Associations between genotypes at codon 171 and 136 of the prion protein gene and production traits in market lambs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1073-1078

  Evoniuk, Jessica M ^a   Berg, Paul T ^a   Johnson, Mary L ^a   Larson, Daniel M ^a   Maddock, Travis D ^a   Stoltenow, Charles L ^a   Schauer, Chris S ^a   O'Rourke, Katherine I ^b   Redmer, Dale A ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; GLUTAMINE; PRION PROTEIN; VALINE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CARCASS; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; LAMB; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MARKETING; NONHUMAN; SCRAPIE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WEANING;

ABATTOIRS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CODON; GENOTYPE; MEAT; PRIONS; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 35448941549     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.68.10.1073     Document Type: Article

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