Resolving the genetics of resistance to infectious diseases.

doi:10.20506/rst.17.1.1098

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Resolving the genetics of resistance to infectious diseases.

Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics) - 1 Apr 1998

Hawken R J, Beattie C W, Schook L B

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The genetics of resistance to disease is an area of great interest in agriculturally important plant and animal species. Selective breeding for resistance to pathogens in plants, animals and insects has demonstrated that resistance and susceptibility to pathogens are controlled by both genetic an...

Topics

Animals
Animals, Domestic
Breeding
Communicable Diseases
Genetic Markers
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Immunity, Innate
Selection, Genetic

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