Towards Genetically Informed Conservation of the Bardoka and Karakachan Sheep Breeds Autochthonous to Serbia

Towards Genetically Informed Conservation of the Bardoka and Karakachan Sheep Breeds Autochthonous to Serbia

Bardoka and Karakachan sheep are primitive regional transboundary Pramenka-type sheep autochthonous to the Balkan Peninsula, whose populations have been reduced to a critically small size in Serbia. We genotyped 105 Bardoka animals (97 ewes and 8 rams from three flocks) and 97 Karakachan sheep (86 e...

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Main Authors: Ivan Ćosić, Krstina Zeljić Stojiljković, Ivan Pihler, Bogdan Cekić, Dragana Ružić-Muslić, Nikola Delić, Jelena M. Aleksić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-04-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
autochthonous sheep breeds
genetic diversity
genetic differentiation
inbreeding
nuclear microsatellites
relatedness
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15/9/1193
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