Electronic Journal of Polish Agricultural Universities (EJPAU) founded by all Polish Agriculture Universities presents original papers and review articles relevant to all aspects of agricultural sciences. It is target for persons working both in science and industry,regulatory agencies or teaching in agricultural sector. Covered by IFIS Publishing (Food Science and Technology Abstracts), ELSEVIER Science - Food Science and Technology Program, CAS USA (Chemical Abstracts), CABI Publishing UK and ALPSP (Association of Learned and Professional Society Publisher - full membership). Presented in the Master List of Thomson ISI.
2002
Volume 5/issue1/volume5
Issue 1
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Animal Husbandry
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Pikuła R. , Gronet D. 2002. DETERMINATION OF GENETIC DISTANCE BETWEEN HALF-BRED HORSE POPULATIONS IN RELATION TO THEIR COAT COLOUR, EJPAU 5/issue1/volume5(1), #09.
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DETERMINATION OF GENETIC DISTANCE BETWEEN HALF-BRED HORSE POPULATIONS IN RELATION TO THEIR COAT COLOUR

Ryszard Pikuła, Dominik Gronet

 

ABSTRACT



Polymorphic blood image of the horses was used to determine genetic distances between groups of horses of different colour. The study covered 1247 half–bred horses, for which the polymorphism of albumin (Al), transferrin (Tf), alkaline esterase (EspH 8.5), vitamin D binding protein (Gc) and Xk protein were determined. The analysis of genetic distance demonstrated that the studied groups of horses were considerably genetically separated depending on the colour. This allows concluding that there is an association between genetic polymorphism of some blood proteins and the coat colour of horses.

Key words: horses, coat colour, genetic distance, polymorphism of blood proteins.