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Characteristic of Przewalski horses population from Askania-Nova reserve based on genetic markers.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Aug 2023
Musiał Adrianna D, Ropka-Molik Katarzyna, Stefaniuk-Szmukier Monika, Myćka Grzegorz, Bieniek Agnieszka, Yasynetska Nataliya
Abstract excerpt
Przewalski horses are considered the last living population of wild horses, however, they are secondarily feral offspring of herds domesticated ~ 5000 years ago by the Botai culture. After Przewalski horses were almost extinct at the beginning of the twentieth century, their population is about 2500 individuals worldwide, with one of the largest breeding centers in Askania-Nova Biosphere Reserve (Ukraine). The...
Topics
- Animals
- Horses
- Male
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Ukraine
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Haplotypes
- DNA, Mitochondrial
