A viable herd of genetically uniform cattle - Deleterious alleles seem to have been purged in a feral strain of inbred cows.

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作者
Visscher, PM
Smith, D
Hall, SJG
Williams, JA
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[1] Univ Edinburgh, Inst Cell Anim & Populat Biol, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Midlothian, Scotland
[2] Roslin Inst, Roslin EH25 9PS, Midlothian, Scotland
[3] De Montfort Univ, Sch Agr, Grantham NG32 3EP, England
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10.1038/35053160
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Deleterious alleles seem to have been purged in a feral strain of inbred cows.
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