Assessing diversity losses due to selection for coat colour in the endangered bay-Asturcón pony using microsatellites

Livestock Science

Volumn 135, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 199-204

  Alvarez I ^a   Royo, L J ^a   Perez Pardal L ^a   Fernandez I ^a   Lorenzo, L ^b   Goyache, F ^a  

^a Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^b ACPRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allelic richness; ASIP; Conservation; Gene diversity; MC1r

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI; EQUIDAE;

EID: 78650851497     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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