Article
Genetic structure and connectivity analysis in a large domestic livestock meta-population: The case of the Pura Raza Español horses.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Oct 2018
Solé Marina, Valera Mercedes, Fernández Jesús
Abstract excerpt
The Pura Raza Español (PRE) is an autochthonous Spanish horse population distributed in 65 countries and managed by a single association. Since 1960s, breeding animals have been steadily exported to other countries to establish local subpopulations. We analysed the genetic structure of a PRE horse meta-population (MP) of 215,500 animals from countries with at least 80 active animals (27 countries comprising 77%...
Topics
- Animals
- Breeding
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Geography
- Horses
- Male