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Breed demarcation and potential for breed allocation of horses assessed by microsatellite markers.
Animal genetics - 1 Apr 2001
Bjørnstad G, Røed K H
Abstract excerpt
Population demarcation of eight horse breeds was investigated using genotype information of 306 horses from 26 microsatellite loci. The breeds include the indigenous Norwegian breeds Fjord Horse, Nordland/Lyngen Horse, Døle Horse and Coldblooded Trotter together with Icelandic Horse, Shetland Pony, Standardbred and Thoroughbred. Both phylogenetic analysis and a maximum likelihood method were applied to examine...
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