Genetic diversity loss due to selection for scrapie resistance in the rare Spanish Xalda sheep breed

Livestock Science

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 204-212

  Alvarez I ^a   Royo, L J ^a   Gutierrez J P ^b   Fernandez I ^a   Arranz, J J ^c   Goyache, F ^a  

^a Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coancestry; Conservation program; Genetic variability; Homozygosity; Inbreeding; PrP

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34548354933     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.01.147     Document Type: Article

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