Identification of novel loci associated with gastrointestinal parasite resistance in a Red Maasai x Dorper backcross population.

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Published in PLoS One on April 13, 2015

Authors

Magda Vieira Benavides1, Tad S Sonstegard2, Stephen Kemp3, John M Mugambi4, John P Gibson5, Robert Leyden Baker6, Olivier Hanotte7, Karen Marshall3, Curtis Van Tassell2

Author Affiliations

1: LabEx USA, Embrapa, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
2: Animal Genomics & Improvement Laboratory, USDA/ARS/Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD, United States of America.
3: Animal Biosciences, The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya.
4: National Veterinary Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Muguga, Kenya.
5: Centre for Genetic Analysis and Applications, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.
6: Whangamata, Waikato, New Zealand.
7: Medicine & Health Sciences, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

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