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Mitochondrial DNA diversity of the Sardinian local cattle stock.
Scientific reports - 15 Feb 2022
Petretto Elena, Dettori Maria Luisa, Pazzola Michele, Manca Fabio, Amills Marcel, Vacca Giuseppe Massimo
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this research was to characterize the genetic diversity of the Sarda (Sa, n = 131), Sardo Bruna (SB, n = 44) and Sardo Modicana (SM, n = 26) cattle breeds, reared in the island of Sardinia (Italy). A portion of the mitochondrial DNA hypervariable region was sequenced, in order to identify a potential signature of African introgression. The FST coefficients among populations ranged between 0.056 for Sa...
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