Minimizing inbreeding by managing genetic contributions across generations.

Abstract excerpt

Here we present the strategy that achieves the lowest possible rate of inbreeding (DeltaF) for a population with unequal numbers of sires and dams with random mating. This new strategy results in a DeltaF as much as 10% lower than previously achieved. A simple and efficient approach to reducing inbreeding in small populations with sexes of unequal census number is to impose a breeding structure where parental...

Topics

• Animal Husbandry
• Animals
• Animals, Domestic
• Computer Simulation
• DNA
• Family Characteristics
• Female
• Genetic Variation
• Genetics, Population
• Inbreeding
• Male
• Monte Carlo Method