Assessing the impact of breeding strategies on inherited disorders and genetic diversity in dogs

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 343-348

  Leroy, Grégoire ^a   Rognon, Xavier ^a  

^a UMR1313 GÉNÉTIQUE ANIMALE ET BIOLOGIE INTÉGRATIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Canine; Genetic diversity; Inherited disorders; Pedigree analysis; Popular sire effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING METHOD; CONSANGUINITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DOG; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; LIMITING THE NUMBER OF OFFSPRING PER REPRODUCER; MALE; MATING LIMITATION; MONOGENIC RECESSIVE DISORDER; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIRE EFFECT; PROGENY; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC VARIATION; PEDIGREE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84872387945     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2012.06.025     Document Type: Article

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