What can livestock breeders learn from conservation genetics and vice versa?

The management of livestock breeds and threatened natural population share common challenges, including small effective population sizes, high risk of inbreeding, and the potential benefits and costs associated with mixing disparate gene pools. Here we consider what has been learnt about these issue...

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Main Authors: Torsten Nygaard Kristensen, Ary Anthony Hoffmann, Cino ePertoldi, Astrid Vik Stronen
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Serija:Frontiers in Genetics
Teme:
Genomics
Inbreeding
selection
effective population size
Indigenous breeds
Genetic rescue
Online dostop:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2015.00038/full
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