EJPAU 2009. Kwiecińska K. , Purzyc H. CONTRIBUTION FOUNDERS GENES IN POPULATION OF HUCUL HORSES BORN IN YEARS 1951–1955 AND 1999

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2009
Volume 12
Issue 2

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Veterinary Medicine

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Kwiecińska K. , Purzyc H. 2009. CONTRIBUTION FOUNDERS GENES IN POPULATION OF HUCUL HORSES BORN IN YEARS 1951–1955 AND 1999–2003, EJPAU 12(2), #15.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume12/issue2/abs-15.html

CONTRIBUTION FOUNDERS GENES IN POPULATION OF HUCUL HORSES BORN IN YEARS 1951–1955 AND 1999–2003

Katarzyna Marzenna Kwiecińska¹, Halina Purzyc²
¹ Departament of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Warsaw University of Life Science – SGGW, Poland
² Department of Morphologigacal Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Science – SGGW, Poland

ABSTRACT

Hucul horses foals born in years
1951–1955 derived from 42 horses, which now can be count as founders. Genes of
these horses created 70.34% of all population. Remaining 29.66% of genes derived
from horses which progeny didn't survive to contemporary times. Hucul horses
born in years 1999–2003 derived from 112 founders, 6 of them were stallions which
created sire lines (30.69%), 14 of them were mares which created female lines
(10.82%), 13 of them were mares which lines could be consolidated in Poland (0.32%),
13 of them were "fathers of mares" (16.65%) and 66 of them were "mothers of stallions"
(42.67%). The highest contribution of all founders (12.95%) has founder of sire line stallion Goral. Contribution of genes of female lines founders was lower than "mothers of stallions" and founders
of sire lines. Sire lines and female lines had only formal meaning. Only 23 from 112 founders of Hucul horses population had proportion of gene higher then 1%.
It has been proofed that Hucul horses genes pool consisted genes of other breed/species: Arabian horse, Przewalski's horse, Haflinger, Fiording and 2 Biłgorajski horses.

Key words: Hucul horses, founders genes contribution, pedigree.

Katarzyna Marzenna Kwiecińska
Departament of Animal Genetics and Breeding,
Warsaw University of Life Science – SGGW, Poland
Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786 Warsaw, Poland
Phone: 502042594
email: kejti2002@wp.pl

Halina Purzyc
Department of Morphologigacal Sciences,
Warsaw University of Life Science – SGGW, Poland
Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland

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