Further reading
Genetic data from the Shetland pony was the key to understanding of the genetic background to speed in Thoroughbred racehorses.
Researchers from Hgen contributed with the data that researchers from Ireland, England and Russia needed in order to map the speed gene in horses. The thoroughbred stallion Nearctic, born in 1954, has turned out to be an importaint carrier of the trait.
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