Strategies to Exploit Genetic Variation While Maintaining Diversity

Title
Strategies to Exploit Genetic Variation While Maintaining Diversity
Publication Date
2008
Author(s)
Kinghorn, Brian
Banks, Robert
Gondro, Cedric
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0666-656X
Email: cgondro2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:cgondro2
Kremer, V D
Meszaros, Susan Agatha
Newman, S
Shepherd, R K
Vagg, Roddy
Van Der Werf, Julius Herman
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2512-1696
Email: jvanderw@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jvanderw
Editor
Editor(s): J.H.J. Van der Werf, R. Frankham, H.U. Graser and C. Gondro
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Springer
Place of publication
Berlin, Germany
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:2761
Abstract
How we should manage genetic diversity depends on why we want to manage it. The most generally useful strategy is to maintain variation across the genome, using methods that consider one or more of: population size, population structure, animal selections, mate allocations and information from genetic markers. A key reason to maintain genetic diversity is to facilitate longer-term genetic gains, and this means that most breeding programs need to consider genetic diversity as well as shorter-term genetic gains. This paper discusses these issues, and presents developments in methods to integrate genetic gains, genetic diversity and other issues within breeding programs.
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Citation
Adaptation and Fitness in Animal Populations: Perspectives on Genetic Resource Management, p. 191-200
ISBN
9781402090042
Start page
191
End page
200

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