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CWDPRNP: a tool for cervid prion sequence analysis in program R.
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) - 1 Oct 2017
Miller William L, Walter W David
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SUMMARY: Chronic wasting disease is a fatal, neurological disease caused by an infectious prion protein, which affects economically and ecologically important members of the family Cervidae. Single nucleotide polymorphisms within the prion protein gene have been linked to differential susceptibility to the disease in many species. Wildlife managers are seeking to determine the frequencies of disease-associated...
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