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  • 14/07/2004

Stop ignoring them the barbari goats of Madhya Pradesh belong to a rare breed and they possess genes that are not found elsewhere in the world. These are the findings of an analysis conducted by scientists from Hyderabad's Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (ccmb).

The main aim of the analysis was to create the first genetic database of the various goat varieties found in India. The ccmb researchers analysed the mitochondrial dna of 363 goats belonging to 10 breeds that are found in four different agroclimatic conditions. The dna found in the mitochondria

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