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Inbreeding affects fecundity of American mink (Neovison vison) in Danish farm mink.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2011
Demontis D, Larsen P F, Baekgaard H, Sønderup M, Hansen B K, Nielsen V H, Loeschcke V, Zalewski A, Zalewska H, Pertoldi C
Abstract excerpt
Inbreeding is an increasing problem in farmed mink, because of limited exchange of individuals between farms. In this study, genetic relatedness within seven American mink (Neovison vison) colour strains originating from 13 different mink farms in Denmark was analysed using 21 polymorphic microsatellite loci. We detected large differences in the level of relatedness (range 0.017-0.520) within colour strains....
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