“HEIGHT GENE” IN SHETLAND PONIES IDENTIFIED

Swiss researchers recently identified a gene that controls height in Shetland Ponies and other pony breeds.

A team from the University of Bern, Agroscope Swiss National Stud and Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences first determined that a major heightregulating gene is located on chromosome 6 by comparing 48 Shetland Ponies of various heights, then sequenced the entire genomes of two ponies at opposite ends of the size