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Contributions of Portuguese cattle breeds to genetic diversity using marker-estimated kinships.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2004
Mateus J C, Eding H, Penedo M C T, Rangel-Figueiredo M T
Abstract excerpt
The quantitative assessment of genetic diversity within and between populations is important for decision-making in genetic conservation plans. In our study, we applied the livestock core set method to define the contribution of 15 cattle breeds, 11 of which are Portuguese indigenous cattle breeds, to genetic diversity. In livestock core set theory genetic diversity is defined as the maximum genetic variance that...
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