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swinger: a user-friendly computer program to establish captive breeding groups that minimize relatedness without pedigree information.
Molecular ecology resources - 1 Mar 2017
Sandoval-Castillo Jonathan, Attard Catherine R M, Marri Shashikanth, Brauer Chris J, Möller Luciana M, Beheregaray Luciano B
Abstract excerpt
Captive breeding programmes are often a necessity for the continued persistence of a population or species. They typically have the goal of maintaining genetic diversity and minimizing inbreeding. However, most captive breeding programmes have been based on the assumption that the founding breeders are unrelated and outbred, even though in situ anthropogenic impacts often mean these founders may have high...
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