Origins and Genetic Diversity of New World Creole Cattle: Inferences from Mitochondrial and Y Chromosome Polymorphisms
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2052.2009.01976.x Origins and genetic diversity of New World Creole cattle: inferences from mitochondrial and Y chromosome polymorphisms C. Ginja*, M. C. T. Penedo†, L. Melucci‡, J. Quiroz§, O. R. Martı´nez Lo´ pez¶, M. A. Revidatti**, A. Martı´nez-Martı´nez††, J. V. Delgado‡‡ and L. T. Gama§§ *Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisboa, Portugal; Departamento de Gene´ tica e Melhoramento Animal, Instituto Nacional dos Recursos Biolo´ gicos, Fonte Boa, 2005-048 Vale de Santare´ m, Portugal. †Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA. ‡Facultad Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Balcarce, Argentina; Estacio´ n Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologı´a Agropecuaria, Balcarce, Argentina. §Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrı´colas y Pecuarias, Me´ xico. ¶Departamento de Produccio´ n Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Asuncio´ n, San Lorenzo, Paraguay; PDIZ, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil. **Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentina. ††Departamento de Gene´ tica, Universidad de Co´ rdoba, Campus Rabanales C-5 14071, Co´ rdoba, Spain. ‡‡Departamento de Gene´ tica, Universidad de Co´ rdoba, Campus Rabanales C-5 14071, Co´ rdoba, Spain. §§Departamento de Gene´ tica e Melhoramento Animal, Instituto Nacional dos Recursos Biolo´ gicos, Fonte Boa, 2005-048 Vale de Santare´ m, Portugal Summary The ancestry of New World cattle was investigated through the analysis of mitochondrial and Y chromosome variation in Creoles from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay and the United States of America.
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