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Inbreeding depression for producer-recorded udder, metabolic, and reproductive diseases in US dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science
: This study leveraged a growing dataset of producer-recorded phenotypes for mastitis, reproductive diseases (metritis and retained placenta), and metabolic diseases (ketosis, milk fever, and displaced abomasum) to investigate the potential presence of ...
Emmanuel A. Lozada-Soto, Kristen L. Parker Gaddis, Francesco Tiezzi, Jicai Jiang, Li Ma, Sajjad Toghiani, Paul M. VanRaden, Christian Maltecca   +7 more
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Inbreeding depression in red deer calves

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011
Background Understanding the fitness consequences of inbreeding is of major importance for evolutionary and conservation biology. However, there are few studies using pedigree-based estimates of inbreeding or investigating the influence of environment ...
Walling Craig A, Nussey Daniel H, Morris Alison, Clutton-Brock Tim H, Kruuk Loeske EB, Pemberton Josephine M   +5 more
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The use of frozen semen to minimize inbreeding in small populations [PDF]

, 2002
In this study, we compared the average coancestry and inbreeding levels for two genetic conservation schemes in which frozen semen from a gene bank is used to reduce the inbreeding in a live population.
Goddard, M.E., Meuwissen, T.H.E., Sonesson, A.K.   +2 more
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Genomic selection requires genomic control of inbreeding

Genetics Selection Evolution, 2012
Background In the past, pedigree relationships were used to control and monitor inbreeding because genomic relationships among selection candidates were not available until recently.
Sonesson Anna K, Woolliams John A, Meuwissen Theo HE   +2 more
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The impact of self-incompatibility systems on the prevention of biparental inbreeding [PDF]

PeerJ, 2017
Inbreeding in hermaphroditic plants can occur through two different mechanisms: biparental inbreeding, when a plant mates with a related individual, or self-fertilization, when a plant mates with itself.
Tara N. Furstenau, Reed A. Cartwright
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Transposable Element Dynamics Drive the Genomic Evolution and Phenotypic Diversification of Allotetraploid Common Carp

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
By integrating 516 whole‐genome resequencing datasets and 236 transcriptomes of allotetraploid common carp, this study establishes the first population‐scale atlas of transposable element (TE) variation in teleost species. TE bursts, relaxed purifying selection, and lineage‐specific loss of ancient insertions shape genome evolution and phenotypic ...
Shuimu Hu, Zhou Jiang, Lin Chen, Gowena Ling Yi Goh, Weijing Li, Qian He, Xintong Chen, Rui Li, Yuxuan Liu, Ning Li, Tao Zhou, Peng Xu   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comprehensive analysis of inbreeding depression across growth, fertility, and survival traits in Limousine beef cattle

Animal
The Italian Limousine cattle population, with approximately 100 000 registered animals in the national herd book, plays a crucial role in the country’s national beef industry, being one of the most widely spread breeds in Italy.
S. Callegaro, F. Tiezzi, C. Maltecca, M.C. Fabbri, J.C. do Carmo Panetto, R. Bozzi   +5 more
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Success of coastal sage scrub restoration is influenced by local adaptations of shrub species

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Restoring plant communities is increasingly challenging with climate change. While practitioners have traditionally used local seed sources, many are recommending assisted migration, possibly from more extreme environments such as inland rather than coastal environments, for restoration.
Moises R. Perea‐Vega, Megan E. Lulow, Julie E. Coffey, Amy K. Henry, Katharina T. Schmidt, Priscilla M. Ta, Kailen A. Mooney, Sarah Kimball   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring the effect of environmental stress on inbreeding depression alone obscures the relative importance of inbreeding–stress interactions on overall fitness in Callosobruchus maculatus

Evolutionary Applications, 2020
Environmental stress can have a profound effect on inbreeding depression. Quantifying this effect is of particular importance in threatened populations, which are often simultaneously subject to both inbreeding and environmental stress.
Amy L. Springer, Frank J. Messina, Zachariah Gompert   +2 more
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The effect of genomic information on optimal contribution selection in livestock breeding programs [PDF]

, 2013
Long-term benefits in animal breeding programs require that increases in genetic merit be balanced with the need to maintain diversity (lost due to inbreeding). This can be achieved by using optimal contribution selection.
Hickey, John M, Clark, Samuel A, John M Hickey, Brian P Kinghorn, van der Werf, Julius Hj, Samuel A Clark, Julius HJ van der Werf, Kinghorn, Brian P   +7 more
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