Characterization of the PRNP gene locus in Chios dairy sheep and its association with milk production and reproduction traits

Animal Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 406-414

  Psifidi, A ^a   Basdagianni, Z ^b   Dovas, C I ^a   Arsenos, G ^a   Sinapis, E ^a   Papanastassopoulou, M ^a   Banos, G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Chios Sheep Breeder's Cooperative Macedonia   (Greece)

Author keywords

dairy sheep; milk production; prion protein; reproduction; scrapie

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DAIRYING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GREECE; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRION; REPRODUCTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DAIRYING; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; GREECE; LINEAR MODELS; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PRIONS; REPRODUCTION; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79960346517     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02159.x     Document Type: Article

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