Founder and present maternal diversity in two endangered Spanish horse breeds assessed via pedigree and mitochondrial DNA information

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 271-279

  Alvarez I ^a   Fernandez I ^a   Lorenzo, L ^b   Payeras, L ^c   Cuervo, M ^d   Goyache, F ^a  

^a Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^b ACPRA   (Spain)

^c AECABMA   (Spain)

^d SERPA SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asturc n pony; D loop; Mallorqu horse; Maternal diversity; Pedigree

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HORSE; MALE; MOTHER; PEDIGREE; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC VARIATION; HORSES; MALE; MOTHERS; PEDIGREE; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 84863782309     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2012.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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