Relationship between genealogical and microsatellite information characterizing losses of genetic variability: Empirical evidence from the rare Xalda sheep breed

Livestock Science

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-88

  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; Pedigree depth

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 41549126037     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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