Geographic distribution and frequency of a taurine Bos taurus and an indicine Bos indicus Y specific allele amongst sub‐Saharan African cattle breeds
- 1 April 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Ecology
- Vol. 9 (4), 387-396
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.00858.x
Abstract
We report for the first time, and for the whole of sub‐Saharan Africa, the geographical distribution and the frequency of an indicine and a taurine Y specific allele amongst African cattle breeds. A ...Keywords
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