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Genetic diversity and inbreeding in the Greek Skyros horse
Inbreeding and heterozygosity levels were calculated in a population of 77 horses of the endangered Skyros breed that had been raised since 1988 at an experimental farm. Twenty one horses were inbred with average inbreeding coefficient of 0.11 (+/-0.02). Annual inbreeding change over the last 10 years was not significant (P > 0.05). Animals were genotyped for 18 microsatellite markers. Average number of alleles was 4.11 (+/-0.43). Average theoretical and observed heterozygosity were 0.63 (+/-0.06) and 0.66 (+/-0.06), respectively. The probability of paternity exclusion with 1 and 2 parents unconfirmed was 0.9890 and 0.9999, respectively. Genetic diversity levels were reasonable and comparable to results from other breeds internationally. (C) 2007 Published by Elsevier B.V.</p
Short communication: Characterization of the genome-wide linkage disequilibrium in 2 divergent selection lines of dairy cows
Implications of avoiding overlap between training and testing data sets when evaluating genomic predictions of genetic merit
Evaluation of body condition score measured throughout lactation as an indicator of fertility in dairy cattle
Grouping strategies and lead factors for ration formulation in milking ewes of the Chios breed
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