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Indigenous cattle of Sri Lanka: Genetic and phylogeographic relationship with Zebu of Indus Valley and South Indian origin.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2023
L G S Lokugalappatti, Wickramasinghe Saumya, P A B D Alexander, Abbas Kamran, Hussain Tanveer, Ramasamy Saravanan, Manomohan Vandana, Tapsoba Arnaud Stephane R, Pichler Rudolf, Babar Masroor E, Periasamy Kathiravan
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The present study reports the population structure, genetic admixture and phylogeography of cattle breeds of Sri Lanka viz. Batu Harak, Thawalam and White cattle. Moderately high level of genetic diversity was observed in all the three Sri Lankan zebu cattle breeds. Estimates of inbreeding for Thawalam and White cattle breeds were relatively high with 6.1% and 7.2% respectively. Genetic differentiation of Sri...
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