Demographic characterization, inbreeding and maintenance of genetic diversity in the endangered Catalonian donkey breed;Caracterisation demographique, consanguinite et entretien de la variabilite genetique de la race asine Catalane

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-201

  Folch, Pilar ^a   Jordana, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Demographic structure; Donkey; Endangered breed; Genetic diversity maintenance; Pedigree analysis

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DONKEY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INBREEDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS ASINUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031750083     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:19980208     Document Type: Article

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