The effects of selective breeding against scrapie susceptibility on the genetic variability of the Latxa Black-Faced sheep breed

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 495-511

  Alfonso, Leopoldo ^a   Parada, Analia ^a   Legarra, Andrés ^b,c   Ugarte, Eva ^b   Arana, Ana ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic variability; Latxa; Manech; Scrapie; Sheep

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; SCRAPIE; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PRION; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33750705297     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: 12979686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:2006017     Document Type: Article

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