Technical note: Determination of alleles of the ovine PRNP gene using PCR-single-strand conformational polymorphism analysis

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 745-749

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

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Polymorphism; Prion Protein Gene (PRNP); Sheep; Single Strand Conformational Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33646043775     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2005.834745x     Document Type: Article

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