Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II DNA Polymorphisms in Chicken Strains Selected for Marek's Disease Resistance and Egg Production or for Egg Production Alone

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1517-1523

  Lakshmanan, N ^a   Gavora, J S ^b   Lamont, S J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Egg production; Major Histocompatibility Complex class II; Marek's disease resistance; Selection; Strain

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; EGG; EGG LAYING; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHICKENS; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EGGS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MAREK DISEASE; OVIPOSITION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POULTRY DISEASES; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031266010     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.11.1517     Document Type: Article

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