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SUBMITTER: Kanata E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4030296 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kanata Eirini E Humphreys-Panagiotidis Cynthia C Giadinis Nektarios D ND Papaioannou Nikolaos N Arsenakis Minas M Sklaviadis Theodoros T
Veterinary research 20140409
The present study investigates the potential use of the scrapie-protective Q211 S146 and K222 caprine PRNP alleles as targets for selective breeding in Greek goats. Genotyping data from a high number of healthy goats with special emphasis on bucks, revealed high frequencies of these alleles, while the estimated probabilities of disease occurrence in animals carrying these alleles were low, suggesting that they can be used for selection. Greek goats represent one of the largest populations in Eur ...[more]