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Associations between the prion protein genotype and performance traits of meat breeds of sheep.
The Veterinary record - 31 Jul 2004
de Vries F, Borchers N, Hamann H, Drögemüller C, Reinecke S, Lüpping W, Distl O
Abstract excerpt
The prion protein (PrP) genotypes of four German meat breeds of sheep were examined in relation to their scores for muscle mass, conformation, wool quality, daily liveweight gain and ultrasonic measurements of the depth of back muscle and back fat. The dataset included 912 genotyped German texel sheep among 10,383 recorded sheep, 474 genotyped Suffolk sheep among 4079 recorded sheep, 271 genotyped German...
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