Association between prion protein genotype and type traits in East Friesian milk sheep

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 849-852

  De Vries, F ^a   Hamann, H ^a   Drogemuller C ^a   Distl, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HEART SIZE; HETEROZYGOSITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; ALLELE; ANIMAL; BIOMETRY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

FRIESIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PRIONS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SHEEP;

EID: 33745611762     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.25.849     Document Type: Article

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