“…A determination of phylogenetic relationships and the verification of stud book accuracy could be the first steps in the maintenance of the genetic pool ( Bodó, Alderson & Langlois, 2005 ). To date, contrary to the situation with the Hucul, which is another, but well-studied native Hungarian horse breed ( Czerneková, Kott & Majzlík, 2013 ; Georgescu et al, 2011 ; Kusza et al, 2013 ), no data are available on the genetic structure and diversity of the Gidran. In this regard, through DNA sequence comparisons of CYTB and the D-loop, we investigated matrilineal diversity for Gidran horses in Hungary.…”