Fix a small graph H and let YH denote the number of copies of H in the random graph G(n, p). We investigate the degree of concentration of YH around its mean, motivated by the following questions • For what λ does YH have sub-Gaussian behaviour, namely Pr(|YH − E(YH)| ≥ (λvar(YH))) ≤ e−cλ. where c is a positive constant. • What is Pr(YH ≥ (1 + 2)E(YH)), for a constant 2, i.e, when the upper tai...

The objective of this study was to estimate direct and indirect selection potential for length of productive life and lifetime prolificacy in Finnish Large White and Landrace swine populations. To study the direct selection potential, the heritabilities of these traits were estimated. The genetic correlations of length of productive life and lifetime prolificacy with prolificacy traits and over...

The objective of this paper was to estimate the genetic parameters of certain internal diseases (multifocal necrosis in the liver [MNL], bovine abdominal fat necrosis [BFN], and inflammation of the large intestine [ILI]) and to investigate relationships between the internal diseases and carcass traits (carcass weight [CW], rib eye area [REA], rib thickness [RT], subcutaneous fat thickness, and ...

This work demonstrates that environmental conditions experienced by individuals can shape their development and affect the stability of genetic associations. The implication of this observation is that the environmental response may influence the evolution of traits in the wild. Here, we examined how the genetic architecture of a suite of sexually dimorphic traits changed as a function of envir...

Records on 514 bulls from the sire population born from 1978 to 2004, and on 22,099 of their field progeny born from 1997 to 2003 with available pedigree information (total number = 124,458) were used to estimate genetic parameters for feed intake and energy efficiency traits of bulls and their relationships with carcass traits of field progeny. Feed intake and energetic efficiency traits were ...

Laying records on 1,534 F2 hens, derived from a reciprocal cross between White Leghorns and Dongxiang blue-shelled chickens, were used to estimate genetic parameters for residual feed intake (RFI), feed conversion ratio (FCR), daily feed intake (FI), metabolic BW (MBW), BW gain (BWG), and daily egg mass (EM) at 37 to 40 (T1) and 57 to 60 wk age (T2), respectively. Genetic analysis was subsequen...

Over the past several years, evidence has accumulated showing that the cerebellum plays a significant role in cognitive function. Here we show, in a large genetically informative twin sample (n=430; aged 16-30years), that the cerebellum is strongly, and reliably (n=30 rescans), activated during an n-back working memory task, particularly lobules I-IV, VIIa Crus I and II, IX and the vermis. Mono...

to clarify the genetic relationships among the lidia breed lineages and two main portuguese lidia bovine populations, casta portuguesa and brava dos açores, 24 autosomal microsatellites were analyzed in 120 samples. brava dos açores showed the highest observed and expected heterozygosity (0.73 and 0.70, respectively) while casta portuguesa showed the lowest observed and expected heterozygosity ...

GO:0022613 -4.69 -1.78 1.61 0.08 0.00 0.03 q3i ribonucleoprotein complex biogenesis and assembly GO:0042254 -5.05 -1.91 1.75 0.09 0.00 0.03 q3i ribosome biogenesis GO:0000746 -11.48 -0.73 3.17 0.06 0.02 0.03 q3i conjugation GO:0000747 -11.39 -0.74 3.16 0.06 0.02 0.03 q3i conjugation with cellular fusion GO:0019953 -11.87 -0.82 3.29 0.04 0.01 0.02 q3i sexual reproduction GO:0042221 -6.65 -0.12 2...