When 50 is better than 50,000….
Last week Equinome – now badged as a division of PlusVital – announced the latest iteration of their "Elite Performance Test", version 3.0. One of their most prominent claims is that they are now "using" on a platform of 670,000 genetic markers, which considers over 48,000 genetic markers related to elite racing and breeding performance. V 3.0, which uses the Equine 670KSNP chip, was of course preceded by V2.0 that used the 75KEquine SNP chip and V1.0 that used the initial 50