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Legacy of draught cattle breeds of South India: Insights into population structure, genetic admixture and maternal origin.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Manomohan Vandana, Saravanan Ramasamy, Pichler Rudolf, Murali Nagarajan, Sivakumar Karuppusamy, Sudhakar Krovvidi, Nachiappan Raja K, Periasamy Kathiravan
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The present study is the first comprehensive report on diversity, population structure, genetic admixture and mitochondrial DNA variation in South Indian draught type zebu cattle. The diversity of South Indian cattle was moderately high. A significantly strong negative correlation coefficient of -0.674 (P<0.05) was observed between the effective population size of different breeds and their estimated FIS. The...
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