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SUBMITTER: Velie BD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4829256 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Velie Brandon D BD Shrestha Merina M Franҫois Liesbeth L Schurink Anouk A Tesfayonas Yohannes G YG Stinckens Anneleen A Blott Sarah S Ducro Bart J BJ Mikko Sofia S Thomas Ruth R Swinburne June E JE Sundqvist Marie M Eriksson Susanne S Buys Nadine N Lindgren Gabriella G
PloS one 20160412 4
While susceptibility to hypersensitive reactions is a common problem amongst humans and animals alike, the population structure of certain animal species and breeds provides a more advantageous route to better understanding the biology underpinning these conditions. The current study uses Exmoor ponies, a highly inbred breed of horse known to frequently suffer from insect bite hypersensitivity, to identify genomic regions associated with a type I and type IV hypersensitive reaction. A total of 1 ...[more]