Diversity of the ovine DQA2 gene

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1553-1563

  Hickford, J G H ^a,c   Zhou, H ^a   Slow, S ^b   Fang, Q ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

DQA2; Major Histocompatibility Complex; Polymorphism; Sheep; Single Strand Conformational Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 2642515808     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2004.8261553x     Document Type: Article

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