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Founder representation and effective population size in old versus young breeds-genetic diversity of Finnish and Nordic Spitz.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Oct 2017
Kumpulainen M, Anderson H, Svevar T, Kangasvuo I, Donner J, Pohjoismäki J
Abstract excerpt
Finnish Spitz is 130-year-old breed and has been highly popular in Finland throughout its history. Nordic Spitz is very similar to Finnish Spitz by origin and use, but is a relatively recent breed with much smaller population size. To see how breed age and breeding history have influenced the current population, we performed comprehensive population genetic analysis using pedigree data of 28,119 Finnish and 9,009...
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