We conducted breeding and non-breeding season point counts and used abundance data to compare bird species found within stringers and non-stringers at seven sites grouped by time since disturbance.
The choice of behavior to study is key: one needs a behavior that is reliably measured and has a heritable component; it is important to conduct a breeding experiment to assess the heritability of the behavior (Hoekstra 2010).
Molecular breeding designs for BPH resistance will involve three steps: (1) map all QTLs for BPH resistance by high-throughput genotyping and reproducible phenotyping; (2) evaluate and reconfirm allelic variation in these QTLs by development of NILs; and (3) conduct design breeding according to a bioinformatics platform and simulation studies.
Experiments were conducted with breeding blanket mock-up consisting of two layers of breeder material lithium titanate pebbles and three layers of pure lead as neutron multiplier.
Experiments have been conducted with breeding blanket mock-ups consisting of layers of candidate materials for JAERI's pebble bed blanket design: lithium titanate, beryllium and reduced activation ferritic steel F82H.
Tagging was conducted on breeding adult birds on Whenua Hou (Codfish Island), New Zealand (167°39'E 46°46'S) and Mana Island, New Zealand (174°50'E 41°06'S).
Tagging was conducted on breeding adult birds in two separate studies: one from two South Australian offshore islands (Althorpe Island, 136°52'E 35°22'S, and St Peter Island, 133°35'E 32°17'S) and the other from an offshore Tasmanian island (Wedge Island, 140°40'E 43°08'S).
SG and TG conducted the breeding program and collected the data.
Our previous work has focused on conducting carrot breeding and establishing genome and transcriptome database for carrot (http://apiaceae.njau.edu.cn/carrotdb/index.php) [ 23].
In the past few years, we conducted a breeding program for Asian seabass [ 37] and developed a number of genomic tools such as microsatellites [ 39], SNPs in genes [ 40], linkage maps [ 37], BAC and cDNA libraries [ 40, 41] to facilitate the selective breeding program.
