Article
Genetic footprints of Iberian cattle in America 500 years after the arrival of Columbus.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Martínez Amparo M, Gama Luis T, Cañón Javier, Ginja Catarina, Delgado Juan V, Dunner Susana, Landi Vincenzo, Martín-Burriel Inmaculada, Penedo M Cecilia T, Rodellar Clementina, Vega-Pla Jose Luis, Acosta Atzel, Alvarez Luz A, Camacho Esperanza, Cortés Oscar, Marques Jose R, Martínez Roberto, Martínez Ruben D, Melucci Lilia, Martínez-Velázquez Guillermo, Muñoz Jaime E, Postiglioni Alicia, Quiroz Jorge, Sponenberg Philip, Uffo Odalys, Villalobos Axel, Zambrano Delsito, Zaragoza Pilar
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: American Creole cattle presumably descend from animals imported from the Iberian Peninsula during the period of colonization and settlement, through different migration routes, and may have also suffered the influence of cattle directly imported from Africa. The introduction of European cattle, which began in the 18th century, and later of Zebu from India, has threatened the survival of Creole...
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