The control of inbreeding is fundamental in managing livestock species. A high level of inbreeding leads to a decline in performance and fitness, a phenomenon known as inbreeding depression, and to the emergence of deleterious or lethal alleles that, in absence of inbreeding, would remain at a low frequency in the population...
Schiavo, G., Bovo, S., Ribani, A., Tinarelli, S., Utzeri, V., Cappelloni, M., et al. (2021). The genomic inbreeding trends in Italian heavy pig breeds over the last 25 years.. ISAG International Society for Animal Genetics.
The genomic inbreeding trends in Italian heavy pig breeds over the last 25 years.
G. Schiavo;S. Bovo;A. Ribani;S. Tinarelli;V. Utzeri;L. Fontanesi
2021
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The control of inbreeding is fundamental in managing livestock species. A high level of inbreeding leads to a decline in performance and fitness, a phenomenon known as inbreeding depression, and to the emergence of deleterious or lethal alleles that, in absence of inbreeding, would remain at a low frequency in the population...File in questo prodotto:
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