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The effect of phenotyping, adult selection, and mating strategies on genetic gain and rate of inbreeding in black soldier fly breeding programs [PDF]

Genetics Selection Evolution
Background The aim of this study was to compare genetic gain and rate of inbreeding for different mass selection breeding programs with the aim of increasing larval body weight (LBW) in black soldier flies. The breeding programs differed in: (1) sampling
Margot Slagboom, Hanne Marie Nielsen, Morten Kargo, Mark Henryon, Laura Skrubbeltrang Hansen   +4 more
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Sex preselection of sٍheep embryo by altering the minerals of maternal nutrition [PDF]

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 2021
Ayman Abdel-Aziz Swelum, Ramzi Amran, Ahmad R Alhimaidi   +2 more
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Comparison between the CIDR or sponge with hormone injection to induce estrus synchronization for twining and sex preselection in Naimi sheep

Open Chemistry, 2023
The management of sheep reproduction requires the induction and synchronization of the estrus cycle and ovulation for the ewe out-of-season and/or synchronized lambing.
Alhimaidi Ahmad R., Ammari Aiman A., Alghadi Muath Q., Amran Ramzi A., Rady Ahmed M.   +4 more
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Short-term storage of semen samples in acidic extender increases the proportion of females in pigs

BMC Veterinary Research, 2021
Background Sex preselection is a desired goal of the animal industry to improve production efficiency, depending on industry demand. In the porcine industry, there is a general preference for pork from female and surgically castrated male pigs. Therefore,
Yoo-Jin Park, Dong-Ha Shin, Won-Ki Pang, Do-Yeal Ryu, Md Saidur Rahman, Elikanah Olusayo Adegoke, Myung-Geol Pang   +6 more
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Individualized faecal immunochemical test cut-off based on age and sex in colorectal cancer screening

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2021
The risk of having colorectal cancer (CRC) or its precursors vary with age and sex. Yet, most CRC screening programs using the quantitative faecal immunochemical test (FIT) use a uniform FIT cut-off.
Tim L. Kortlever, Manon van der Vlugt, Evelien Dekker, Patrick M.M. Bossuyt   +3 more
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روش های طبیعی مؤثر بر انتخاب جنسیت جنین و ملاحظات اخلاقی مرتبط: مطالعه مروری روایتی [PDF]

Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2016
مقدمه: از دیرباز زوجین به دنبال روش‌هایی برای اثرگذاری بر جنسیت فرزند بوده اند. اگرچه برخی از این روش‌ها برگرفته از عقاید خرافی بوده و هیچگونه پایه علمی نداشتند، اما امروزه شواهد مستند علمی وجود دارند که نشان‌دهنده تأثیر برخی از آن‌ها بر انتخاب جنسیت می ...
معصومه یزدانی علی آبادی, مژگان جوادنوری   +1 more
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"Preparation of HY Antibody in Female Mice as a Model for Sex Preselection" [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2001
The aim of this sutdy is to prepare Histocompatability Y(HY) antibody in female mouse at the first phase (current study), and to separate mouse embryos with regard to their sex, to be able to obtain offsprings of disired sex, by means of HY antibody, at ...
"L Andonian, MB Eslami, AA Mohammadi, J Akbarzadeh, HR Soleimanpour, DD Farhud"   +5 more
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Assessment of swim-up and discontinuous density gradient in sperm sex preselection for bovine embryo production

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2012
The purpose of this work was to associate the modified swim-up method with centrifugation in density gradient for the separation of X-bearing spermatozoa.
A.C Lucio, M.V Resende, J.A. Dernowseck-Meirelles, A.P. Perini, L.Z Oliveira, M.C.V Miguel, A.S Carmo, S.Y Tomita, B.C.A Alves, F.A.T. Fazano, V.F.M.H. Lima   +10 more
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Modeling host-microbiome interactions for the prediction of meat quality and carcass composition traits in swine

Genetics Selection Evolution, 2020
Background The objectives of this study were to evaluate genomic and microbial predictions of phenotypes for meat quality and carcass traits in swine, and to evaluate the contribution of host-microbiome interactions to the prediction. Data were collected
Piush Khanal, Christian Maltecca, Clint Schwab, Justin Fix, Matteo Bergamaschi, Francesco Tiezzi   +5 more
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The effect of religious background on the attitude towards sex selection

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology: X, 2019
Objectives: Surveys of the general population regarding sex selection using pre-implantation genetic diagnosis are limited and were mainly conducted in the United States and Northern Europe.
Anastasia A. Salame, Jospeh Nassif, Ghina S. Ghazeeri, Elie M. Moubarak, Antoine Hannoun, Antoine A. Abu Musa   +5 more
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