See also: Origin of ancient Chinese horses from ancient DNA Anim
Genet. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2052.2009.01950.x Multiple maternal
origins of native modern and ancient horse populations in China
Lei CZ, Su R, Bower MA, Edwards CJ, Wang XB, Weining S, Liu L,
Xie WM, Li F, Liu RY, Zhang YS, Zhang CM, Chen H. Summary To
obtain more knowledge of the origin and genetic diversity of
domestic horses in China, this study provides a comprehensive
analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) D-loop sequence diversity
from nine horse breeds in China in conjunction with ancient DNA
data and evidence from archaeological and historical records. A
247-bp mitochondrial D-loop sequence from 182 modern samples
revealed a total of 70 haplotypes with a high level of genetic
diversity. Seven major mtDNA haplogroups (A-G) and 16 clusters
were identified for the 182 Chinese modern horses. In the
present study, nine 247-bp mitochondrial D-loop sequences of
ancient remains of Bronze Age horse from the Chifeng region of
Inner Mongolia in China (