PMID- 19630883
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100118
LR  - 20090727
IS  - 1439-0388 (Electronic)
IS  - 0931-2668 (Linking)
VI  - 126
IP  - 4
DP  - 2009 Aug
TI  - Identification of descendants of an extinct bovine population from the Algarve 
      region of Portugal using numerical taxonomy analysis of morphological traits.
PG  - 319-26
LID - 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2008.00787.x [doi]
AB  - The morphology of a sample of four bulls and 43 cows, presumed to be descendants 
      of the extinct cattle breed 'Algarvia' (AG), was used to assign their 
      relationship with animals from other Portuguese autochthonous breeds - Arouquesa 
      (AR), Barrosa (BA), Cachena (CA), Marinhoa (MA), Maronesa (MO), Minhota (MN), 
      Mirandesa (MI), (only bulls), Alentejana (AL), Garvonesa (GA), Mertolenga (ME) 
      and Preta (PR). Standard numerical taxonomic methods were applied to a set of 183 
      (cows) and 170 (bulls) traits, to derive average pairwise taxonomic distances 
      among the sample of 257 cows and 76 bulls. Distance coefficients (morphological 
      index of distance) ranged from 0.22 to 2.62 (cows) and from 0.49 to 2.13 (bulls). 
      Unweighted pair group method using arithmetic averages (UPGMA)-based phenograms 
      and a principal coordinate analysis showed that bulls were highly clustered and 
      cows showed a tendency to cluster according to their geographical and breed 
      origin. The AG population grouped together with GA, AL, ME and MN breeds in the 
      Red Convex group. The average taxonomic distance among breeds was 1.02, the 
      highest being 1.39 (ME versus BA) and the lowest being 0.64 (MA versus AR). The 
      approach allowed for the identification of a phenotypically differentiated set of 
      animals, comprising 19 cows and four bulls representative of the AG breed, and 
      which can be targeted in further studies aiming at the recovery of this extinct 
      breed.
FAU - Sobral, M F
AU  - Sobral MF
AD  - Direccao Geral de Veterinaria-DSPA, Lisboa, Portugal.
FAU - Roberto, C
AU  - Roberto C
FAU - Navas, D
AU  - Navas D
FAU - Palmilha, I
AU  - Palmilha I
FAU - Lima, M B
AU  - Lima MB
FAU - Cravador, A
AU  - Cravador A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Germany
TA  - J Anim Breed Genet
JT  - Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und 
      Zuchtungsbiologie
JID - 100955807
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Cattle/*classification
MH  - Cluster Analysis
MH  - *Conservation of Natural Resources
MH  - *Extinction, Biological
MH  - Female
MH  - Male
MH  - *Phylogeny
MH  - Portugal
EDAT- 2009/07/28 09:00
MHDA- 2010/01/19 06:00
CRDT- 2009/07/28 09:00
PHST- 2009/07/28 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/07/28 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/01/19 06:00 [medline]
AID - JBG787 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2008.00787.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Anim Breed Genet. 2009 Aug;126(4):319-26. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1439-0388.2008.00787.x.