Article
The Genetic Diversity of Stallions of Different Breeds in Russia.
Genes - 24 Jul 2023
Dementieva Natalia, Nikitkina Elena, Shcherbakov Yuri, Nikolaeva Olga, Mitrofanova Olga, Ryabova Anna, Atroshchenko Mikhail, Makhmutova Oksana, Zaitsev Alexander
Abstract excerpt
The specifics of breeding and selection significantly affect genetic diversity and variability within a breed. We present the data obtained from the genetic analysis of 21 thoroughbred and warmblood horse breeds. The most detailed information is described from the following breeds: Arabian, Trakehner, French Trotter, Standardbred, and Soviet Heavy Horse. The analysis of 509,617 SNP variants in 87 stallions from...
Topics
- Horses
- Animals
- Male
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Homozygote
- Inbreeding
- Genome
- Russia
