Mitochondria

MtDNA and Stud Book Errors - an interesting find.

The mitochondrial haplotype of thoroughbred racehorses often disagree with stud book records. Thoroughbred performance may depend on the mit

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An Analysis of Leading Hong Kong Trainer John Size's training methods

An Analysis of the training methods of John Size, a leading racehorse trainer in Hong Kong.

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Potential role of maternal lineage in the thoroughbred breeding strategy

For some time now we have been of the opinion that there has been over selection of the paternal side of the pedigree and under...

Mitochondrial DNA and Tregonwell's Natural Barb

A year or so ago we did a private study on mitochondrial DNA, specifically looking into the #1 family of Tregonwell's Natural Barb. We...

Bruce Lowe numbers, Mitochondrial DNA and Performance

Common to all mammalian species, Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is inherited exclusively from the mother. Mutations of this mtDNA occur,...

Thoroughbred Mitochondrial DNA and Bruce Lowe

Just about the best explanation of Thoroughbred mitochondrial DNA as it relates to family numbers (Bruce Lowe) can be found here....

Interesting Papers from ISAG

There were a couple of really interesting abstracts from the ISAG (International Society of Animal Genetics) meeting in Cairns Australia...

New MtDNA study reveals closer genetic and pedigree links

A decade ago Emmeline Hill, Dr Patrick Cunningham and others from the Trinity College in Dublin published a seminal paper on...

How Much Mitochondria

We have previously discussed how there are variations within Mitochondrial DNA that can indicate athletic performance but that if the...

Mitochondria and Elite Performance

A paper on humans was released last week that outlined some variations in the control region of mitochondrial DNA associated with elite...

The Mitochondrial Eve

The concept of a 'mitochondrial eve' is a concept that has been around in human terms for some time. The idea is that we as humans all...