Polo Meets Genetics

I thought this article might be of interest to our horse-obsessed polo-playing biology major, who is apparently taking some graduate level genetics this time around.

Virtually all 500,000 of the world’s thoroughbred racehorses are descended from 28 ancestors, born in the 18th and 19th centuries, according to a new genetic study. And up to 95% of male thoroughbreds can be traced back to just one stallion.