Frequencies of polymorphisms associated with BSE resistance differ significantly between Bos taurus, Bos indicus, and composite cattle

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Brunelle, Brian W ^a,d   Greenlee, Justin J ^a   Seabury, Christopher M ^b   Brown II, Charles E ^c   Nicholson, Eric M ^a  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GENUS PLC   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; INDEL MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PRION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; INDEL MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58149171458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-36     Document Type: Article

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