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Quantitative genetics of Taura syndrome resistance in Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei): a cure model approach.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 21 Mar 2011
Ødegård Jørgen, Gitterle Thomas, Madsen Per, Meuwissen Theo H E, Yazdi M Hossein, Gjerde Bjarne, Pulgarin Carlos, Rye Morten
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BACKGROUND: In aquaculture breeding, resistance against infectious diseases is commonly assessed as time until death under exposure to a pathogen. For some diseases, a fraction of the individuals may appear as "cured" (non-susceptible), and the resulting survival time may thus be a result of two confounded underlying traits, i.e., endurance (individual hazard) and susceptibility (whether at risk or not), which...
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