Article
Y Chromosome Uncovers the Recent Oriental Origin of Modern Stallions.
Current biology : CB - 10 Jul 2017
Wallner Barbara, Palmieri Nicola, Vogl Claus, Rigler Doris, Bozlak Elif, Druml Thomas, Jagannathan Vidhya, Leeb Tosso, Fries Ruedi, Tetens Jens, Thaller Georg, Metzger Julia, Distl Ottmar, Lindgren Gabriella, Rubin Carl-Johan, Andersson Leif, Schaefer Robert, McCue Molly, Neuditschko Markus, Rieder Stefan, Schlötterer Christian, Brem Gottfried
Abstract excerpt
The Y chromosome directly reflects male genealogies, but the extremely low Y chromosome sequence diversity in horses has prevented the reconstruction of stallion genealogies [1, 2]. Here, we resolve the first Y chromosome genealogy of modern horses by screening 1.46 Mb of the male-specific region of the Y chromosome (MSY) in 52 horses from 21 breeds. Based on highly accurate pedigree data, we estimated the de...
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