Genetic variability in Hanoverian warmblood horses using pedigree analysis

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1503-1513

  Hamann, H ^a   Distl, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Genetic diversity; Hanoverian; Horse; Inbreeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HORSE; INBREEDING; MALE; PEDIGREE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSES; INBREEDING; MALE; PEDIGREE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EQUIDAE;

EID: 47849104506     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0382     Document Type: Article

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