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Inbreeding likened to global warming

Inbreeding in the thoroughbred population is “akin to global warming” according to a new research paper published by University College Dublin. Professor Emmeline Hill (pictured) analysed the DNA of more than 10,000 thoroughbreds, the largest set of horses examined to date, and established that there has been a highly significant rise in inbreeding over the
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