However, in many cases, the most desirable combinations are inheterozygousoffspring, meaning the allele for each characteristic will possess one dominant and one recessive gene. In that case professional breeders have a true breeding cross (i.e. AAbb) that provides a gene bank of these qualities...
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, ...
For the in vivo toxicity study, NOD.CB17-Prkdcscid/J mice bred in our breeding facility (EL-42BIO/br-01, Panepistimiopolis, Larissa, Greece) were used. The mouse colony was maintained in a pathogen-free environment in type IIL cages. Female mice, 6–8-weeks old, were used in the s...