Phylogenetic relationships of three Italian merino-derived sheep breeds evaluated through a complete mitogenome analysis.

In Italy, the crisis of the wool industry triggered the necessity to reconvert the two traditional Merino-derived breeds, Gentile di Puglia and Sopravissana, to meat production, by creating the Merinizzata Italiana. The aim of the present study was to assess the genetic diversity of these three Ital...

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Main Authors: Hovirag Lancioni, Piera Di Lorenzo, Simone Ceccobelli, Ugo A Perego, Arianna Miglio, Vincenzo Landi, Maria T Antognoni, Francesca M Sarti, Emiliano Lasagna, Alessandro Achilli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3767607?pdf=render