GENES ASSISTED SELECTION AS INSTRUMENT OF THE BIODIVERSITY AND POOLING THE GENETIC DISEASES
Keywords:
scrapie resistance, stress resistance, genotypeAbstract
The objective it was analysis the prion protein for scrapie resistance genotyping as
codon- amino acid at codon 136, 154, 171 from 5 known haplotypes resulting PrP
Genotype. Tissue samples were collected at Institute for Research and Development
Rusetu for study the scrapie resistance. Ovine scrapie is a member of the
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), a heterogeneous family of fatal
neurologic disorders characterized by deposition of an abnormal isoform (prion
protein [PrP] PrP-Sc) of a cellular sialoglycoprotein in neural tissue.
One other objective it was analysis the stress resistance and F 18 + E.coli
resistance of pigs. Tissue samples were collected at Institute for Research and
Development Rusetu and from Romsuintest Peris.
The results are favorable for use the genes assisted selection as instrument of the
biodiversity and for selection the animals that are the positives characters.
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