Pedigree estimation of the (sub) population contribution to the total gene diversity: The horse coat colour case

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 867-875

  Bartolome E ^a   Goyache, F ^b   Molina, A ^c   Cervantes, I ^d   Valera, M ^a   Gutierrez J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

coat colour; genetic variability; spanish purebred horse; spedigree information; subpopulation size

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 77954565218     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731110000182     Document Type: Article

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