Genetic diversity and joint-pedigree analysis of two importing holstein populations

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3530-3541

  Hammami, H ^a,b   Croquet, C ^a,c   Stoll, J ^d   Rekik, B ^e   Gengler, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Livestock and Pasture Office   (Tunisia)

^c FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^d Service Elevage et Génétique ^*  (Luxembourg)

^e Higher School of Agriculture of Mateur University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Inbreeding; Pedigree; Probability of gene origin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 35748949253     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-678     Document Type: Article

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