A genomics-informed, SNP association study reveals FBLN1 and FABP4 as contributing to resistance to fleece rot in Australian Merino sheep

BACKGROUND: Fleece rot (FR) and body-strike of Merino sheep by the sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina are major problems for the Australian wool industry, causing significant losses as a result of increased management costs coupled with reduced wool productivity and quality. In addition to direct effects...

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Autores principales: Smith, Wendy JM, Li, Yutao, Ingham, Aaron, Collis, Eliza, McWilliam, Sean M, Dixon, Tom J, Norris, Belinda J, Mortimer, Suzanne I, Moore, Robert J, Reverter, Antonio
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2886023/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20500888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-6-27

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