Associations between lamb survival and prion protein genotype: analysis of data for ten sheep breeds in Great Britain

BACKGROUND: Selective breeding programmes, based on prion protein (PrP) genotype, have been introduced throughout the European Union to reduce the risk of sheep transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). These programmes could have negative consequences on other important traits, such as fitn...

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Autores principales: Gubbins, Simon, Cook, Charlotte J, Hyder, Kieran, Boulton, Kay, Davis, Carol, Thomas, Eurion, Haresign, Will, Bishop, Stephen C, Villanueva, Beatriz, Eglin, Rachel D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2637852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19159456
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-5-3

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