Genetic analysis of the Hungarian draft horse population using partial mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequencing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Hungarian draft is a horse breed with a recent mixed ancestry created in the 1920s by crossing local mares with draught horses imported from France and Belgium. The interest in its conservation and characterization has increased over the last few years. The aim of this work is to contribute to the characterization of the endangered Hungarian heavy draft horse populations in order to obtain useful information to implement conservation strategies for these genetic stocks.

Methods

To genetically characterize the breed and to set up the basis for a conservation program, in the present study a hypervariable region of the mitochrondial DNA (D-loop) was used to assess genetic diversity in Hungarian draft horses. Two hundred and eighty five sequences obtained in our l

SUBMITTER: Csizmar N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5797449 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature