Genetic diversity in the portuguese Mertolenga cattle breed assessed by pedigree analysis

The Mertolenga beef cattle, currently with 27,000 breeding females in Portugal, is the largest Portuguese native breed, despite some variation in the breeding stock over the last years. The purpose of this study was to estimate parameters related to the population structure and genetic diversity and...

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Main Author: Carolino, Nuno (author)
Other Authors: Vitorino, Andreia (author), Carolino, Inês (author), Pais, J. (author), Henriques, N. (author), Silveira, M. (author), Vicente, António (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
Subjects:
native cattle
inbreeding
founders
ancestors
population structure
Bovinae
Raça mertolenga
Variação genética
Estrutura da população
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/3092
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipsantarem.pt:10400.15/3092

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