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Phylogenetic relationships of the Hucul horse from Romania inferred from mitochondrial D-loop variation.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 31 Oct 2011
Georgescu S E, Manea M A, Dudu A, Costache M
Abstract excerpt
The existence of the Hucul horse on Romanian territory has been documented from the very distant past; today Hucul is a unique breed that is part of the FAO Program for the Preservation of Animal Genetic Resources. We compared Hucul with several primitive European and Asiatic breeds in order to elucidate the origin of these horses. We analyzed a 683-bp mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) D-loop fragment in a...
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