Genetic relationships among European cattle breeds.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2052.1998.00327.x

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Genetic relationships among European cattle breeds.

Animal genetics - 1 Aug 1998

Blott S C, Williams J L, Haley C S

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Genetic relationships among 37 European cattle breeds were investigated using blood group and serum protein polymorphisms. The 18,859 animals included in the study represented a random sample from pedigree populations in the UK. Within-breed variation was estimated by average heterozygosity and n...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Cattle
Chromosome Mapping
Europe
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Heterozygote

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