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Polymorphisms of the prion protein gene and their effects on litter size and risk evaluation for scrapie in Chinese Hu sheep

It is well known that scrapie is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease in sheep and goat, which belongs to the group of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) or prion diseases. It has been confirmed that the polymorphisms of prion protein gene (PRNP) at codons 136, 154, and 171 have strong r...

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Autores principales: Guan, Feng, Pan, Lei, Li, Jie, Tang, Hong, Zhu, Cheng, Shi, Guoqing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3124648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21556743
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11262-011-0609-5