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Detecting the effects of selection at the population level in six bovine immune genes.
BMC genetics - 6 Oct 2008
Freeman Abigail R, Lynn David J, Murray Caitriona, Bradley Daniel G
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BACKGROUND: The capacity of a species or population to respond to and survive novel infectious disease challenge is one of the most significant selective forces shaping genetic diversity and the period following animal domestication was likely one of the most important in terms of newly emerging diseases. Inter-specific genome-wide comparison has suggested that genes, including cluster of differentiation 2 (CD2),...
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