Browsing by Author "Gill, Clare"
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Yi, Gang Man (2012-07-16)The increased availability of data in biological databases provides many opportunities for understanding biological processes through these data. As recent attention has shifted from sequence analysis to higher-level ...
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Amen, Tonya Sue (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Angus - Bos indicus (Brahman or Nellore) reciprocal backcross embryo transfer calves belonging to 28 full-sib families were evaluated for differences in birth weight (BW), gestation length (GL), weaning weight (WW), ...
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Scienski, Kathy (2018-08-06)Coat color of mammals, especially mice, has been a valuable model for the study of adaptation, pleiotropy, and gene action and interactions. More recently, however, the characterization of coat color in livestock has begun ...
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Grützner, Niels (2013-12-11)In recent history, no other dog breed has grown in popularity and/or population size in such a short period of time as is the case for the Chinese Shar Pei in North America. After being introduced to North America in the ...
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Funkhouser, Rena Rebecca (Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)Aggressiveness, nervousness, flightiness, gregariousness and overall disposition were evaluated in F2 Nellore-Angus embryo transfer calves (n = 443) from 13 full sib families and in half Bos indicus, half Bos taurus ...
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Cardin, Jessica Marie (2011-10-21)Steers produced in Cycle I of the Texas A & M University McGregor Genomics Project (n = 232, F2 Nellore-Angus) were evaluated for carcass composition, visceral organ weights, and model predicted residual consumption (MPRC), ...
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Zhong, Ming (2011-08-08)Positive natural selection is recognized as the driving force underneath evolution. One of the surest signatures of recent positive selection is a local elevation of advantageous allele frequency and linkage disequilibrium ...
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Cilkiz, Kubra (2018-08-06)Increasing demand for poultry meat has encouraged production of the maximum possible yield from chicken, which resulted in broiler chickens being subjected to intense selection for increased Pectoralis major (P. major) ...
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Alshanbari, Fahad (2019-12-04)Camelids are an important livestock species in many regions of the world, often used for transportation and the production of wool/fiber, meat, and milk. Furthermore, they are used as exotic animals in zoos and shows, and ...
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Key, Kelli Loren (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Reproductive, maternal, and weight traits were analyzed for Angus (A), Brahman (B), and Hereford (H) straightbred cows; F1 and F2 BA and BH cows; and 3/8 B 5/8 A first (Bn) and second (Bn2) generation cows in Central ...
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Butler, Lara Elizabeth (2009-05-15)The European honey bee, Apis mellifera, is a primarily beneficial insect for mankind. It has been utilized by humans for thousands of years for the products and services it provides. Crop pollination and honey production ...
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Hagen, Darren Erich (2009-05-15)The development of genetic transformation systems in insects has revolutionized the field of entomology. Transgenic insects provide tools to identify, isolate and analyze insect genes and to genetically modify insects for ...
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Garretson, Pamela Donn (2009-05-15)The gastrointestinal parasite, Haemonchus contortus, is of major concern in the sheep and goat industry as well as in zoological settings. Over the years this parasite has developed resistance to the three classes of ...
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Fletcher, Samantha Ann (2019-01-14)Even embryonic spacing and migration, the movement and positioning of embryos in the uterine horn prior to implantation, has been previously characterized as the even arrangement of embryos along a single uterine horn. ...
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McKay, Stephanie; Schnabel, Robert; Murdoch, Brenda; Matukumalli, Lakshmi; Aerts, Jan; Coppieters, Wouter; Crews, Denny; Emmanuel Dias Neto; Gill, Clare; Gao, Chuan; Mannen, Hideyuki; Stothard, Paul; Wang, Zhiquan; Curt P Van Tassell; Williams, John; Taylor, Jeremy; Moore, Stephen (BMC Genetics, 2007)