Conservation priorities for Ethiopian sheep breeds combining threat status, breed merits and contributions to genetic diversity

Conservation priorities for Ethiopian sheep breeds combining threat status, breed merits and contributions to genetic diversity

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Prioritizing livestock breeds for conservation needs to incorporate both genetic and non-genetic aspects important for the survival of the breeds. Here, we apply a maximum-utility-strategy to prioritize 14 traditional Ethiopian sheep breeds based on their threat...

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Main Authors: Windig Jack J, Komen Hans, Gizaw Solomon, Hanotte Olivier, van Arendonk Johan AM
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2008-07-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Subjects:
conservation
sheep
diversity
threat status
breed merit
Online Access:http://www.gsejournal.org/content/40/4/433

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