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FW: [RC] OT: Mitochondrial DNA and the origins of the domestic horse - Mike SherrellLinda,
I find this quite interesting, and I appreciate the full text. I only wish
Peruvians had been in the sample, although the Andalusians and Barbs being
clustered was interesting. Of our eight current and several more previous
Peruvians, only one has a dishy head, and who knows where that came
from.
From a
historical point of view, the genetic gap between Arabs and Barbs/Andalusians
was interesting, meaning that the Moslem conquerors of Spain must have
left their Arabs behind somewhere between Egypt and Morocco. According to my
wife, who has studied this extensively, the Moslem conquerors of Spain were
Berbers and not Arabs, so this jibes.
The
discussion of the difficulty of breeding wild horses was fascinating if too
brief. Anyway, I hope you post anything else you come across
along these lines.
ps --
the only copy of d'Andrade F., (1973) A Short History of
the Spanish Horse and of the Iberian "Gineta" Horsemanship for which this Horse
Is Adapted (Lisbon) listed at Amazon is at an asking price of $200,
unfortunately.
Regards, -----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Linda Marins Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 9:28 AM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] OT: Mitochondrial DNA and the origins of the domestic horse This is drifting pretty far OT, so this will (probably :-) be my last
post
on the subject, but here is the *free full text* of a 2002 article on
genetic diversity in domestic horses:
It contains figures and diagrams.
Did you know there is an "Ancient Alaskan Horse?":
"Vilà et al. (3)
sequenced ancient DNA from an indisputably
wild horse sample, namely from Alaskan horse
remains,
preserved in the permafrost, with dates ranging
between
12,000 and 28,000 years (y) ago."
Linda Marins
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