Publications

[influence of prion protein gene polymorphisms on performance traits in german meat sheep breeds].	prp polymorphisms influence the scrapie susceptiblility of sheep. the objective of this study was to analyse the association between performance traits and the prp genotype in the sheep breeds german black-headed and german white-headed mutton, bleu du maine, german mutton merino, leine, texel and suffolk from lower saxony and westphalia. we analysed performance traits such as scores for muscle mass, type and wool quality and the calculated daily weight gain using linear animal models. in all se ...	2004	15503534
[effects of different selection strategies on breeding towards scrapie resistance in the german grey-horned heath population].	scrapie resistance is related to polymorphisms of the prion protein (prp) gene. the homozygous arr/arr genotype of the prion protein gene is associated with high resistance against conventional scrapie infections. but this can lead to a distinct loss of genetic variation in breeds with a small population size or a low frequency of the arr allele. for these populations an optimal breeding scheme for breeding towards scrapie resistance and an arbitrarily chosen production trait with conservation o ...	2006	16555482