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Genetic homogeneity of North-African goats.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Ouchene-Khelifi Nadjet-Amina, Lafri Mohamed, Pompanon François, Ouhrouch Abdessamad, Ouchene Nassim, Blanquet Véronique, Lenstra Johannes A, Benjelloun Badr, Da Silva Anne
Abstract excerpt
North Africa represents a rich and early reservoir of goat genetic diversity, from which the main African breeds have been derived. In this study, the genetic diversity of four indigenous Algerian goat breeds (i.e., Arabia, Makatia, M'Zabite and Kabyle, with n = 12 for each breed) has been investigated for the first time by genome-wide SNP genotyping; moreover in a broader context, genetic structuration of...
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