R T Loftus
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Freeman A, Meghen C, MacHugh D, Loftus R, Achukwi M, Bado A, et al.
Mol Ecol
. 2004 Oct;
13(11):3477-87.
PMID: 15488005
We present a population genetic analysis of microsatellite variation in 16 West African cattle populations. West Africa represents a unique juxtaposition of different climatic and ecological zones in a relatively...
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Kumar P, Freeman A, Loftus R, Gaillard C, Fuller D, Bradley D
Heredity (Edinb)
. 2003 Jun;
91(1):43-50.
PMID: 12815452
We present population genetic analysis of microsatellite variation in seven Bos indicus cattle breeds from a variety of locations in South Asia. This is the first such study focusing within...
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Troy C, MacHugh D, Bailey J, Magee D, Loftus R, Cunningham P, et al.
Nature
. 2001 Apr;
410(6832):1088-91.
PMID: 11323670
The limited ranges of the wild progenitors of many of the primary European domestic species point to their origins further east in Anatolia or the fertile crescent. The wild ox...
4.
Edwards C, Dolf G, Looft C, Loftus R, Bradley D
Anim Genet
. 2000 Dec;
31(5):329-32.
PMID: 11105215
We estimated the genetic relationships between the endangered German Pustertaler-Sprinzen cattle breed and the Pinzgauer, Vosges and Simmental breeds--decided upon after consultation of the available historical literature. Within-breed diversity of...
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Loftus R, Ertugrul O, Harba A, MacHugh D, Park S, Bradley D
Mol Ecol
. 2000 Jan;
8(12):2015-22.
PMID: 10632853
Eight humpless cattle breeds from the Near East, three from Europe, one from West Africa and two zebu breeds from India were screened with 20 microsatellite loci. Breeds from the...
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Cymbron T, Loftus R, I Malheiro M, Bradley D
Proc Biol Sci
. 1999 Apr;
266(1419):597-603.
PMID: 10212450
A total of 49 samples from indigenous Portuguese cattle breeds were analysed for sequence variation in the hypervariable region of the mitochondrial DNA D-loop. Sequence comparison and phylogenetic analyses revealed...
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MacHugh D, Loftus R, Cunningham P, Bradley D
Anim Genet
. 1998 Nov;
29(5):333-40.
PMID: 9800321
Genotype data from 20 microsatellites typed in 253 animals is used here to assess the genetic structure of seven European pedigree cattle breeds. Estimation of genetic subdivision using classical drift-based...
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Mannen H, Tsuji S, Loftus R, Bradley D
Genetics
. 1998 Nov;
150(3):1169-75.
PMID: 9799268
This article describes complete mitochondrial DNA displacement loop sequences from 32 Japanese Black cattle and the analysis of these data in conjunction with previously published sequences from African, European, and...
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MacHugh D, Shriver M, Loftus R, Cunningham P, Bradley D
Genetics
. 1997 Jul;
146(3):1071-86.
PMID: 9215909
Genetic variation at 20 microsatellite loci was surveyed to determine the evolutionary relationships and molecular biogeography of 20 different cattle populations from Africa, Europe and Asia. Phylogenetic reconstruction and multivariate...
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Bradley D, MacHugh D, Cunningham P, Loftus R
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 1996 May;
93(10):5131-5.
PMID: 8643540
The nature of domestic cattle origins in Africa are unclear as archaeological data are relatively sparse. The earliest domesticates were humpless, or Bos taurus, in morphology and may have shared...