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Inbreeding depression in Holstein cattle in Brazil
Revista Brasileira de ZootecniaThe objective of this study was to evaluate inbreeding depression in Holstein cows in Brazil, considering their 305-day milk production (MP), age of first calving (AFC), and calving interval (CI).
Mário Henrique Magalhães Araújo da Silva +5 more
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Phenotypic plasticity is broadly adaptive across an elevation gradient in the Cutleaf Monkeyflower
New Phytologist, EarlyView.Leaf shape plasticity expression is variable in Mimulus laciniatus. Summary Phenotypic plasticity is a key mechanism by which organisms cope with environmental heterogeneity, but its evolutionary consequences depend on how plastic responses align with the broader adaptive landscape.
Jill M. Love, Kathleen G. Ferris
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Plant Breeding, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Fall armyworm (FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda J. E. Smith) has emerged as a serious pest since 2016 in Africa, affecting the food security and livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers, especially those growing maize. Native genetic resistance to FAW is essential for reducing yield loss.
Adamu Masari Abubakar +6 more
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Individual variation in inbreeding depression: the roles of inbreeding history and mutation.
Genetics, 1995 Abstract We use mutation-selection recursion models to evaluate the relative contributions of mutation and inbreeding history to variation among individuals in inbreeding depression and the ability of experiments to detect associations between individual inbreeding depression and mating system genotypes within populations.
Schultz, Stewart T., Willis, J.H.
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Additive Variance and Open‐Pollinated Progenies Under Mixed Mating
Plant Breeding, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Open‐pollinated progeny tests are still widely interpreted as if all the individuals within a maternal family were true half‐sibs. However, in species with mixed mating systems, this assumption is often biologically unrealistic and may bias the estimation of the additive variance, narrow‐sense heritability and expected selection gains.
Evandro Vagner Tambarussi
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A Century of Understanding and Harnessing Heterosis
Plant Breeding, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Heterosis has shaped modern plant breeding since Darwin's 19th century observations that outcrossing restores vigour lost through selfing. While 100 years old, its mechanistic basis and deployability remain actively debated. Classical models of dominance, overdominance and epistasis provided the foundation for hybrid breeding and converted ...
Mohsen Mohammadi
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Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction Herbivore‐mediated ecosystem processes are fundamental to biodiversity, yet have been greatly diminished by megafauna extinctions and replacement of wild herbivores by managed livestock. With increasing restoration ambitions—including the United Nations' (UN) Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the European Union (EU) Nature ...
Camilla Fløjgaard +8 more
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Evolutionary Applications, 2019 Inbreeding depression, the deterioration in mean trait value in progeny of related parents, is a fundamental quantity in genetics, evolutionary biology, animal and plant breeding, and conservation biology.
Pirmin Nietlisbach +4 more
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Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Volume 143, Issue 5, Page 667-678, September 2026.ABSTRACT Successful reproduction is a key factor for efficient breeding schemes and sustainable animal farming. Aquaculture breeding programs rely heavily on small fractions of selected breeders to yield large production stocks, given the high fecundity typically observed in these species. In Sweden, Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) is a salmonid with
Fotis Pappas +3 more
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