Haplotypes that include the integrin alpha 11 gene are associated with tick burden in cattle

BMC Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Porto Neto, Laercio R ^a,b,c   Bunch, Rowan J ^a,b   Harrison, Blair E ^a,b   Prayaga, Kishore C ^a,b   Barendse, William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTEGRIN; ALPHA11 INTEGRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BREED DIFFERENCE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SAMPLE SIZE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TICK INFESTATION; VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CATTLE DISEASE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; RHIPICEPHALUS;

ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; BOVINAE; IXODIDA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; GENOTYPE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTEGRIN ALPHA CHAINS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RHIPICEPHALUS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 77953672619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-11-55     Document Type: Article

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