Browsing Research Articles (Veterinary Tropical Diseases) by Subject "Inbreeding depression"

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Genetic susceptibility to infectious disease in East African Shorthorn Zebu : a genome-wide analysis of the effect of heterozygosity and exotic introgression

Murray, Gemma G.R.; Woolhouse, Mark E.J.; Tapio, Miika; Mbole-Kariuki, Mary Ndila; Sonstegard, Tad S.; Thumbi, Samuel Mwangi; Jennings, Amy; Conradie van Wyk, Ilana; Chase-Topping, Margo; Kiara, Henry; Toye, Philip G.; Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Bronsvoort, Barend Mark de Clare; Hanotte, Olivier (BioMed Central, 2013-11-09)

BACKGROUND: Positive multi-locus heterozygosity-fitness correlations have been observed in a number of natural populations. They have been explained by the correlation between heterozygosity and inbreeding, and the negative ...

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