Identification of Novel Loci Associated with Gastrointestinal Parasite Resistance in a Red Maasai x Dorper Backcross Population

• Magda Vieira Benavides ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Magda Vieira Benavides, Tad S. Sonstegard, Curtis Van Tassell

  * E-mail: magda.benavides@embrapa.br

  Affiliation LabEx USA, Embrapa, Brasília, DF, Brazil

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• Tad S. Sonstegard ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Magda Vieira Benavides, Tad S. Sonstegard, Curtis Van Tassell

  Affiliation Animal Genomics & Improvement Laboratory, USDA/ARS/Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD, United States of America

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• Stephen Kemp ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Animal Biosciences, The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya

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• John M. Mugambi ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation National Veterinary Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Muguga, Kenya

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• John P. Gibson ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centre for Genetic Analysis and Applications, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia

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• Robert Leyden Baker ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Whangamata, Waikato, New Zealand

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• Olivier Hanotte ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Medicine & Health Sciences, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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• Karen Marshall ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Animal Biosciences, The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Curtis Van Tassell

  Contributed equally to this work with: Magda Vieira Benavides, Tad S. Sonstegard, Curtis Van Tassell

  Affiliation Animal Genomics & Improvement Laboratory, USDA/ARS/Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD, United States of America

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