Population structure of the Trakehner Horse breed

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-15

  Teegen, R ^a   Edel, C ^b   Thaller, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Institute of Animal Breeding   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coancestry; Contribution of other breeds; Effective population size; Generation interval; Inbreeding coefficient

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 57649114640     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108003273     Document Type: Article

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