Genetic diversity measures of Swiss goat breeds as decision-making support for conservation policy

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 202-211

  Glowatzki Mullis, Marie Louise ^a   Muntwyler, Jeannette ^b   Bäumle, Etienne ^c   Gaillard, Claude ^c  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BGK Caprovis ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breed conservation; Clustering; Genetic diversity; Goat; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

EID: 36348996705     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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