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The genetic diversity and structure of 18 sheep breeds exposed to isolation and selection.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Feb 2016
Ćurković M, Ramljak J, Ivanković S, Mioč B, Ivanković A, Pavić V, Brka M, Veit-Kensch C, Medugorac I
Abstract excerpt
The phylogenetic layout of the genotyped (30 microsatellite) 18 sheep breeds in this study demands and provides the opportunity to evaluate both neutral and adaptive components of genetic diversity in a naturally and artificially selected and subdivided sheep population. Seven Pramenka strains from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia characterized by a very low intensity of artificial selection, preserved the...
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