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Genotypes of IFIH1 and IFIT5 in seven chicken breeds indicated artificial selection for commercial traits influenced antiviral genes.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2017
Li Jing-Jing, Wang Ye, Yang Chao-Wu, Ran Jin-Shan, Jiang Xiao-Song, Du Hua-Rui, Hu Yao-Dong, Liu Yi-Ping
Abstract excerpt
Innate immunity is the first line against the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms. Previous reports only demonstrated production traits of commercial importance were often negatively correlated with innate disease resistance. However, whether different purpose of artificial selection influences innate immunity have not been understood. In this study, we cloned exon1, exon6 of IFIH1 and exon2 of IFIT5 by...
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