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Genetic analysis of the Hispano-Breton heavy horse.
Animal genetics - 1 Oct 2008
Pérez-Gutiérrez L M, De la Peña A, Arana P
Abstract excerpt
Hispano-Breton (HB) is a horse breed with a recent mixed ancestry. It was developed in the 1930s by crossing local mares with Breton draught horses imported from France. Nowadays it is considered to be in a vulnerable situation due to census decline. To genetically characterize the breed and to set up the basis for a conservation programme, we have employed two types of molecular markers: a 347-bp D-loop...
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