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Genetic diversity in the Maremmano horse and its relationship with other European horse breeds
Author(s) -
Felicetti M.,
Lopes M. S.,
VeriniSupplizi A.,
Da Câmara Machado A.,
Silvestrelli M.,
Mendonça D.,
Distl O.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
animal genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2052
pISSN - 0268-9146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02102.x
Subject(s) - warmblood , breed , genetic diversity , biology , horse , microsatellite , diversity (politics) , evolutionary biology , veterinary medicine , zoology , genetics , demography , allele , population , gene , medicine , paleontology , sociology , anthropology
Summary The Maremmano is an Italian warmblood horse breed from central Italy. We characterized the genetic diversity and the degree of admixture in Maremmano in comparison to 14 other European horse breeds using 30 microsatellites. Between‐breed diversity explained about 9 per cent of the total genetic diversity. Cluster analysis, genetic distances and genetic differentiation coefficients showed a close relationship of Maremmano with Hanoverian and Lusitano in accordance with breed history.