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Table 1 Continental areas, countries and breeds of taurine and zebu cattle sampled

From: Revisiting AFLP fingerprinting for an unbiased assessment of genetic structure and differentiation of taurine and zebu cattle

Continental area

Country

Breed

Zebu

Taurine

Code

na

n QCb

Southern Asia

India

Hariana

x

 

HAR

4

4

  

Tharparkar

x

 

THA

4

4

 

Pakistan

Sahiwal

x

 

SHA

4

4

Southwestern Asia

Turkey

Anatolian Black

 

x

ANB

24

23

  

Turkish Gray

 

x

TGS

24

23

Eastern Europe

Hungary

Hungarian Gray

 

x

HUG

22

19

 

Croatia

Istrian

 

x

ISR

24

23

 

Poland

Polish Red

 

x

POR

23

21

Central Europe

Belgium

Belgian Blue

 

x

BEB

27

24

 

France

Blond d'Aquitaine

 

x

BLM

20

19

  

Bretonne Pie Noir

 

x

BPN

22

19

  

Charolais

 

x

CHA

22

21

  

French Limousine

 

x

LIM

25

21

  

Jersey

 

x

JER

18

14

  

Maine-Anjou

 

x

MAI

20

18

  

Montbéliard

 

x

MON

22

22

  

Normande

 

x

NOR

23

22

  

Parthenaise

 

x

PAR

15

15

  

Salers

 

x

SAL

20

20

 

Switzerland

Brown Swiss

 

x

SWB

23

20

  

Eringer

 

x

ERI

19

19

  

Evoléne

 

x

EVO

9

8

  

Simmentaler

 

x

SIM

21

19

 

Italy

Bruna

 

x

BRU

33

29

  

Frisona

 

x

FRI

47

44

  

Grigio Alpina

 

x

GAL

21

19

  

Italian Limousine

 

x

LMI

22

19

  

Piedmontese*

 

x

PIM

22(21*)

21

  

Pezzata Rossa Italiana

 

x

PRI

22

22

  

Rendena*

 

x

REN

24(22*)

24

  

Valdostana Pezzata Rossa

 

x

VPR

22

22

 

Germany

Original German Black Pied

 

x

GBP

20

20

 

Austria

Pinzgauer

 

x

PIG

24

22

Northern Europe

England

Aberdeen Angus

 

x

ABA

20

15

 

Norway

Blacksided Trondheim

 

x

BTR

22

21

  

Telemark

 

x

TEL

22

22

  

Vestland Red Polled

 

x

VPO

22

18

 

Denmark

Danish Red

 

x

DAR

22

21

  

Jutland

 

x

JUT

22

18

 

Finland

Eastern Finn Cattle

 

x

EFC

22

21

  

Finnish Ayrshire

 

x

FAY

22

20

 

Iceland

Iceland Cattle

 

x

ICE

22

22

 

Sweden

Swedish Red Polled

 

x

SRP

22

20

Southern Europe

Italy

Cabannina*

 

x

CAB

22(20*)

20

  

Calvana

 

x

CAL

40

38

  

Chianina*

 

x

CHI

22(21*)

20

  

Cinisara

 

x

CIN

8

7

  

Marchigiana

 

x

MCG

22

20

  

Maremmana

 

x

MAR

45

45

  

Modicana

 

x

MOD

12

12

  

Mucca Pisana

 

x

MUP

40

39

  

Podolica*

 

x

POD

22(22*)

20

  

Romagnola

 

x

ROM

20

19

Western Europe

Spain

Asturiana de los Valles

 

x

RAV

20

19

  

Betizu

 

x

BET

20

18

  

DiLidia

 

x

DLD

20

19

  

Menorquina

 

x

MEN

20

19

  

Rubia Gallega

 

x

RUG

20

20

  

Sayaguesa

 

x

SAY

20

19

  

Tudanca

 

x

TUD

20

18

Western Africa

Cameroon

Banyo Gudali

x

 

CBG

26

18

  

Cameronian Red Bororo

x

 

CRB

25

20

  

Cameronian White Fulani

x

 

CWF

23

23

  

Ngaoundere Gudali

x

 

CNG

25

18

 

Guinea-Bissau

Guinean N'Dama

 

x

GND

20

19

 

Nigeria

Red Bororo

x

 

NRB

25

24

  

Sokoto Gudali

x

 

NSG

25

25

  

White Fulani

x

 

NWF

25

24

South America

Brazil

Guzerat

x

 

GUZ

32

32

  

Nellore

x

 

NEL

32

21

  

Tabapuã

x

 

TAB

32

32

Total

     

1,593

1,470

  1. an: Number of samples before quality control.
  2. bn QC: Number of samples after quality control.
  3. Quality control was performed by removing samples with 5% or more missing data.
  4. *Breed/number of individuals used to test the repeatability of AFLP fingerprinting (see Additional files 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9).
  5. Underlined breed names correspond to the samples described previously by Negrini et al. [16].