Plant transformation remains the most sought-after technology for functional genomics and crop genetic improvement, especially introducing specific new traits to modify or recombine already existing traits. Along with many other agricultural technologies, global production of genetically engineered crops has steadily grown since they were first introduced 25 years ago. Since transfer DNA into p...

Selection leads to genetic improvement but also reduces genetic variation in the progeny. When all animals in a population are closely related there is little genetic variation and little scope for further genetic progress. Mate selection procedures are used to help maintain genetic variation, and hence genetic progress, in the future and to avoid the fitness problems related to severe inbreeding.

Tourette's Syndrome (TS) is a complex disorder characterized by repetitive, sudden, and involuntary movements or vocalizations, called tics. Tics usually appear in childhood, and their severity varies over time. In addition to frequent tics, people with TS are at risk for associated problems including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety,...

Estimates of genetic gains and present performance of layers and broilers were reviewed Current and developing technologies pertinent to the breeding of layers and broilers were discussed with some of their assumptions and limitations. Under present methods, contemporary theory and selection technologies are critiqued Under developing technologies, selection for adaptation to production environ...

R.M. GODS Department of Animal Science and Poultry Science, University of Natal, P.O. Box 375, Pietermaritzburg, 3200 Republic of South Africa Since poultry breeding started in earnest over 50 years ago there have been considerable environmental changes in the industry, some beneficial (improved disease control, housing, nutrition, lighting) and some deleterious (increased stocking rates, large...

hybrids were produced by crossing female caspian kutum rutilus frisii kutum with male grass carp ctenopharyngodon idella. the genome of eight larvae and parents were studied using microsatellite markers for genetic evaluation and verification. after dna extraction from parent fish and progeny, hybrid heritability of two loci was assessed using two pairs of microsatellite primers. hybridizie...

Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a Gram-negative soil phytopathogenic bacterium that causes the crown gall disease of dicotyledonous plants, which is characterized by a tumorous phenotype. It induces the tumor by transferring a segment of its Ti plasmid DNA (transferred DNA, or T-DNA) into the host genome and genetically transforming the host. One century has past after A. tumefaciens was firstly i...

Body weight (BW) records (n=11,659) of 4961 Kurdi sheep from 215 sires and 2085 dams were used to estimate the additive genetic, direct and maternal permanent environmental effects on growth from 1 to 300 days of age. The data were collected from 1993 to 2015 at a breeding station in North Khorasan province; Iran. Genetic parameters for growth traits were estimated using random regression test-...

black bengal goat is the heritage and one of the potential genetic resources of bangladesh. genetic and phenotypic parameters for semen characteristics and their relationships with scrotal circumference in black bengal bucks were estimated in this experiment. genetic parameters were estimated by residual maximum likelihood procedure, fitting an animal model ignoring maternal genetic or permanen...