Haplotypes that include the integrin alpha 11 gene are associated with tick burden in cattle

BACKGROUND: Infestations on cattle by the ectoparasite Boophilus (Rhipicephalus) microplus (cattle tick) impact negatively on animal production systems. Host resistance to tick infestation has a low to moderate heritability in the range 0.13 - 0.64 in Australia. Previous studies identified a QTL on...

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Autores principales: Porto Neto, Laercio R, Bunch, Rowan J, Harrison, Blair E, Prayaga, Kishore C, Barendse, William
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/PMC2905322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20565915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-11-55

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2905322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20565915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-11-55

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