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Comparative PRNP genotyping of U.S. cattle sires for potential association with BSE.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Oct 2004
Seabury Christopher M, Womack James E, Piedrahita Jorge, Derr James N
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The recent discovery of significant associations between bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) susceptibility in German cattle and the frequency distributions of insertion/deletion (indel) polymorphisms within the bovine PRNP gene prompted an evaluation of 132 commercial U.S. artificial insemination (AI) sires from 39 breeds. Forward primer sequences from published primer sets targeting indels within the...
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