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Candidate gene approach for parasite resistance in sheep--variation in immune pathway genes and association with fecal egg count.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Periasamy Kathiravan, Pichler Rudolf, Poli Mario, Cristel Silvina, Cetrá Bibiana, Medus Daniel, Basar Muladno, A K Thiruvenkadan, Ramasamy Saravanan, Ellahi Masroor Babbar, Mohammed Faruque, Teneva Atanaska, Shamsuddin Mohammed, Podesta Mario Garcia, Diallo Adama
Abstract excerpt
Sheep chromosome 3 (Oar3) has the largest number of QTLs reported to be significantly associated with resistance to gastro-intestinal nematodes. This study aimed to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within candidate genes located in sheep chromosome 3 as well as genes involved in major immune pathways. A total of 41 SNPs were identified across 38 candidate genes in a panel of unrelated sheep and...
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