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Towards breed formation by island model divergence in Korean cattle.
BMC evolutionary biology - 18 Dec 2015
Strucken Eva M, Lee Seung H, Jang Gul W, Porto-Neto Laercio R, Gondro Cedric
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The main cattle breed in Korea is the brown Hanwoo, which has been under artificial selection within a national breeding program for several decades. Varieties of the Hanwoo known as Jeju Black and Chikso were not included in the breeding program and remained isolated from the effects of recent artificial selection advancements. We analysed the Jeju Black and Chikso populations in regards to their...
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