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Genetic features of Kazakh sheep breeds according to microsatellites

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Four Kazak sheep breeds are assessed according to 20 microsatellite loci. All breeds show a high level of genetic variability. A low level of interbreed difference (θ = 2.5%) is established. The synthetic origin of Kazakh breeds is established by genetic methods.

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  1. MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Jokioinen, 31600, Finland

    M. Yu. Ozerov, M. Tapio, A. A. Burabaev & Yu. Kantanen

  2. All-Russian State Animal Husbandry Research Industry, Moscow oblast, 142132, Russia

    N. S. Marzanov & L. K. Marzanova

  3. Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry, Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, Moscow, 107139, Russia

    Kh. A. Amerkhanov

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Original Russian Text © M.Yu. Ozerov, N.S. Marzanov, M. Tapio, A.A. Burabaev, L.K. Marzanova, Kh.A. Amerkhanov, Yu. Kantanen, 2008, published in Doklady Rossiiskoi Akademii Sel’skokhozyaistvennykh Nauk, 2008, No. 1, pp. 40–43.

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Ozerov, M.Y., Marzanov, N.S., Tapio, M. et al. Genetic features of Kazakh sheep breeds according to microsatellites. Russ. Agricult. Sci. 34, 45–48 (2008). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068367408010175

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