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Genetic relationship between the Nordestino horse and national and international horse breeds

D. A. F. Pires, Coelho, E. G. A., Melo, J. B., Oliveira, D. A. A., Ribeiro, M. N., E. Cothran, G., Juras, R., Pires, D. A. F., Coelho, E. G. A., Melo, J. B., Oliveira, D. A. A., Ribeiro, M. N., E. Cothran, G., Juras, R., Pires, D. A. F., Coelho, E. G. A., Melo, J. B., Oliveira, D. A. A., Ribeiro, M. N., E. Cothran, G., and Juras, R., Genetic relationship between the Nordestino horse and national and international horse breeds, vol. 15, p. -, 2016.

Knowledge of genetic diversity and relationships between breeds is very important for conservation programs. Hair samples were collected from 393 individual Nordestino horses and genotyped using 14 microsatellite markers in order to investigate the genetic relationship between this breed and 66 international horse breeds. There was high allelic diversity and inbreeding coefficient within population values were not significant, which was probably due to crossbreeding.

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