Monitoring of genetic diversity in the endangered Martina Franca donkey population

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1304-1311

  Rizzi, R ^a   Tullo, E ^a   Cito, A M ^b   Caroli, A ^c   Pieragostini, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breeding strategy; Effective population size; Genetic variation; Inbreeding; Martina Franca donkey; Pedigree analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUUS ASINUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HORSE; INBREEDING; ITALY; MALE; PEDIGREE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; ITALY; MALE; PEDIGREE; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 80051842077     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3379     Document Type: Article

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