Managing genetic diversity and society needs

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Autor(a) principal: Mariante,Arthur da Silva
Data de Publicação: 2008
Outros Autores: Egito,Andréa Alves, Albuquerque,Maria do Socorro Maués, Paiva,Samuel Rezende, Ramos,Alexandre Floriani
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982008001300016
Resumo: Most livestock are not indigenous to Brazil. Several animal species were considered domesticated in the pre-colonial period, since the indigenous people manage them as would be typical of European livestock production. For over 500 years there have been periodic introductions resulting in the wide range of genetic diversity that for centuries supported domestic animal production in the country. Even though these naturalized breeds have acquired adaptive traits after centuries of natural selection, they have been gradually replaced by exotic breeds, to such an extent, that today they are in danger of extinction To avoid further loss of this important genetic material, in 1983 Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology decided to include conservation of animal genetic resources among its priorities. In this paper we describe the effort to genetically characterize these populations, as a tool to ensure their genetic variability. To effectively save the threatened local breeds of livestock it is important to find a niche market for each one, reinserting them in production systems. They have to be utilized in order to be conserved. And there is no doubt that due to their adaptive traits, the Brazilian local breeds of livestock can play an important role in animal production, to meet society needs.
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title Managing genetic diversity and society needs
spellingShingle Managing genetic diversity and society needs
Mariante,Arthur da Silva
Animal genetic resources
Brazilian conservation program
genetic variability
microsatellites
title_short Managing genetic diversity and society needs
title_full Managing genetic diversity and society needs
title_fullStr Managing genetic diversity and society needs
title_full_unstemmed Managing genetic diversity and society needs
title_sort Managing genetic diversity and society needs
author Mariante,Arthur da Silva
author_facet Mariante,Arthur da Silva
Egito,Andréa Alves
Albuquerque,Maria do Socorro Maués
Paiva,Samuel Rezende
Ramos,Alexandre Floriani
author_role author
author2 Egito,Andréa Alves
Albuquerque,Maria do Socorro Maués
Paiva,Samuel Rezende
Ramos,Alexandre Floriani
author2_role author
author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Mariante,Arthur da Silva
Egito,Andréa Alves
Albuquerque,Maria do Socorro Maués
Paiva,Samuel Rezende
Ramos,Alexandre Floriani
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Animal genetic resources
Brazilian conservation program
genetic variability
microsatellites
topic Animal genetic resources
Brazilian conservation program
genetic variability
microsatellites
description Most livestock are not indigenous to Brazil. Several animal species were considered domesticated in the pre-colonial period, since the indigenous people manage them as would be typical of European livestock production. For over 500 years there have been periodic introductions resulting in the wide range of genetic diversity that for centuries supported domestic animal production in the country. Even though these naturalized breeds have acquired adaptive traits after centuries of natural selection, they have been gradually replaced by exotic breeds, to such an extent, that today they are in danger of extinction To avoid further loss of this important genetic material, in 1983 Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology decided to include conservation of animal genetic resources among its priorities. In this paper we describe the effort to genetically characterize these populations, as a tool to ensure their genetic variability. To effectively save the threatened local breeds of livestock it is important to find a niche market for each one, reinserting them in production systems. They have to be utilized in order to be conserved. And there is no doubt that due to their adaptive traits, the Brazilian local breeds of livestock can play an important role in animal production, to meet society needs.
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