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

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 status, contributions to farmer livel...

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Autores principales: Gizaw, Solomon, Komen, Hans, Windig, Jack J, Hanotte, Olivier, van Arendonk, Johan AM
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2674911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18558075
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-40-4-433