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Revisiting AFLP fingerprinting for an unbiased assessment of genetic structure and differentiation of taurine and zebu cattle.
BMC genetics - 17 Apr 2014
Utsunomiya Yuri Tani, Bomba Lorenzo, Lucente Giordana, Colli Licia, Negrini Riccardo, Lenstra Johannes Arjen, Erhardt Georg, Garcia José Fernando, Ajmone-Marsan Paolo
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BACKGROUND: Descendants from the extinct aurochs (Bos primigenius), taurine (Bos taurus) and zebu cattle (Bos indicus) were domesticated 10,000 years ago in Southwestern and Southern Asia, respectively, and colonized the world undergoing complex events of admixture and selection. Molecular data, in particular genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, can complement historic and archaeological...
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