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Genet. Sel. Evol. 35 (2003) 43–63 43 © INRA, EDP Sciences, 2003 DOI: 10.1051/gse:2002035 Original article Pedigree analysis of eight Spanish beef cattle breeds Juan Pablo GUTIÉRREZa∗, Juan ALTARRIBAb , Clara DÍAZc , Raquel QUINTANILLAd∗∗, Javier CAÑÓNa , Jesús PIEDRAFITAd a Departamento de Producción Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain b Departamento de Anatomía y Genética, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain c Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Carretera de la Coruña, Km 7, 28040 Madrid, Spain d Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain (Received 16 November 2001; accepted 7 August 2002) Abstract – The genetic structure of eight Spanish autochthonous populations (breeds) of beef cattle were studied from pedigree records. The populations studied were: Alistana and Say- aguesa (minority breeds), Avileña – Negra Ibérica and Morucha (“dehesa” breeds, with a scarce incidence of artificial insemination), and mountain breeds, including Asturiana de los Valles, Asturiana de la Montaña and Pirenaica, with extensive use of AI. The Bruna dels Pirineus breed possesses characteristics which make its classification into one of the former groups difficult. There was a large variation between breeds both in the census and the number of herds. Generation intervals ranged from 3.7 to 5.5 years, tending to be longer a