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Quantitative trait loci for variation in immune response to a Foot-and-Mouth Disease virus peptide.
BMC genetics - 7 Dec 2010
Leach Richard J, Craigmile Susan C, Knott Sara A, Williams John L, Glass Elizabeth J
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BACKGROUND: Infectious disease of livestock continues to be a cause of substantial economic loss and has adverse welfare consequences in both the developing and developed world. New solutions to control disease are needed and research focused on the genetic loci determining variation in immune-related traits has the potential to deliver solutions. However, identifying selectable markers and the causal genes...
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