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Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Llamas (Lama glama) from the Camelid Germplasm Bank-Quimsachata.
Genes - 12 May 2020
Paredes Gabriela F, Yalta-Macedo Claudia E, Gutierrez Gustavo A, Veli-Rivera Eudosio A
Abstract excerpt
Llamas (Lama glama) are invaluable resources of Peru. Despite their importance, their population is decreasing. The Camelid Germplasm Bank-Quimsachata was created as a guardian of this South American camelid (SAC) species and established a bank of llamas from their two types, Ch'aku and Q'ara. However, these populations need to present high genetic diversity to be considered suitable conservation stocks. Thus, in...
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