Characterisation of the Djallonke Sheep Breed in Ghana using Molecular Markers
Djallonke are the most ancient sheep breed in Africa, and are more resistant to many livestock diseases, including haemonchosis and trypanosomosis, than the Sahelian breed from the same region. Whole genome and Major Histocompatibility analysis of these two sheep breeds has identified more than 2 mi...
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| description | Djallonke are the most ancient sheep breed in Africa, and are more resistant to many livestock diseases, including haemonchosis and trypanosomosis, than the Sahelian breed from the same region. Whole genome and Major Histocompatibility analysis of these two sheep breeds has identified more than 2 million new variants together with 19 breed specific and 24 new MHC alleles. These findings provide a genetic basis for analysing the contrasting phenotypes between these two breeds. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-659952018-03-08T00:56:55Z Characterisation of the Djallonke Sheep Breed in Ghana using Molecular Markers Yaro, Mohammed Djallonke are the most ancient sheep breed in Africa, and are more resistant to many livestock diseases, including haemonchosis and trypanosomosis, than the Sahelian breed from the same region. Whole genome and Major Histocompatibility analysis of these two sheep breeds has identified more than 2 million new variants together with 19 breed specific and 24 new MHC alleles. These findings provide a genetic basis for analysing the contrasting phenotypes between these two breeds. 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65995 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Yaro, Mohammed Characterisation of the Djallonke Sheep Breed in Ghana using Molecular Markers |
| title | Characterisation of the Djallonke Sheep Breed in Ghana using Molecular Markers |
| title_full | Characterisation of the Djallonke Sheep Breed in Ghana using Molecular Markers |
| title_fullStr | Characterisation of the Djallonke Sheep Breed in Ghana using Molecular Markers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterisation of the Djallonke Sheep Breed in Ghana using Molecular Markers |
| title_short | Characterisation of the Djallonke Sheep Breed in Ghana using Molecular Markers |
| title_sort | characterisation of the djallonke sheep breed in ghana using molecular markers |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65995 |