Genetic Control of Canine Leishmaniasis: Genome-Wide Association Study and Genomic Selection Analysis

Javier Quilez; Verónica Martínez; John A. Woolliams; Armand Sanchez; Ricardo Pong-Wong; Lorna J. Kennedy; Rupert J. Quinnell; William E. R. Ollier; Xavier Roura; Lluís Ferrer; Laura Altet; Olga Francino

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035349

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Genetic Control of Canine Leishmaniasis: Genome-Wide Association Study and Genomic Selection Analysis

Javier Quilez ,

* E-mail: javier.quilez@cragenomica.es

Affiliations Departament de Genètica Animal, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Verónica Martínez,

Affiliations Departament de Genètica Animal, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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John A. Woolliams,

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Armand Sanchez,

Affiliations Departament de Genètica Animal, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Servei Veterinari de Genètica Molecular, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Ricardo Pong-Wong,

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lorna J. Kennedy,

Affiliation Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research (CIGMR), University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Rupert J. Quinnell,

Affiliation Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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William E. R. Ollier,

Affiliation Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research (CIGMR), University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Xavier Roura,

Affiliation Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Lluís Ferrer,

Affiliation Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Laura Altet,

Affiliations Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Servei Veterinari de Genètica Molecular, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Olga Francino

Affiliations Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Servei Veterinari de Genètica Molecular, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Genetic Control of Canine Leishmaniasis: Genome-Wide Association Study and Genomic Selection Analysis

Javier Quilez,
Verónica Martínez,
John A. Woolliams,
Armand Sanchez,
Ricardo Pong-Wong,
Lorna J. Kennedy,
Rupert J. Quinnell,
William E. R. Ollier,
Xavier Roura,
Lluís Ferrer

Published: April 25, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035349

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