Genetic diversity of a large set of horse breeds raised in France assessed by microsatellite polymorphism

Table 1 Basic information on the 39 populations studied

Population code	Breed	Type^a	Country^b	Nb of foals registered in 2005	Sample size^c
AA10	Anglo-Arab	W	France	282	50 (13)
AA5				781	50 (11)
AA6				244	50 (15)
AA9				252	50 (11)
APPAL	Appaloosa	W	USA	84	29
AB	Arab-Barb	W	Morocco	71	38
AR	Arab	W	France	1267	50
ARD	Ardennais	D	France	645	50
AUX	Auxois	D	France	130	35
BA	Barb	W	Morocco	99	24
BOUL	Boulonnais	D	France	290	49
BR	Breton	D	France	3548	50
CAM	Camargue	W	France	468	37
CO	Connemara Pony	P	Ireland	456	49
COBND	Cob Normand	D	France	495	50
COMT	Comtois	D	France	4173	50
FJ	Fjord	P	Norway	237	33
FRI	Friesian	W	The Netherlands	53	37
HAF	Haflinger	P	Austria	344	32
IS	Iceland Pony	W	Iceland	96	48
LAND	Landais	P	France	31	27
LUS	Lusitanian	W	Portugal	312	50
MER	Merens	W	France	443	32
NF	New Forrest Pony	P	UK	119	45
PER	Percheron	D	France	1309	50
PFS	Poney français de selle	P	France	1069	50
POIT	Poitevin	D	France	90	35
POT	Pottok	P	France	170	50
PRE	Pure Spanish Horse	W	Spain	146	50
PRW	Przewalsky horse	Pr	Mongolia	-	26
PS	Pur Sang (Thoroughbred)	W	France	4822	50
QH	Quaterhorse	W	USA	162	41
SF8	Selle Français	W	France	732	50 (17)
SFA97				5729	50 (20)
SFB98				895	50 (13)
SHE	Shetland Pony	P	UK	402	50
TDN	Trait du Nord	D	France	96	23
TF	Trotteur Français	W	France	10348	50
WAB	Welsh Pony	P	UK	142	39

^aW = warm-blooded horse, D = draught horse, P = pony, Pr = primitive horse
^bFrance = breeds of French origin or raised in France for at least 100 years; other countries = country of origin for breeds raised in France for less than 100 years
^cIn brackets, number of individuals of each AA and SF subpopulation used when aggregating the four and three subpopulations, respectively

ISSN: 1297-9686