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Ovar-DRB1 haplotypes *2001 and *0301 are associated with sheep growth and ewe lifetime prolificacy.
Gene - 31 Dec 2016
Cinar Mehmet Ulas, Mousel Michelle R, Herrmann-Hoesing Lynn M, Taylor J Bret, White Stephen N
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BACKGROUND: The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is an organized cluster of tightly linked vertebrate genes with immunological and non-immunological functions. While the important MHC gene DRB1 has been examined in regard to many sheep infectious disease traits, only one study, based on microsatellite markers, has previously examined DRB1 and sheep production traits. Furthermore, to our knowledge no studies...
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