To date, a large amount of equine genetic data has been obtained regarding (i) extant
domestic horses of various breeds from all over the world,(ii) ancient domestic horses,(iii) …

Horses are gaining importance in European nature conservation management, for which
usually so-called primitive breeds are favored due to their claimed robustness. An …

There are three native Portuguese horse breeds: Lusitano, Sorraia and Garrano. This study
compares diversity patterns of 17 protein and 12 microsatellite markers in these three as …

Multiple geographical regions have been proposed for the domestication of Equus caballus.
It has been suggested, based on zooarchaeological and genetic analyses that wild horses …

The Sorraia horse is a closed breed with reduced effective population size and considered
in critical maintained risk status. The breed exists in 2 main breeding populations, one in …

The Puro Sangue Lusitano (PSL) is the major national breed of horse in Portugal, but no
studies exist on its seminal characteristics, or on the possibility of conserving semen for …

Giara and Sarcidano are 2 of the 15 extant native Italian horse breeds with limited dispersal
capability that originated from a larger number of individuals. The 2 breeds live in two …

Genetic diversity and maternal ancestry line relationships amongst a sample of 96
Cleveland Bay horses were investigated using a 479bp length of mitochondrial D-loop …

The main objective of the study was to determine the genetic diversity in the Polish Konik
(PK) population in the context of a currently conducted conservation program. A total of 94 …

The Polish Primitive Horse (PPH, Konik) is a Polish native horse breed managed through a
conservation program mainly due to its characteristic phenotype of a primitive horse. One of …