A genome scan for quantitative trait loci affecting resistance to Trichostrongylus colubriformis in sheep

Animal Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-106

  Beh, K J ^a   Hulme, D J ^a   Callaghan, M J ^a   Leish, Z ^a   Lenane, I ^a   Windon, R G ^a   Maddox, J F ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Linkage analysis; Mapping; QTL; Sheep; Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LAMB; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS;

EID: 0036010094     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2002.00829.x     Document Type: Article

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