Article
Genetic diversity and relationships among six local cattle populations in semi-arid areas assessed by a bovine medium-density single nucleotide polymorphism data.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 Jan 2019
Boushaba N, Boujenane I, Moazami-Goudarzi K, Flori L, Saïdi-Mehtar N, Tabet-Aoul N, Laloë D
Abstract excerpt
The local cattle populations belonging to the 'Brune de l'Atlas' cattle in Algeria and Morocco are potential resources in terms of genetic diversity and socioeconomic prevalence and their characterization is an essential step in any program designed to conserve genetic diversity. Our objectives were to assess the genetic diversity, the population structure and relationships among four Algerian cattle breeds, the...
Topics
- Agriculture
- Algeria
- Animal Distribution
- Animals
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Ecosystem
- Europe
- Genotype
- Morocco
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
