Inbreeding in the Danish populations of five Nordic sheep breeds

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-4

  Sørensen, Anders Christian ^a   Norberg, Elise ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breeding programme; Effective population size; Genetic diversity; Pedigree analysis; Pedigree completeness; Relationship

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 47349101599     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700802079094     Document Type: Article

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