Single nucleotide polymorphism

Genetic polymorphisms in β-defensin II gene in Amazon sheep from Brazil

B. B. Souza, Barbosa, E. M., Azevedo, J. S. N., Campelo, J. E. G., Rodrigues, L. F. S., Pinheiro, L. M. L., Silva, S. C. B., Schierholt, A. S., Souza, P. H., Gonçalves, E. C., and E. Filho, S., Genetic polymorphisms in β-defensin II gene in Amazon sheep from Brazil, vol. 14, pp. 12805-12810, 2015.

The northern region of Brazil produces a large number of sheep, with Pará being the largest sheep breeding state in the region. In the Amazon region, livestock production is a challenge due to the high diversity of pathogens affecting humans and animals. Defensins are antimicrobial peptides acting as a first barrier against micro-organisms and present high variation in different organisms. The objective of this study was to detect polymorphisms in exon II in β-defensin II in Amazon sheep.

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