Cross-breeding is inevitable to conserve the highly inbred population of puffin hunter: The Norwegian Lundehund

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Kettunen, Anne ^a   Daverdin, Marc ^b   Helfjord, Turid ^c   Berg, Peer ^a  

^a NordGen Nordic Genetic Resource Center   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Norsk Hestesenter   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREED; CROSS BREEDING; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PEDIGREE; ANIMAL; BREEDING; DOG; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROBABILITY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; DOGS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; MALE; NORWAY; PEDIGREE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROBABILITY;

EID: 85010300567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170039     Document Type: Article

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