, Mei J, Zeng W B, Yang L G
Abstract excerpt
Chinese native buffaloes have faced the threat of extinction, along with an increase in crossbreeding with domesticated river buffaloes; consequently, conservation of local buffalo genetic resources has become a priority. A Chinese native breed, Jianghan, is often crossed intentionally and unintentionally with imported breeds from India and Pakistan, Murrah, and Nili-Ravi. A total of 128 buffaloes of the...
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