Discovery of quantitative trait loci for resistance to parasitic nematode infection in sheep: I. Analysis of outcross pedigrees

BMC Genomics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Crawford, Allan M ^a   Paterson, Korena A ^b   Dodds, Ken G ^a   Tascon, Cristina Diez ^b,d   Williamson, Penny A ^b   Thomson, Meredith Roberts ^b   Bisset, Stewart A ^c   Beattie, Anne E ^a   Greer, Gordon J ^a   Green, Richard S ^c   Wheeler, Roger ^c   Shaw, Richard J ^c   Knowler, Kevin ^c   McEwan, John C ^a  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d Departamento de Cardiología   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP DISEASE; SMALL INTESTINE; TELOMERE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 33749120083     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-7-178     Document Type: Article

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