Browsing by Author "Riley, David"
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Moon, Youngji (2015-05-01)The price of milk depends on many factors. For example, if corn prices rise then feed costs will go up and milk prices will increase. Besides corn prices, inflation, import and export market situations, somatic cell count, ...
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Kent, Mitchell Allen (2023-02-15)Genomic prediction has shown to be an effective tool for plant and animal breeders, allowing for prediction of phenotypes and breeding values. For crops that have vast acres planted in the United States, such as maize, ...
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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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Ngere, Lauretta (2015-04-28)Internal parasites are a major concern to the livestock industry leading to huge losses. Genetic enhancement of ruminants for resistance/tolerance to internal parasites may provide for a lasting solution to the problem of ...
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Lozada Garcia, Claudia Carolina (2021-11-12)Efficient sampling strategies expedite behavioral data collection. While multiple studies have evaluated sampling strategies for core behaviors in cattle, few have focused on social interactions or stereotypic behavior. ...
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Collins, Haley Claire (2022-12-12)This dissertation project evaluated whether methylation of DNA of peripheral white blood cells (WBC) is predictive of methylation of DNA in components of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis of mature Brahman cows; ...
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Xing, Yue (2018-11-16)Copy number variants (CNV) are insertions or deletions of 1 kb or larger in a genome with variable number of copies compared to a reference genome that can affect phenotypic expression. Methods for identifying and applying ...
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Gurney, Andrea Mckenzie (2018-11-30)As the world population grows and the demand for meat increases, pressure is placed on the agricultural industry to satisfy societal needs. Having the largest commercial cattle herd, and 50% lower production costs than the ...
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Riley, David; Sparks Jr., Alton N. (1995-10-19)The pepper weevil is a severe pest of sweet and hot peppers. The grubs feed inside buds of fruit, and there may be five to eight generations of pepper weevil in a year. This publication contains complete information on ...
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Osorio Hurtado, Daniel C. (2021-03-24)Gene expression variability has been associated with specific roles in cell function. However, its functional implications in multicellular organization have not been systematically tested due to technical limitations. ...
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Ott, Jeannine Annette (2020-04-28)Since the discovery of the T cell receptor (TCR) in 1983, immunologists have assigned somatic hypermutation (SHM) as a mechanism employed solely by B cells to diversify their antigen receptors. Remarkably, we found SHM ...