Inbreeding in the Thoroughbred horse

Animal Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 340-342

  Binns, M M ^a   Boehler, D A ^a   Bailey, E ^b   Lear, T L ^b   Cardwell, J M ^c   Lambert, D H ^a  

^a Equine Analysis Systems Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

horse; inbreeding; soundness; Thoroughbred

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HORSE; INBREEDING; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PEDIGREE; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HORSES; INBREEDING; MALE; PEDIGREE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84859749627     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02259.x     Document Type: Article

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