Challenges and opportunities in genetic improvement of local livestock breeds

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages 1-16

  Biscarini, Filippo ^a   Nicolazzi, Ezequiel ^a   Alessandra, Stella ^a,b   Boettcher, Paul ^c   Gandini, Gustavo ^d  

^a PARCO TECNOLOGICO PADANO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic Diversity; Genomics; Local Breeds; Phenotyping; Selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREED SELECTION; BREEDING; CLIMATE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; LIVESTOCK; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; POPULATION SIZE; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84923186151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00033     Document Type: Article

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