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Paolo Ajmone-Marsan

Researcher at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Publications -  167
Citations -  7729

Paolo Ajmone-Marsan is an academic researcher from Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Domestication. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 149 publications receiving 6683 citations. Previous affiliations of Paolo Ajmone-Marsan include The Catholic University of America & University of Milan.

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Genome-Wide Survey of SNP Variation Uncovers the Genetic Structure of Cattle Breeds

Richard A. Gibbs, +103 more
- 24 Apr 2009 - 
TL;DR: Data show that cattle have undergone a rapid recent decrease in effective population size from a very large ancestral population, possibly due to bottlenecks associated with domestication, selection, and breed formation.
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Comparative analysis of genetic similarity among maize inbred lines detected by RFLPs, RAPDs, SSRs, and AFLPs

TL;DR: In this article, a comparison of DNA-based fingerprinting techniques, including RAPD, SSR, AFLP and AFLP, was performed for maize inbred lines and the results showed that AFLPs were the most efficient marker system because of their capacity to reveal several bands in a single amplification.
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The goat domestication process inferred from large-scale mitochondrial DNA analysis of wild and domestic individuals

TL;DR: This study compared the genetic diversity of domestic goats to that of the modern representatives of their wild ancestor, the bezoar, by analyzing 473 samples collected over the whole distribution range of the latter species, and found no haplotype that could have been domesticated in the eastern half of the Iranian Plateau, nor further to the east.
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Are cattle, sheep, and goats endangered species?

TL;DR: It is important to take measures that promote a sustainable management of genetic resources in cattle, sheep, and goats by in situ preservation of endangered breeds; by using selection programmes to restore the genetic diversity of industrial breeds; and finally, by protecting the wild relatives that might provide useful genetic resources.