Conservation genetics of endangered horse breeds /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bodó, Imre, Alderson, Lawrence, Langlois, Bertrand
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wageningen, The Netherlands : Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2005.
Series:EAAP publication. 116.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Molecular methods and equine genetic diversity
  • The use of markers for characterising genetic resources
  • A review on the methods of parentage and inbreeding analysis with molecular markers
  • Genetic distance as a tool in the conservation of rare horse breeds
  • Variation of mitochondrial DNA in Lipizzan horses
  • Analysis of inbreeding in the genetic resource of the "Old Kladrub horse" in the period from 1993 to 2003
  • The numerical and genetic status of native horse and pony breeds in Britain
  • Characterisation of several Connemara Pony populations
  • Genetic characterisation of the Croatian autochthonous horse breeds based on polymorphic blood proteins and mtDNA data
  • Estimation of genetic distance between traditional horse breeds in Hungary
  • Genetic diversity of the Akhal-Teke horse breed in Turkmenistan based on microsatellite analysis
  • Rare horse breeds in Northern Europe
  • Use of probabilities of gene origin to describe genetic variation in two endangered Norwegian horse breeds
  • Bardigiano horse selection : a genetic global index for linear type traits
  • The Italian Heavy Draught breed : origin, breeding program, efficiency of the selection and inbreeding
  • Genetic characterization of Pentro young horses by microsatellite markers
  • The Retuertas horse : the "missing link" in the Iberoamerican horse breeds origin
  • Genetic diversity of the Zemaitukai Horse.