Visscher, P. M. and Smith, D. and Hall, Stephen J. G. and Williams, J. L. (2001) A viable herd of genetically uniform cattle. Nature, 409 (6818). p. 303. ISSN 0028-0386

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Abstract

Provides support for the hypothesis that inbreeding combined with selection may purge deleterious alleles through a study of Chillingham cattle in England. Homozygosity of the herd; Identification of a single heterozygous marker which is believed to represent the persistence of ancestral heterozygosity; Conclusion that the continuing viability of the herd shows that deleterious alleles have been purged

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Provides support for the hypothesis that inbreeding combined with selection may purge deleterious alleles through a study of Chillingham cattle in England. Homozygosity of the herd; Identification of a single heterozygous marker which is believed to represent the persistence of ancestral heterozygosity; Conclusion that the continuing viability of the herd shows that deleterious alleles have been purged
Keywords:	Genetic conservation, Genetic diversity, Chillington cattle, Rare breeds
Subjects:	D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture and related subjects > D421 Livestock Husbandry
Divisions:	College of Sciences > Faculty of Science > School of Life Sciences
Depositing User:	Bev Jones
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2007
Last Modified:	13 Mar 2013 08:22
URI:	http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/522

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