Bread wheat chromosome 3A has been shown to contain genes/QTLs controlling grain yield and other agronomic traits. The objectives of this study were to generate high-density physical and genetic-linkage maps of wheat homoeologous group 3 chromosomes and reveal the physical locations of genes/QTLs controlling yield and its component traits, as well as agronomic traits, to obtain a precise estima...

Models of indirect (genetic) benefits sexual selection predict linkage disequilibria between genes that influence male traits and female preferences, owing to non-random mate choice or physical linkage. Such linkage disequilibria can accelerate the evolution of traits and preferences to exaggerated levels. Both theory and recent empirical findings on species recognition suggest that such linkag...

In the present investigation, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was applied to various variables to describe meat quality. Sixteen meat quality variables were examined, and the analysis showed that 60.71% of the total variation was explained by the first three principal components. L, a, b as colour data; odour, tenderness, flavour, acceptability as sensorial traits; hardness and chewiness as ...

Behavioural ecologists increasingly recognise spatial memory as one the most influential cognitive traits involved in evolutionary processes. In particular, spatial working memory (SWM), i.e. the ability of animals to store temporarily useful information for current foraging tasks, determines the foraging efficiency of individuals. As a consequence, SWM also has the potential to influence compe...

The link between callous-unemotional (CU) traits in youth and delinquent, aggressive and violent behavior is well-replicated in the literature. However, the mediating effects of violence exposure on this relationship are unclear. The current study addresses this important gap in the literature with a sample of 88 detained, primarily ethnic minority adolescent boys (M age = 15.57; SD = 1.28). Re...

We show how to obtain high level descriptions of human behavior in terms of physical activity, speech activity, face-to-face interaction (f2f), physical proximity, and social network attributes from sensor data. We present experimental results that show that it is possible to identify individual personality traits as well as subjective and objective group performance metrics from low level data...

INTRODUCTION The second to fourth-digit-ratio (2D:4D), a putative marker of prenatal androgen action and a sexually dimorphic trait, has been suggested to be related with fitness and sports performance, although results are not univocal. Most studies however focus on a single aspect of physical fitness or one sports discipline. METHODS In this study the 2D:4D ratio of 178 adolescent girls (ag...

abstract aim and materials: the aim of current study was to investigate the role of the personality traits and psychological health in staff's job satisfaction. methods and materials: using available sampling method 110 people of kharazmi university administrative staff were selected and assessed by big five factor of personality questionnaire, psychological health questionnaire and spector’s j...

This study was conducted to identify Mincane cv clones with superior physical traits in the Trabzon province, Maçka district, Esiro?lu region between 2014 and 2019. Selection research area based on objective revealed 14 traits. In these selected clones, yield, number of nuts per cluster, nut characteristics, kernel weight, shell thickness, percentage, shriveled kernel, cavity, blank split sutur...

Interactions between plants and insect herbivores are important determinants of plant productivity in managed and natural vegetation. In response to attack, plants have evolved a range of defenses to reduce the threat of injury and loss of productivity. Crop losses from damage caused by arthropod pests can exceed 15% annually. Crop domestication and selection for improved yield and quality can ...