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Genetic diversity in an indigenous horse breed: implications for mating strategies and the control of future inbreeding.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Oct 2011
Hasler H, Flury C, Menet S, Haase B, Leeb T, Simianer H, Poncet P A, Rieder S
Abstract excerpt
The Franches-Montagnes is an indigenous Swiss horse breed, with approximately 2500 foalings per year. The stud book is closed, and no introgression from other horse breeds was conducted since 1998. Since 2006, breeding values for 43 different traits (conformation, performance and coat colour) are estimated with a best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) multiple trait animal model. In this study, we evaluated the...
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