Association between the Rfp-Y haplotype and the incidence of Marek's disease in chickens.

doi:10.1007/BF02602552

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Association between the Rfp-Y haplotype and the incidence of Marek's disease in chickens.

Immunogenetics - 1 Jan 1996

Wakenell P S, Miller M M, Goto R M, Gauderman W J, Briles W E

Abstract excerpt

Certain haplotypes at the major histocompatibility (B) complex (Mhc) of the chicken provide an easily demonstrated influence on tumor formation following infections with Marek's disease virus (MDV). Recognition that there is a second histocompatibility complex of genes in the chicken, Rfp-Y, comp...

Topics

Animals
Chickens
Genotype
Haplotypes
Incidence
Major Histocompatibility Complex
Marek Disease
Protein Binding

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