The Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (established by the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in 1997) held its 3rd Session from 31 March to 2 April 2004 in FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy. One of the information documents provided is entitled "Measurement of domestic animal diversity - a review of recent diversity studies", based mainly on feedback to a questionnaire sent worldwide to research teams working with genetic distancing. The review analyses data from 86 projects, covering a wide range of domestic animal species in 93 different countries. Many topics are considered in the 38-page document, including the number/type of genetic markers analysed, the genetic distance measure used, the methods and computer programmes employed in constructing phylogenetic trees and costs of the projects. See the document (567 KB) or contact [email protected] for more information.

06/04/2004