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Genetic diversity of Guernsey population using pedigree data and gene-dropping simulations.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 Feb 2013
Melka M G, Sargolzaei M, Miglior F, Schenkel F
Abstract excerpt
The objectives of this study were to analyze the trend of within-breed genetic diversity and identify major causes leading to loss of genetic diversity in Guernsey breed in three countries. Pedigree files of Canadian (GCN), South African (GSA) and American (GUS) Guernsey populations containing 130 927, 18 593 and 1 851 624 records, respectively, were analyzed. Several parameters derived from the in-depth pedigree...
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