Horse breeding: Genetic tests for the coat colors chestnut, bay and black. Results from a first study in the Swiss Franches-Montagnes horse breed;Pferdezucht: Genetische Tests für die Fellfarben Fuchs, Braun und Schwarz. Ergebnisse einer ersten Untersuchung in der Schweizer Freibergerpferderasse

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 405-412

  Henner, J ^a,b   Poncet, P A ^c   Aebi, L ^c   Hagger, C ^a   Stranzinger, G ^a,b   Rieder, S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Haras National   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agouti; Biodiversity; Coat color genetics; Extension; Franches montagnes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HORSE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECESSIVE GENE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HORSES; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036690468     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.144.8.405     Document Type: Article

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