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Are cattle, sheep, and goats endangered species?
Molecular ecology - 1 Jan 2008
Taberlet P, Valentini A, Rezaei H R, Naderi S, Pompanon F, Negrini R, Ajmone-Marsan P
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For about 10 000 years, farmers have been managing cattle, sheep, and goats in a sustainable way, leading to animals that are well adapted to the local conditions. About 200 years ago, the situation started to change dramatically, with the rise of the concept of breed. All animals from the same breed began to be selected for the same phenotypic characteristics, and reproduction among breeds was seriously reduced....
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