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A joint analysis to identify loci underlying variation in nematode resistance in three European sheep populations.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Dec 2014
Riggio V, Pong-Wong R, Sallé G, Usai M G, Casu S, Moreno C R, Matika O, Bishop S C
Abstract excerpt
Gastrointestinal nematode infections are one of the main health/economic issues in sheep industries, worldwide. Indicator traits for resistance such as faecal egg count (FEC) are commonly used in genomic studies; however, published results are inconsistent among breeds. Meta (or joint)-analysis is a tool for aggregating information from multiple independent studies. The aim of this study was to identify loci...
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