Since the fluctuations of the Persian Gulf Sea Surface Temperature (PGSST) have a significant effect on the winter precipitation and water resources and agricultural productions of the south western parts of Iran, the possibility of the Winter SST prediction was evaluated by multiple regression model. The time series of PGSSTs for all seasons, during 1947-1992, were considered as predictors, an...

Effective management of genetic resources in the domestic animals is based on characterization of genetic structure and diversity among populations. Strategies reducing complexity and dimensions of data are required to analyze the genetic relationships between populations based on dense genomic data. The objective of this study was to use the discriminant analysis of principal components (DAPC)...