Preliminary association of microsatellite heterozygosity with footrot in domestic sheep

Livestock Science

Volumn 143, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 293-299

  Smith, Edward M ^a   Hoffman, Joseph I ^b   Green, Laura E ^a   Amos, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candidate loci; Footrot; GO codes; Heterozygosity fitness correlation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84855800100     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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