Editors’ pick: of horses and genes’.

1. Achilli A, Olivieri A, Soares P, Lancioni H, Hooshiar Kashani B, Perego UA, Nergadze SG, Carossa V, Santagostino M, Capomaccio S, Felicetti M, Al-Achkar W, Penedo MC, Verini-Supplizi A, Houshmand M, Woodward SR, Semino O, Silvestrelli M, Giulotto E, Pereira L, Bandelt HJ, Torroni A. Mitochondrial genomes from modern horses reveal the major haplogroups that underwent domestication.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012 Feb 14;109(7):2449-54.
   pmc: PMC3289334pubmed: 22308342doi: 10.1073/pnas.1111637109google scholar: lookup
2. Lippold S, Matzke NJ, Reissmann M, Hofreiter M. Whole mitochondrial genome sequencing of domestic horses reveals incorporation of extensive wild horse diversity during domestication.. BMC Evol Biol 2011 Nov 14;11:328.
   doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-328pmc: PMC3247663pubmed: 22082251google scholar: lookup
3. Lindgren G, Backström N, Swinburne J, Hellborg L, Einarsson A, Sandberg K, Cothran G, Vilà C, Binns M, Ellegren H. Limited number of patrilines in horse domestication.. Nat Genet 2004 Apr;36(4):335-6.
   doi: 10.1038/ng1326pubmed: 15034578google scholar: lookup
4. Lippold S, Knapp M, Kuznetsova T, Leonard JA, Benecke N, Ludwig A, Rasmussen M, Cooper A, Weinstock J, Willerslev E, Shapiro B, Hofreiter M. Discovery of lost diversity of paternal horse lineages using ancient DNA.. Nat Commun 2011 Aug 23;2:450.
   pubmed: 21863017doi: 10.1038/ncomms1447google scholar: lookup
5. Bower MA, McGivney BA, Campana MG, Gu J, Andersson LS, Barrett E, Davis CR, Mikko S, Stock F, Voronkova V, Bradley DG, Fahey AG, Lindgren G, MacHugh DE, Sulimova G, Hill EW. The genetic origin and history of speed in the Thoroughbred racehorse.. Nat Commun 2012 Jan 24;3:643.
   pubmed: 22273681doi: 10.1038/ncomms1644google scholar: lookup
6. Hill EW, Gu J, Eivers SS, Fonseca RG, McGivney BA, Govindarajan P, Orr N, Katz LM, MacHugh DE. A sequence polymorphism in MSTN predicts sprinting ability and racing stamina in thoroughbred horses.. PLoS One 2010 Jan 20;5(1):e8645.
   doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008645pmc: PMC2808334pubmed: 20098749google scholar: lookup
7. Pruvost M, Bellone R, Benecke N, Sandoval-Castellanos E, Cieslak M, Kuznetsova T, Morales-Muñiz A, O'Connor T, Reissmann M, Hofreiter M, Ludwig A. Genotypes of predomestic horses match phenotypes painted in Paleolithic works of cave art.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 Nov 15;108(46):18626-30.
   doi: 10.1073/pnas.1108982108pmc: PMC3219153pubmed: 22065780google scholar: lookup

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