Sunday 20 July 2008

Equinine genes

All white horses are properbly descended from one horse with a defective gene.

Thousands of years ago, humans may have noticed a particular white horse that they protected the horse and breed more white horse.

White horses have a higher risk of getting skin cancer, 75% by the age of 15 have a benign form of melanoma, which can turn malign.

Genetic analysis

75% of Iberian Early Holocene horses had the black allele located on the ASIP gene.
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Researchers believe that those with two copies of  a myostatin-suppressing C version of a particular gene are more likely to win in a 6.5 furlongs race,whereas those with two copies of the T version wre more likely to win in a 13.5 furlongs race.

All thoroughbred  horses in england are descended rom three arabian stallions wheras the female ancestors are either english or irish mares.
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