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Endocranial volume is variable and heritable, but not related to fitness, in a free-ranging primate
Scientific Reports, 2021 Large relative brain size is a defining characteristic of the order Primates. Arguably, this can be attributed to selection for behavioral aptitudes linked to a larger brain size.
Abigail E. Colby +2 more
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Genetically Distinct Behavioral Modules Underlie Natural Variation in Thermal Performance Curves
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2019 Thermal reaction norms pervade organismal traits as stereotyped responses to temperature, a fundamental environmental input into sensory and physiological systems. Locomotory behavior represents an especially plastic read-out of animal response, with its
Gregory W. Stegeman +3 more
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Broad and Narrow Heritabilities of Quantitative Traits in a Founder Population [PDF]
The American Journal of Human Genetics, 2001 Estimation of the components of variance for a quantitative trait allows one to evaluate both the degree to which genetics influences the trait and the trait's underlying genetic architecture. For particular traits, the estimates also may have implications for discriminating between potential models of selection and for choosing an appropriate model ...
Abney, Mark +2 more
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Trait-trait dynamic interaction: 2D-trait eQTL mapping for genetic variation study
BMC Genomics, 2008 Background Many studies have shown that the abundance level of gene expression is heritable. Analogous to the traditional genetic study, most researchers treat the expression of one gene as a quantitative trait and map it to expression quantitative trait
Sun Wei, Yuan Shinsheng, Li Ker-Chau
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Using social interaction models for genetic analysis of skin damage in gilts
Genetics Selection Evolution, 2023 Background Skin damage is a trait of economic and welfare importance that results from social interactions between animals. These interactions may produce wound signs on the gilt’s skin as a result of damage behavior (i.e., fighting), biting syndromes (i.
Natália Galoro Leite +5 more
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Heritability Estimates of Some Quantitative Traits in Potatoes
Turkish Journal Of Field Crops, 2014 Broad-sense heritability (H) values of some quantitative traits in a potato population comprising 21 genotypes grown at Bornova, Izmir, Turkey during the 2013 and 2014 growing seasons were estimated by using the variance components analysis method. Based on the combined analysis of variance performed over two years, the following moderate to high level
OZTURK, Gulsum, YILDIRIM, Zihin
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The lipoprotein subfraction profile: heritability and identification of quantitative trait loci [PDF]
Journal of Lipid Research, 2008 The HDL and LDL subclass profile is an emerging cardiovascular risk factor. Yet, the biological and genetic mechanisms controlling the lipoprotein subclass distribution are unclear. Therefore, we aimed 1) to determine the heritability of the entire spectrum of LDL and HDL subclass features and 2) to identify gene loci influencing the lipoprotein ...
Bernhard Kaess +9 more
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Communications Biology, 2023 Genome-wide association study has identified fruitful variants impacting heritable traits. Nevertheless, identifying critical genes underlying those significant variants has been a great task.
Jialin Mai +4 more
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Heritability and quantitative genetic divergence of serotiny, a fire-persistence plant trait [PDF]
Annals of Botany, 2014 Although it is well known that fire acts as a selective pressure shaping plant phenotypes, there are no quantitative estimates of the heritability of any trait related to plant persistence under recurrent fires, such as serotiny. In this study, the heritability of serotiny in Pinus halepensis is calculated, and an evaluation is made as to whether fire ...
Hernández-Serrano, Ana +5 more
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The role of social effects in selection for animal improvement
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2008 Quantitative genetics can be used to understand how traits will respond to artificial selection regimes, and therefore, it can be an important tool in the development of selective breeding programs for animal improvement. In order to predict the response
Jason B. Wolf
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