Determination of evolutionary relationships among sheep breeds using microsatellites.

doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1401

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Determination of evolutionary relationships among sheep breeds using microsatellites.

Genomics - 15 Jul 1994

Buchanan F C, Adams L J, Littlejohn R P, Maddox J F, Crawford A M

Abstract excerpt

Eight ovine microsatellite loci were amplified in 40 to 50 unrelated individuals from six sheep populations representing five breeds: Romney, Border Leicester, Suffolk, Awassi, and both Australian and New Zealand Merino. For all of the microsatellite loci analyzed, there were highly significant d...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Base Sequence
Breeding
DNA, Satellite
Gene Frequency
Genetic Markers
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sheep
Species Specificity

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