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SUBMITTER: Di Lorenzo P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5819780 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Di Lorenzo Piera P Lancioni Hovirag H Ceccobelli Simone S Colli Licia L Cardinali Irene I Karsli Taki T Capodiferro Marco Rosario MR Sahin Emine E Ferretti Luca L Ajmone Marsan Paolo P Sarti Francesca Maria FM Lasagna Emiliano E Panella Francesco F Achilli Alessandro A
PloS one 20180220 2
<h4>Background</h4>Over the past 15 years, 300 out of 6000 breeds of all farm animal species identified by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have gone extinct. Among cattle, many Podolian breeds are seriously endangered in various European areas. Podolian cattle include a group of very ancient European breeds, phenotypically close to the aurochs ancestors (Bos primigenius). The aim of the present study was to assess the genetic diversity of Podolian breeds and to ...[more]