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Can breeders prevent pathogen adaptation when selecting for increased resistance to infectious diseases?

BACKGROUND: Recent research shows that genetic selection has high potential to reduce the prevalence of infectious diseases in livestock. However, like all interventions that target infectious diseases, genetic selection of livestock can exert selection pressure on pathogen populations. Such selecti...

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Autores principales: Hulst, Andries D., Bijma, Piter, De Jong, Mart C. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9644597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36348272
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-022-00764-0