Genetic Diversity Analysis of Four Sheep Breeds of Iran: Towards Genetic Maintenance and Conservation Decision

Subject Areas : Camel

H. Alnajm ¹ , S. Alijani ² , A. Javanmard ³ , S.A. Rafat ⁴ , K. Hasanpur ⁵

1 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran|Department of Animal Production Techniques, Technical College of Al-Musaib, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Babylon, Iraq
2 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
3 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
4 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
5 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2020-05-03 Accepted : 2020-07-15 Published : 2021-09-01

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