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Saving feral horse populations: does it really matter? A case study of wild horses from Doñana National Park in southern Spain.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2006
Vega-Pla J L, Calderón J, Rodríguez-Gallardo P P, Martinez A M, Rico C
Abstract excerpt
In the 1980s, a conservation programme involving a feral horse population, the Retuertas horses from the Guadalquivir marshes, was started in the Doñana National Park. The analysis of an extensive genetic survey of this population, which now numbers 100 animals, and 10 additional European and North African breeds using DNA polymorphisms from 22 microsatellites is presented. Highly significant fixation indexes...
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