Polymorphism of the DQA2 gene in goats

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 963-968

  Zhou, H ^a   Hickford, J G H ^a,b   Fang, Q ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33646012623     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2005.835963x     Document Type: Article

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