Should we select genetic alleles in our conservation breeding programs?

Zoo Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 279-282

  Lacy, Robert C ^a  

^a BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

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EID: 0034338525     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2361(2000)19:4<279::AID-ZOO5>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Review

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