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Genet. Sel. Evol. 34(2002) 613–633 ?INRA, EDP Sciences, 2002 DOI: 10.1051/gse:2002027 613 Original article Assessingthecontributionofbreeds togeneticdiversityinconservation schemes HerwinEDINGa?,RichardP.M.A.CROOIJMANS b, MartienA.M.GROENENb,TheoH.E.MEUWISSEN c aInstituteforAnimalBreedingandGenetics,37075G?ttingen,Germany bAnimalBreedingandGeneticsgroup,WageningenInstituteforAnimalScience, WageningenUniversity,Box338,6700AHWageningen,TheNetherlands cInstituteforAnimalScienceandHealth,Box65,8200ABLelystad, TheNetherlands (Received27March2001;accepted16May2002) Abstract– Thequantitativea