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Detection of prion protein gene polymorphisms in Baltic breeds of sheep.
The Veterinary record - 19 Aug 2006
Sild E, Volskiene R, Viinalass H, Miceikiene I, Grislis Z, Distl O, Drögemüller C
Abstract excerpt
A total of 167 sheep belonging to the Estonian whiteheaded mutton, Estonian blackheaded mutton, Lithuanian coarsewool native, Lithuanian blackface and Latvian darkheaded mutton breeds, and a population of sheep kept isolated on the Estonian island of Ruhnu, were sequence-analysed for polymorphisms in the prion protein (PrP) gene, to determine their genotype and the allele frequencies of polymorphisms in PrP known...
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