Journal
CONSERVATION GENETICS
Volume 9, Issue 6, Pages 1639-1641Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9526-0
Keywords
Inbreeding; Multilocus heterozygosity; Heterozygosity fitness correlations; Canis familiaris
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- Icelandic Council for Genetic Resources in Agriculture.
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We examine the relationship of the inbreeding coefficient (f) and molecular estimates of inbreeding (IR, sMLH) in the Icelandic sheepdog. The breed experienced a severe genetic bottleneck and near extinction in the last century. Molecular estimates and the inbreeding coefficient are significantly correlated despite the moderate number of markers and individuals used in this study. This is most likely an effect of the extreme relatedness and relatively high variance in individual inbreeding coefficients in the population. There is a significant relationship between inbreeding (f) and the occurrence of hip dysplasia. However, the molecular measures did not detect hip dysplasia as an inbreeding effect.
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