Conservation priorities of genetic diversity in domesticated metapopulations: A study in taurine cattle breeds

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 408-420

  Medugorac, Ivica ^a   Veit Kensch, Claudia E ^a   Ramljak, Jelena ^b   Brka, Muhamed ^c   Marković, Božidarka ^d   Stojanović, Sran ^e   Bytyqi, Hysen ^f   Kochoski, Ljupche ^g   Kume, Kristaq ^h   Grünenfelder, Hans Peter ⁱ   Bennewitz, Jörn ^j   Förster, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^e Ministry of Agriculture   (Serbia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

^g University Kliment Ohridski   (Macedonia)

^h National Coordinator of FAnGR   (Albania)

ⁱ SAVE Foundation Project Office   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Cattle; Conservation genetics; Genetic diversity; Inbreeding; Metapopulation; Sustainable breeding

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84872487977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.39     Document Type: Article

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