Estimation of effective population size from the rate of coancestry in pedigreed populations

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-63

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Horses; Increase in coancestry; Increase in inbreeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORSE; INBREEDING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; HORSES; INBREEDING; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEDIGREE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 78650972196     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2010.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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