Background: indigenous breeds are important for poor farmers because of their natural
selection against harsh environments and adaptation to regional conditions. However,
inbreeding of indigenous sheep populations has increased in Colombia due to
indiscriminate cross-breeding with foreign animals and lack of reproductive controls, with
subsequent loss in productivity, which poses a great risk for the conservation of valuable
genes. Objective: to determine the genetic diversity in Colombian indigenous sheep by …

Background: indigenous breeds, because of their natural selection against harsh
environment and adaptation to regional conditions are important to resource-poor farmers.
In Colombia however, due to indiscriminate cross-breeding with foreign animals and the
lack of control in the reproduction, have increased the inbreeding in the indigenous sheep
populations and therefore loss in their productivity, which poses a great risk for the
conservation of valuable genes. Objective: to determine the genetic diversity in Colombian …