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Population structure of Vietnamese pigs using mitochondrial DNA.
Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho - 1 Jan 2000
Ishihara Shinya, Arakawa Aisaku, Ba Nguyen V, Dinh Nguyen C, Ninh Pham H, Okamura Toshihiro, Dang-Nguyen Thanh Q, Kikuchi Kazuhiro, Pham Lan D, Taniguchi Masaaki
Abstract excerpt
The D-loop region on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is frequently used for analyses of maternal lineages within domestic animal species. There are many native pig breeds in Vietnam, but their origins remain unclear. This study investigated maternal lineages using the D-loop region on mtDNA of 260 samples collected from native pigs in 20 provinces across Vietnam. The D-loop region of all samples was amplified and...
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