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Expansion of the Bactericidal/Permeability Increasing-like (BPI-like) protein locus in cattle
BACKGROUND: Cattle and other ruminants have evolved the ability to derive most of their metabolic energy requirement from otherwise indigestible plant matter through a symbiotic relationship with plant fibre degrading microbes within a specialised fermentation chamber, the rumen. The genetic changes...
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BioMed Central
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1839098/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17362520 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-8-75 |