Crossbreeding effects for wool quality traits viz. greasy fleece weight (kg), staple length (cm), average fibre diameter (μ) and medulation percentage were estimated using the Dickerson’s and Kinghorn’s models. The data analyzed involved 15 genetic groups including Nali purebred, F1’s of two and three breeds, F2’s and reciprocal crossbred obtained from the crossing of Nali (N), Merino (M) and C...

This paper describes the design of the BubbleBadge, a public wearable device that contains characteristics associated with ubiquitous computing and wearable computers. We show how designing devices that are a mixture of the two, in some ways diametrically different approaches, is productive and creative as it challenges conventional conceptions and categorizations. Questions of intended usage a...

ABSTRACT The average national sweet potato yield of Brazil falls below the productive potential crop because cultivation local and unimproved varieties. To improve this, more cultivars must be adopted along with adequate culture treatments. This study was conducted between January May 2019 in Selvíria, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, to characterize genotypes obtained through crossbreeding. experim...

Crossbreeding and chromosomal evidence are presented for the existence of a fifth sibling species within the taxon of Anopheles dirus in Thailand. The new species is morphologically identifiable as Anopheles balabacensis "Fraser's Hill form." Structural differences in mitotic chromosomes and extensive asynapsis in hybrid polytene chromosomes indicate that significant genetic divergence exists b...