Genetic distinctiveness of the Herdwick sheep breed and two other locally adapted hill breeds of the UK

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bowles, Dianna ^a   Carson, Amanda ^a   Isaac, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b iDNA Genetics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BREEDING LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HERD; HORN; JAAGSIEKTE SHEEP RETROVIRUS; LIVESTOCK; MAEDI VISNA; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; SHEEP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HORNS; LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 84900439505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087823     Document Type: Article

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