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Mapping QTL affecting resistance to Marek's disease in an F6 advanced intercross population of commercial layer chickens.
BMC genomics - 14 Jan 2009
Heifetz Eliyahu M, Fulton Janet E, O'Sullivan Neil P, Arthur James A, Cheng Hans, Wang Jing, Soller Morris, Dekkers Jack C M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Marek's disease (MD) is a T-cell lymphoma of chickens caused by the Marek's disease virus (MDV), an oncogenic avian herpesvirus. MD is a major cause of economic loss to the poultry industry and the most serious and persistent infectious disease concern. A full-sib intercross population, consisting of five independent families was generated by crossing and repeated intercrossing of two partially inbred...
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