Genetic diversity of Estonian horse breeds and their genetic affinity to northern European and some Asian breeds

摘要

Sixteen microsatellite markers were used to assess the genetic diversity in native and imported transboundary horse breeds and populations from the Baltic Sea region, North-Eastern Europe and Asia (Mongolia and Yakutia, the Russian Federation), with a special focus on Estonian horse breeds. Testing for within-breed genetic variation, Hardy-Weinberg proportions, linkage disequilibrium between genotypes across loci, molecular variance, genetic relationships and population structure was performed.