The cosmopolitan maternal heritage of the thoroughbred racehorse breed shows a significant contribution from british and irish native mares

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 316-320

  Bower, M A ^a   Campana, M G ^b   Whitten, M ^d   Edwards, C J ^e   Jones, H ^f   Barrett, E ^a   Cassidy, R ^g   Nisbet, R E R ^h   Hill, E W ⁱ   Howe, C J ^c   Binns, M ^d  

^a MCDONALD INSTITUTE FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Archaeology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Foundation of breed; Maternal origins; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogenetics; Thoroughbred horse

Indexed keywords

HORSE; HYBRID; MATERNAL EFFECT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 79954511449     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0800     Document Type: Article

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