Direct selection on male attractiveness and female preference fails to produce a response
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2004 Background Theoretical studies suggest that direct and indirect selection have the potential to cause substantial evolutionary change in female mate choice.
Brooks Robert +2 more
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Genetic association between somatic cell score and milk lactose in early- to mid-lactation of first calving Fleckvieh cows [PDF]
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2018 The present study aimed to assess genetic correlations of milk lactose (percentage and yield), lactose to fat ratio and lactose to protein ratio with somatic cell score (SCS) in the first half of lactation, the period with the highest risk of mastitis in
Angela Costa +5 more
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Genetic analysis of cortical thickness and fractional anisotropy of water diffusion in the brain [PDF]
, 2011 Objectives: The thickness of the brain’s cortical gray matter (GM) and the fractional anisotropy (FA) of the cerebral white matter (WM) each follow an inverted U-shape trajectory with age. The two measures are positively correlated and may be modulated
Anderson eWinkler +18 more
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The estimation of genetic parameters for growth curve traits in Raeini Cashmere goat described by Gompertz model [PDF]
, 2018 The objectives of this study were to describe growth curve of Raeini Cashmere goat applying the Gompertz growth model and genetic evaluation of growth curve-related traits including model parameters of A, B and K, inflection age (IA) and inflection ...
Ghiasi, Heydar +2 more
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GENETIC COVARIANCE OF FITNESS CORRELATES: WHAT GENETIC CORRELATIONS ARE MADE OF AND WHY IT MATTERS [PDF]
Evolution, 1991 The genetic variance-covariance matrix, G, is determined in part by functional architecture, the pathways by which variation in genotype influences phenotype. I develop a simple architectural model for G for two traits under directional selection constrained by their dependence on a common limiting resource. I assume that genetic variance is maintained
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Genetic and non-genetic correlates of vitamins K and D [PDF]
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2007 To assess the genetic and nongenetic correlates of circulating measures of vitamins K and D status in a community-based sample of men and women.A cross-sectional study of 1762 participants of the Framingham Offspring Study (919 women; mean age 59 years).
Bess Dawson-Hughes +10 more
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Identifying progressive imaging genetic patterns via multi-task sparse canonical correlation analysis: a longitudinal study of the ADNI cohort [PDF]
, 2019 Motivation Identifying the genetic basis of the brain structure, function and disorder by using the imaging quantitative traits (QTs) as endophenotypes is an important task in brain science.
Du, Lei +7 more
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Genetic variation and quantitative trait loci associated with developmental stability and the environmental correlation between traits in maize [PDF]
, 2008 There is limited experimental information about the genetic basis of micro-environmental variance (V-E) (developmental stability) and environmental correlations.
Hill, William G. +2 more
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Estimation of Genetic Parameters for Peak Yield, Yield and Persistency Traits in Murciano-Granadina Goats Using Multi-Traits Models [PDF]
, 2019 This paper studies parameters of a lactation curve such as peak yield (PY) and persistency (P), which do not conform to the usual selection criteria in the Murciano-Granadina (MG) breed, but are considered to be an alternative to benefit animal welfare ...
Barba Capote, C.J. +5 more
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Environmental stress alters genetic regulation of novelty seeking in vervet monkeys. [PDF]
, 2011 Considerable attention has been paid to identifying genetic influences and gene-environment interactions that increase vulnerability to environmental stressors, with promising but inconsistent results.
Bailey, JN +5 more
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