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Optimum contribution selection for conserved populations with historic migration.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 15 Nov 2012
Wellmann Robin, Hartwig Sonja, Bennewitz Jörn
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BACKGROUND: In recent decades, local varieties of domesticated animal species have been frequently crossed with economically superior breeds which has resulted in considerable genetic contributions from migrants. Optimum contribution selection by maximizing gene diversity while constraining breeding values of the offspring or vice versa could eventually lead to the extinction of local breeds with historic...
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