Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2022 Background The purpose of this review was to provide and synthesize validated and up-to-date scientific knowledge on the benefits and drawbacks of crossbreeding as a basis for goat production by Ethiopian smallholder farmers.
Belete Kuraz Abebe
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How Hybrid Breakdown Can Be Handled in Rice Crossbreeding?
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 In crosses between genetically divergent parents, traits such as weakness and sterility often segregate in later generations. This hybrid breakdown functions as a reproductive barrier and reduces selection efficiency in crossbreeding.
Kazuki Matsubara
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Animals, 2021 Using three-breed rotational crossbreeding in a purebred Holstein (HO) herd raises two questions: Do the different genetic classes of cows generated by crossbreeding perform differently?
Julien Quénon, Marie-Angélina Magne
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Effect of Crossbreeding on Growth Performance of Improved Horro Crosses with Koekoek and Kuroiler Chicken Breeds [PDF]
Poultry Science Journal, 2022 The study was designed to evaluate the growth performance of exotic dual-purpose chicken breed of Koekoek (K) and Kuroiler (Ku) crosses with an improved Horro (H) chicken under reciprocal mating to select potential crosses for development of a synthetic ...
Shambel Taye +2 more
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Genomic analyses provide insights into breed-of-origin effects from purebreds on three-way crossbred pigs [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Crossbreeding is widely used aimed at improving crossbred performance for poultry and livestock. Alleles that are specific to different purebreds will yield a large number of heterozygous single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in crossbred individuals ...
Yu Lin +11 more
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Comparative study of lactation curves and milk quality in Holstein versus Swedish Red and White-Holstein Cross Cows [PDF]
, 2018 The objective of this study reported in this research paper was to compare the lactation curves of the production of milk, fat, protein, percentages of fat and protein, and somatic cell score in purebred Holstein (H) cows and Swedish Red and White (SRW) -
Lembeye, Felipe +4 more
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Biological compatibility between two temperate lineages of brown dog ticks, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (sensu lato) [PDF]
, 2018 Background: The brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (sensu stricto) is reputed to be the most widespread tick of domestic dogs worldwide and has also been implicated in the transmission of many pathogens to dogs and humans.
Capelli, Gioia +8 more
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Significant progressive heterobeltiosis in banana crossbreeding [PDF]
BMC Plant Biology, 2020 Abstract Background Heterobeltiosis is the phenomenon when the hybrid’s performance is superior to its best performing parent. Banana ( Musa spp.
Batte, Michael +8 more
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Growth performance, carcase characteristics and meat quality of crossbred bulls and heifers from double-muscled Belgian Blue sires and Brown Swiss, Simmental and Rendena dams [PDF]
, 2017 Growth, conformation, carcase and meat quality traits of crossbred calves obtained in the Alps from selected Belgian Blue sires (BB) and Brown Swiss (BS), Simmental (Si) and Rendena (Re) dams were studied, emphasising differences on dairy and dual ...
Schiavon, Stefano +2 more
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Plants, 2023 This study discusses the challenge of distinguishing between two high-quality mandarin cultivars, ‘Asumi’ and ‘Asuki’, which have been introduced and cultivated in Korea after being developed through crossbreeding in Japan.
Sang Suk Kim +7 more
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