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Genetic diversity and population structure of different varieties of Morada Nova hair sheep from Brazil.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 3 Apr 2014
Ferreira J S B, Paiva S R, Silva E C, McManus C M, Caetano A R, Façanha D A E, de Sousa M A N
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to analyze genetic diversity and population structure among varieties of White (N = 40), Red (N = 32), and Black (N = 31) Morada Nova hair sheep from flocks in the northeastern Brazilian semiarid region. Fifteen nuclear microsatellite markers and two regions of mitochondrial DNA were used. The intra-population analysis demonstrated that the White variety had higher diversity, while the...
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