Selective breeding is done by crossing two members of the same species which possess particular physical or behavioral traits, such as friendliness in dogs, speed in horses, or large ears in corn. In addition individuals with one set of desirable traits, like large seeds, might be crossed with...
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N.A.Johnson, inEncyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology, 2016 Introduction Although humans have been domesticating animals and plants for many thousands of years, widespread use ofselective breedingto consciously alter traits is a much more recent phenomenon, dating back to the last few centuries (Smith,...
In recent years, there has also been increasing evidence in favor of selection acting by means of ‘adaptive introgression’ (Hedricket al., 2013; Racimoet al., 2015). In this scenario, an advantageous mutation is passed on, via interbreeding, from one population or species to another, and...
In animal breeding, the integration of IGEs within the ordinary quantitative genetic framework has increased their under- standing and acceptance, and clarified their potential role in response to selection (Bijma et al., 2007a). In evolutionary biology, the development of trait-based IGE models, ...
General Methods for SERM Assays and Screening [0136] Female Topeka guinea pigs (400-600 g), bred in the Oregon Health Sciences University institutional breeding facility and female multicolor guinea pigs (400-500 g, Elm Hill, MA) were used. The guinea pigs were maintained under constant ...
The breeding stocks were maintained at room temperature or 25°C on fly food provided by a fly facility in the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore. Crosses were conducted with the same food at 25°C. Adults were caged (with generally evenly distributed sex contribution) at 25...
using a conditional random field method, which takes into account the allelic state at a SNP in non-African, Neandertal, and Yoruba individuals, the relative sequence divergence between these individuals and the consistency of haplotype lengths with estimated time of interbreeding with archaic humans...
Viruses 2013, 5, 1466-1499; doi:10.3390/v5061466 OPEN ACCESS viruses Review ISSN 1999-4915 www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses Expanding Possibilities for Intervention against Small Ruminant Lentiviruses through Genetic Marker-Assisted Selective Breeding Stephen N. White 1,2,* and Donald P. Knowles 1,2...