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Differences in the growth rate and immune strategies of farmed and wild mallard populations.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Svobodová Jana, Pinkasová Hana, Hyršl Pavel, Dvořáčková Monika, Zita Lukáš, Kreisinger Jakub
Abstract excerpt
Individuals reared in captivity are exposed to distinct selection pressures and evolutionary processes causing genetic and phenotypic divergence from wild populations. Consequently, restocking with farmed individuals may represent a considerable risk for the fitness of free-living populations. Supportive breeding on a massive scale has been established in many European countries to increase hunting opportunities...
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