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Methods to estimate effective population size using pedigree data: Examples in dog, sheep, cattle and horse
BACKGROUND: Effective population sizes of 140 populations (including 60 dog breeds, 40 sheep breeds, 20 cattle breeds and 20 horse breeds) were computed using pedigree information and six different computation methods. Simple demographical information (number of breeding males and females), variance...
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Format: | Online Article Text |
Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599586/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23281913 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-45-1 |