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Spring 2019
A reproductive phenotype that has high variability, repeatability, heritability, and association with fertility could become an excellent candidate for genetic selection to augment fertility in dairy cows. Therefore, the general objective of this research was to evaluate the aforementioned...
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2012-01-01
Worldwide, forest pathogens are a major cause of forest disturbances and can impact economic revenues and endanger host species and their ecosystems. Genomics represents one of the most promising avenues to better understand and prevent forest disease epidemics. Pathogen genome characterization...
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Environmental biosafety of field scale GM triticale (xTriticosecale Wittmack) cultivation for bioindustrial applications
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Triticale (xTriticosecale Wittmack) is an intergeneric hybrid of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. and T. Durum Desf.) and rye (Secale cereale L.) that is primarily utilized as an animal feed crop, but is being genetically modified (GM) to take advantage of its bioindustrial qualities. Prior to release...
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Environmental biosafety of genetically engineered crops: Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) as a model system
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Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) is considered as a model plant species for multipurpose uses with whole plant utilization for several purposes including industril, food, animal feed, fiber, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and bioproduct markets. Therefore, flax is in the process of genetic...
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Estimation of genetic and phenotypic parameters for ultrasound and carcass merit traits in crossbred beef cattle
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Bruce, H. L., Plastow, G. S., Moore, S. S., Wang, Z., Nkrumah, D., Miar, Y., Durunna, O.
Ultrasound measurements of 852 crossbred steers along with carcass merit measurements on 756 of them were used to examine their genetic and phenotypic parameters. Traits including ultrasound backfat thickness (UBF), ultrasound ribeye area (UREA), ultrasound marbling (UMAR), carcass weight (CWT),...
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Exploring Phenotypes for Disease Resilience in Pigs Using Complete Blood Count Data From a Natural Disease Challenge Model
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Bai, Xuechun, Putz, Austin M., Wang, Zhiquan, Fortin, Frederic, Harding, John C. S., Dyck, Michael K., Dekkers, Jack C. M., Field, Catherine J., Plastow, Graham S., PigGen Canada
Disease resilience is a valuable trait to help manage infectious diseases in livestock. It is anticipated that improved disease resilience will sustainably increase production efficiency, as resilient animals maintain their performance in the face of infection. The objective of this study was to...
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1999
Goonewardene, L. A., Wang, Z., Yang, R. C., Huedepohl, C.
Data from the Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Development data base, which keeps inventories of elk producers and velvet production information (n = 12 724), were used to estimate genetic and phenotypic variances, heritability and repeatability estimates for velvet antler using REML methods....
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Genetic architecture of gene expression underlying variation in host response to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection
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Kommadath, Arun, Bao, Hua, Choi, Igseo, Reecy, James M., Koltes, James E., Fritz-Waters, Elyn, Eisley, Chris J., Grant, Jason R., Rowland, Robert R. R., Tuggle, Christopher K., Dekkers, Jack C. M., Lunney, Joan K., Guan, Le Luo, Stothard, Paul, Plastow, Graham S.
It has been shown that inter-individual variation in host response to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) has a heritable component, yet little is known about the underlying genetic architecture of gene expression in response to PRRS virus (PRRSV) infection. Here, we integrated...
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2010
Dhir, N., Rweyongeza, D., Yeh, F.
We estimated heritabilities and correlations for bud flushing and growth traits of white spruce seedlings, and the correlations of seedling traits with 10- and 11-year height of the same families in the field. The seedling greenhouse experiment had a randomized complete block design with 30...
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Genetic parameters for production and feeding behaviour traits in crossbred steers fed a finishing diet at different ages
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Wang, Z., Nkrumah, D. J., Basarab, J. A., Durunna, O. N., Okine, E. K., Moore, S. S., Mujibi, F. D. N.
Because cattle can be raised postweaning under several feeding regimes, this study examined the consistency of phenotypic and genetic parameters of some production and feeding behaviour traits between two feeding periods that beef cattle received a finisher diet. Crossbred steers (n=851) were...