Genetic components of grey cattle in Estonia as revealed by microsatellite analysis using two Bayesian clustering methods

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It was recently postulated that a few individual grey cattle still found in Estonia might be a relict of the old native cattle stock. Genotypes at 17 microsatellite loci from a total of 243 cattle from North European breeds and 11 gr...

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Main Authors: Michelson Annika, Kantanen Juha, Li Meng-Hua, Saarma Urmas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-02-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/4/37