Diversity and effective population size of four horse breeds from microsatellite DNA markers in South-Central Mexico
José Fernando Vázquez-Armijo,Gaspar Manuel Parra-Bracamonte,Miguel Abraham Velazquez,Ana María Sifuentes-Rincón,José Luis Tinoco-Jaramillo,Pascuala Ambriz-Morales,Williams Arellano-Vera,and Victor Ricardo Moreno-Medina
José Fernando Vázquez-Armijo
Centro Universitario UAEM Temascaltepec, Universidad Autónoma del
Estado de México (UAEM). Km. 67.5 Carretera Federal Toluca-Tejupilco,
Código Postal 51300, Temascaltepec, Estado de México, Mexico
Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico
Nacional, Boulevard del Maestro, esquina Elías Piña, Colonia
Narciso Mendoza, Código Postal 88710, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Miguel Abraham Velazquez
School of Agriculture, Food & Rural Development, Newcastle
University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Ana María Sifuentes-Rincón
Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico
Nacional, Boulevard del Maestro, esquina Elías Piña, Colonia
Narciso Mendoza, Código Postal 88710, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico
José Luis Tinoco-Jaramillo
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México. Avenida Unidad 3000, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad
Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, Código Postal 04510,
Distrito Federal, Mexico
Pascuala Ambriz-Morales
Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico
Nacional, Boulevard del Maestro, esquina Elías Piña, Colonia
Narciso Mendoza, Código Postal 88710, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Williams Arellano-Vera
Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico
Nacional, Boulevard del Maestro, esquina Elías Piña, Colonia
Narciso Mendoza, Código Postal 88710, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Victor Ricardo Moreno-Medina
Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico
Nacional, Boulevard del Maestro, esquina Elías Piña, Colonia
Narciso Mendoza, Código Postal 88710, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico
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