Recent advances in breeding and genetics for dairy goats

Goats (Capra hircus) were domesticated during the late Neolithic, approximately 10,500 years ago, and humans exerted minor selection pressure until fairly recently. Probably the largest genetic change occurring over the millennia happened via natural selection and random genetic drift, the latter ca...

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Published in:Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
Main Author: Terry A. Gipson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2019-08-01
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Online Access:http://www.ajas.info/upload/pdf/ajas-19-0381.pdf