PrP genotypes in scrapie-affected sheep in Greece-The contribution of the AHQ 1 polymorphism

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 142-149

  Ekateriniadou, L V ^a   Kanata, Eirini ^b   Panagiotidis, Cindy ^b   Nikolaou, Anna ^c   Koutsoukou, Eleni ^d   Lymberopoulos, A G ^a   Sklaviadis, Theodoros ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^d Ministry of Rural Development and Food   (Greece)

Author keywords

AHQ contribution; Allele; Genotype; Haplotype; Scrapie resistance

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; THESSALONIKI;

EID: 34548499101     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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