| TSE | Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies |
| PRNP | Exon 3 region of the prion protein gene |
| SE | Spongiform encephalopathies |
| CJD | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
| GSS | Gertsmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease |
| VPSPr | Variable protease-sensitive prionopathy |
| CWD | Chronic wasting disease |
| BSE | Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
| TME | Transmissible mink encephalopathy |
| FSE | Feline spongiform encephalopathy |
| CPD | Camel prion disease |
| PrP | Prion protein |
| PrPC | Normal cellular PrP |
| PrPSc | Infectious conformation of PrP |
| MDCK | Madin Darby canine kidney |
| cPrPC | canine PrPC |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| gDNA | Genomic DNA |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| ML | Maximum likelihood |
| AICc | Akaike information criterion with a correction |
| GTR+I+Γ | general time reversible plus proportion of invariable sites plus gamma distribution |
| BI | Bayesian inference |
| PPV | Posterior probability values |
Official websites use .gov
A
.gov website belongs to an official
government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you've safely
connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive
information only on official, secure websites.