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Racehorse fact of the day
Virtually all 500,000 of the world’s thoroughbred racehorses are descended from 28 ancestors, born in the 18th and 19th centuries, according to a new genetic study. And up to 95% of male thoroughbreds can be traced back to just one stallion.
Read more here. Here is another account.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on September 6, 2005 at 06:57 PM in Science | Permalink
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