Article
Estimating erosion of phenotypic variation in a French goat population.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Lauvergne J J, Renieri C, Audiot A
Abstract excerpt
A survey was made on a sample of 45 flocks of the goat population in Provence France in 1982. The sample included 56 male goats and 757 breeding females within a 30 km radius of the town of Forcalquier (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). The visible phenotypic profile was established for the following characters: ear length, ear curling, ear erectness, presence of horns, type of horns, presence of wattles, presence of...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Female
- France
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Goats
- Male
- Phenotype
