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Conservation genetics of cattle, sheep, and goats.
Comptes rendus biologies - 1 Mar 2011
Taberlet Pierre, Coissac Eric, Pansu Johan, Pompanon François
Abstract excerpt
Cattle, sheep and goats were domesticated about 10,000 years ago, spread out of the domestication centers in Europe, Asia, and Africa during the next few thousands years, and gave many populations locally adapted. After a very long period of soft selection, the situation changed dramatically 200 years ago with the emergence of the breed concept. The selection pressure strongly increased, and the reproduction...
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