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- 2Biological Sciences, Department of
- 2Biological Sciences, Department of/Journal Articles (Biological Sciences)
- 3Rahman, Habibur (Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science)
- 1Andreas Hamann (Renewable Resources)
- 1Basu, Urmila (Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science)
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- 1Dsupervisor: Dr. Habibur Rahman, AFNS Department, co-supervisor: Dr. Rong-Cai Yang (AFNS Department)
- 1Hamann, Andreas (Renewable Resources)
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Genetic variation in lodgepole pine and interior spruce: adaptation to climate and implications for seed transfer
DownloadSpring 2014
This thesis investigates genetic variation of two commercially important conifers in western Canada, interior spruce and lodgepole pine. The goals were to quantify genetic diversity and geographic structure, to describe multitrait adaptation to local climates, and to use this information for the...
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2001
Ciobanu, D. C., Nagy, A., Day, A. E., Plastow, G. S., Rothschild, M. F., Wales, R.
Analysis of the genetic variation of an endangered population is an important component for the success of conservation. Animals from two local Romanian pig breeds, the Mangalitsa and Bazna, were analysed for variation at a number of genetic loci using PCR-based DNA tests. Polymorphism was...
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Inbreeding and Genetic Diversity in Three Imported Swine Breeds in China Using Pedigree Data
Download2013
Xue, J., Li, X. W., Zeng, Z. Y., Zhu, L., Yang, R. F., Wang, Z., Bai, L., Liu, T. F., Jiang, Y. Z., Tang, G. Q., Jiang, A. A., Lian, M. J.
The accumulation of inbreeding and the loss of genetic diversity is a potential problem in the modern swine breeds in China. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to analyze the pedigrees of Chinese Duroc (CD), Landrace (CL) and Yorkshire (CY) swine to estimate the past and current rates of...
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Multilocus sequence typing analysis of Clostridium perfringens isolates from necrotic enteritis outbreaks in broiler chickens
Download2008
Jiang, Y. F., Hunter, D. B., Parreira, V. R., Bruce, H. L., Kulkarni, R. R., Prescott, J. F., Chalmers, G., Boerlin, P.
Clostridium perfringens is an important pathogen of animals and humans and is the causative agent of necrotic enteritis (NE) in poultry. This study focuses on the typing of intestinal C. perfringens isolates (n 61) from outbreaks of NE collected from several areas of Southern Ontario, using a...
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The genetic signature of rapid range expansions: How dispersal, growth and invasion speed impact heterozygosity and allele surfing
Download2014-01-01
Lewis, Mark A. , Coltman, David W. , Goodsman, Devin W., Cooke, Barry
As researchers collect spatiotemporal population and genetic data in tandem, models that connect demography and dispersal to genetics are increasingly relevant. The dominant spatiotemporal model of invasion genetics is the stepping-stone model which represents a gradual range expansion in which...
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2003
Heuven, H. , Plastow, G., Peleman, J., Siggens, K., Brugmanns, B., Bagga, M.
AFLP® was utilized successfully as a tool to generate a large number (more than 100) of DNA markers in a total of 2435 individuals from the EC Pig Biodiversity project. This information was used for an initial genetic distance analysis with the results tending to group the lines and breeds as...