Analysis of methods for efficient biodiversity conservation with focus on African cattle breeds
Methods for biodiversity conservation are reported and applied to 49 African cattle breeds (26 taurine/sanga and 23 zebu/zenga (ZZ) breeds). It was estimated that about half of the breeds and half of today’s genetic diversity between breeds would be lost within 50 years. Based on a survey and a l...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | Inglés |
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TSAP and ILRI
2006
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/5381 |
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