Animal Production Department, Agricultural University, Tirana, Albania Six measures of body conformation of six rabbit subpopulations were analyzed to determine the quantity of local differentiation of Albanian rabbit population. Data analyses showed that: (i) the local rabbit breed is classified in medium breed group with harmonic body development, (ii) the Albanian local rabbit population is distinguished for considerable level of local differentiation (iii) the main factor of this differentiation is the isolation in distance of rabbit subpopulations (iv) local differentiation can contribute on genetic variability conservation of Albanian local rabbit population that is actually under the pressure of genetic erosion.

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L. Papa

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Local differentiation of Albanian rabbit populations