How DNA works...

In 2023 Barb Bleicher privately funded a project to study and compare the DNA of Timor Ponies in Australia, Timor-Leste and New Zealand. The research was completed by Dr Brandon D Velie and his team at University of Sydney.

Results of this study are being shared on social media in 2025 after a long wait.

"During the release of DNA information from the Timor Pony DNA study, a lot of questions were coming through as well as assumptions that are not correct, but we can understand entirely how most people can land on those conclusions.

To help with explaining the reality of the things we are learning from this study, we have put together a simple mock breeding experiment using beads which is easy to follow and visualise as we work on 'breeding' ponies in our bead simulation.

During the release of DNA information from the Timor Pony DNA study, a lot of questions were coming through as well as assumptions that are not correct, but we can understand entirely how most people can land on those conclusions.

To help with explaining the reality of the things we are learning from this study, we have put together a simple mock breeding experiment using beads which is easy to follow and visualise as we work on 'breeding' ponies in our bead simulation.

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