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Founder and present maternal diversity in two endangered Spanish horse breeds assessed via pedigree and mitochondrial DNA information.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Aug 2012
Álvarez I, Fernández I, Lorenzo L, Payeras L, Cuervo M, Goyache F
Abstract excerpt
Pedigree information and 179 mtDNA sequences from two endangered Spanish horse breeds, the Asturcón pony (143) and the Mallorquí horse (36), were analysed to asses: (i) the pedigree and molecular maternal genetic diversity of the two breeds; (ii) the concordance between the dam lines recorded in the corresponding studbooks and the mtDNA haplotypes identified; and (iii) to assess the losses of maternal genetic...
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