Genetic variation in Australian Merino sheep.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2052.1996.tb00482.x

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Genetic variation in Australian Merino sheep.

Animal genetics - 1 Aug 1996

Parsons Y M, Cooper D W, Piper L R

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Variation at 22 gene loci was investigated in a flock of Australian Merino sheep using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. Polymorphism was observed at 20 loci, including loci for wool keratin, hormone and immunoglobulin light chain genes. Eleven loci yielded unambiguous gen...

Topics

Animals
Australia
Genetic Markers
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Heterozygote
Hormones
Humans
Immunoglobulin Light Chains
Keratins
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Restriction Mapping
Sheep
Wool

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