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2009
Backcross breeding enables breeders to transfer a desired trait such as a transgene from one variety (donor parent, DP) into the favored genetic background of another (recurrent parent, RP). If the trait of interest is produced by a dominant gene, this process involves four rounds of backcrossing within seven seasons.
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Backcross breeding enables breeders to transfer a desired trait such as a transgene from one variety (donor parent, DP) into the favored genetic background of another (recurrent parent, RP). If the trait of interest is produced by a dominant gene, this process involves four rounds of backcrossing within seven seasons.
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II. Breeds and breeding practices
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 1979A national questionnaire of farms with pigs, carried out in April 1977, was used as a source of data on the extent of use of purebred v. homebred stock in commercial herds, the fate and average age of performance‐tested boars, the extent of crossbreeding, and the identity of breeds and ...
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Breeding (2): Ecology of Breeding
1996Once breeding activity has been initiated under the influence of the various environmental stimuli described in the previous chapter, courtship, nestbuilding (where relevant) and subsequent parental behaviour follow in sequence. These activities may involve finding appropriate nesting materials (for example, green grass in the case of weavers Ploceus ...
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Breeding Methods and Breeding Research
2002In a broad sense, the term “ornamental plants” covers all kinds of plants used for one ornamental purpose or another in homes, gardens and parks. Ornamental plant breeding, therefore, covers the breeding of all ornamental plants in the broad sense. On the other hand, floriculture includes mostly herbaceous ornamental plant species, i.e., bedding plants,
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On In-Breeding, Inter-Breeding, In-and-In-Breeding.
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