Modern breeding reduced horse diversity within centuries: study

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Ivan Couronne | AFP
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Fri, 2019-05-03 06:22

WASHINGTON: The horses that galloped the earth just a thousand years ago probably looked very different from their modern descendants, researchers said Thursday after compiling the most complete genetic history of any non-human species.
But the biggest surprise of the vast study, which involved an international team of 121 scientists and was published Thursday in the journal Cell, was the staggering loss of genetic diversity in the past 200 to 300 years that accompanied modern breeding practices.

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