Survey of uniparental genetic markers in the Maltese cattle breed reveals a significant founder effect but does not indicate local domestication

Anim Genet. 2016 Apr;47(2):267-9. doi: 10.1111/age.12408. Epub 2016 Feb 11.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, 06123, Italy.
² Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, 06121, Italy.
³ Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "L. Spallanzani", Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, 27100, Italy.
⁴ Department of Rural Sciences and Food Systems, Institute of Earth Systems, University of Malta, Msida, MSD, 2080, Malta.

PMID: 26868928
DOI: 10.1111/age.12408

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Breeding
Cattle / genetics*
Female
Founder Effect*
Genetic Markers*
Genome, Mitochondrial*
Haplotypes
Introns
Male
Malta
Y Chromosome / genetics*

Substances

Genetic Markers

Associated data

GENBANK/KT343748
GENBANK/KT343749