Texas A&M University: CVM Researcher Discovers Domestic Horse Breed Has Third-Lowest Genetic Diversity
May 28, 2020
May 28, 2020
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, May 28 -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release:
A recent study by Dr. Gus Cothran, professor emeritus at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), has found that the Cleveland Bay (CB) horse breed has the third-lowest genetic variation level of domestic horses, ranking above only the notoriously inbred Friesian and Clydesdale breeds. This lack . . .
A recent study by Dr. Gus Cothran, professor emeritus at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), has found that the Cleveland Bay (CB) horse breed has the third-lowest genetic variation level of domestic horses, ranking above only the notoriously inbred Friesian and Clydesdale breeds. This lack . . .