Analysis of the history and population structure of the Icelandic horse using pedigree data and DNA analyses

• Main Authors: Gunnfríður Elín Hreiðarsdóttir 1976-, Þorvaldur Árnason 1947-, Vilhjálmur Svansson 1960-, Jón Hallsteinn Hallsson 1976-
• Other Authors: Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Íslenski hesturinn; Erfðafræði; Langa; Varpa; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/19876

The Icelandic horse breed is believed to have been founded on the basis of horses brought to Iceland eleven hundred years ago. It has in past decades gone from close to obsolete to enjoying considerable popularity with about 250,000 horses in at least 19 countries. To characterize the population str...