Sentences with phrase «between effective population size»
The Kennel Club quotes the findings of the Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, «Breeding strategies for sustainable management of animal genetic resources» (2010) in expressing the relationship between effective population size and the sustainability of breeds thus:
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Genetic studies using samples along the distribution range of both subspecies and based on a few dozen nuclear markers have revealed loci of relatively high divergence (0.3 — 1.2 %) between subspecies embedded in a genome otherwise characterized by low levels of differentiation and high levels of bidirectional gene flow [21], [24]--[26], likely facilitated by high effective population sizes, high dispersal, and a relatively short generation time [21], [24]--[26].
As an aside, we may note that the interbreeding between Miniature Bull Terriers and Bull Terriers to save the former breed whilst a DNA test was developed for Primary Lens Luxation, has resulted in such increased genetic diversity in Miniatures that their effective population size is now high enough to be officially described as sustainable.
F. C. Chen and W. H. Li, «Genomic divergences between humans and other hominoids and the effective population size of the common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees,» American Journal of Human Genetics 68 (2): 444 - 456 (February 2001).