Phenotypic and Genetic Study of the Presence of Hair Whorls in Pura Raza Espanol Horses.

ABSTRACT: Hair whorls are a hereditary feature in horses that may be associated with temperament and coat color. Hair whorls are described as changes in the hair pattern and may take various forms, such as circular and linear whorls. We first carried out a frequency analysis of hair whorls (circular and linear). Next, a Generalized Non-Linear Model was computed to assess the significance of some potential influencing factors, and a genetic parameter estimation was performed. ENDOG software v4.8 was used to estimate the inbreeding coefficient of all the animals analyzed. It was more common to find horses with circular hair whorls than with linear whorls. The heritability ranges obtained were, in general, medium-high for both circular whorls (0.20 to 0.90) and linear whorls (0.44 to 0.84). High positi

SUBMITTER: Encina A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10525084 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature