Conserving livestock breed biodiversity

Hall, Stephen J. G. and Bradley, Daniel G. (1995) Conserving livestock breed biodiversity. TREE Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 10 (7). pp. 267-270. ISSN 0169-5347

Full content URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0169-5347(95)90005-5

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Abstract

Growing awareness of the importance of conserving the biodiversity of livestock breeds is parallelled by genetic advances that will help objective planning of conservation. Inventories of breeds, long advocated, are now being established and concepts originally formulated for the quantification of species diversity are being applied. The breeds thus conserved will provide valuable resources for the future of agriculture, especially in the developing world.

Additional Information:Growing awareness of the importance of conserving the biodiversity of livestock breeds is parallelled by genetic advances that will help objective planning of conservation. Inventories of breeds, long advocated, are now being established and concepts originally formulated for the quantification of species diversity are being applied. The breeds thus conserved will provide valuable resources for the future of agriculture, especially in the developing world.
Keywords:conservation, biodiversity, livestock, breeds, microsatellites, policy
Subjects:D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture and related subjects > D300 Animal Science
C Biological Sciences > C410 Applied Genetics
D Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture and related subjects > D420 Livestock
Divisions:College of Science > School of Life Sciences
ID Code:5532
Deposited On:14 May 2012 17:07

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