Detection of genes with moderate effects on disease resistance using ovine mhc and resistance to nematodes as an example

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 3-9

  Stear, M J ^a   Belch, A ^a   Donskow Schmelter, K ^b   Fitton, L A ^a   Innocent, G T ^a   Ishikane, C ^a   Mateus, A ^a   Murphy, L ^a   Rennie, K ^a   Smith, A ^a   Sayers, G ^c  

^a Institute of Comparative Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Major histocompatibility complex; Nematodes; Sheep; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

NEMATODA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34648814194     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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