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Why genetic selection to reduce the prevalence of infectious diseases is way more promising than currently believed

Genetic selection for improved disease resistance is an important part of strategies to combat infectious diseases in agriculture. Quantitative genetic analyses of binary disease status, however, indicate low heritability for most diseases, which restricts the rate of genetic reduction in disease pr...

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Autores principales: Hulst, Andries D, de Jong, Mart C M, Bijma, Piter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8049556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33734349
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyab024