 Bowling applied her work on identifying parentage to help preserve the genetic diversity of the Przewalski 's horse . Among other work , she reconstructed the herd book of the captive Askania Nova herd in Ukraine using parentage testing data . She studied the genetics of Mustangs in the Great Basin and located genetic markers linking them to other domesticated horse breeds . She also performed research on the blood types of the Paso Fino breed . 
