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Phylogenetic relationships of three Italian merino-derived sheep breeds evaluated through a complete mitogenome analysis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Lancioni Hovirag, Di Lorenzo Piera, Ceccobelli Simone, Perego Ugo A, Miglio Arianna, Landi Vincenzo, Antognoni Maria T, Sarti Francesca M, Lasagna Emiliano, Achilli Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
In Italy, the crisis of the wool industry triggered the necessity to reconvert the two traditional Merino-derived breeds, Gentile di Puglia and Sopravissana, to meat production, by creating the Merinizzata Italiana. The aim of the present study was to assess the genetic diversity of these three Italian Merino-derived (IMd) breeds by examining the molecular information encoded in the maternally-inherited...
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