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Genetic characterization of Latin-American Creole cattle using microsatellite markers.
Animal genetics - 1 Feb 2012
Delgado J V, Martínez A M, Acosta A, Alvarez L A, Armstrong E, Camacho E, Cañón J, Cortés O, Dunner S, Landi V, Marques J R, Martín-Burriel I, Martínez O R, Martínez R D, Melucci L, Muñoz J E, Penedo M C T, Postiglioni A, Quiróz J, Rodellar C, Sponenberg P, Uffo O, Ulloa-Arvizu R, Vega-Pla J L, Villalobos A, Zambrano D, Zaragoza P, Gama L T, Ginja C
Abstract excerpt
Genetic diversity in and relationships among 26 Creole cattle breeds from 10 American countries were assessed using 19 microsatellites. Heterozygosities, F-statistics estimates, genetic distances, multivariate analyses and assignment tests were performed. The levels of within-breed diversity detected in Creole cattle were considerable and higher than those previously reported for European breeds, but similar to...
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