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Association of a marker in the vitamin D receptor gene with Marek's disease resistance in poultry.
Poultry science - 1 Jun 2008
Praslickova D, Sharif S, Sarson A, Abdul-Careem M F, Zadworny D, Kulenkamp A, Ansah G, Kuhnlein U
Abstract excerpt
Vitamin D is an important immunomodulator that mediates its effect via a nuclear receptor. In this study, we analyzed 3 uncorrelated genetic markers (tag single nucleotide polymorphisms) in the vitamin D receptor gene for association with Marek's disease (MD) resistance. The database consisted of 400 commercial White Leghorn chickens that had been vaccinated with herpes turkey virus and challenged by...
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