Other candidate genes previously described as functioning in the determination of traits related to feed efficiency were also found in this analysis [ 17- 22].
The large number of associated markers with relatively small effects explains the good performance of GBLUP, which assumes a polygenic determination of traits.
In practical terms, the EST resource represents an arsenal of information that will allow us to develop new control tools, whether chemical or genetic, that are aimed at altering sex determination, reproductive traits and behavior, and host preference.
Because Km and Kf depend on the covariance between genotype and phenotype, differences in the genetic determination of traits between the sexes would also translate into differences between the efficacy of selection in males and females.
Rocky is a man of many virtues, but above all he stands for determination, a trait clearly inherited from his author, Sylvester Stallone.
Compassion, patience, sensitivity, curiosity were all, she said, vital ingredients of humanity as well as a determination, a trait with which she is more than familiar.
Perseverance and determination are necessary traits in entrepreneurship; however, people often make the incorrect inference that having those traits means to never quit on an idea.
Still, fetal DNA tests for sex determination and other traits present "issues that I don't think many general obstetricians are ready to deal with," Dr. Egan said.
These researchers used Murray's Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), a series of ambiguous pictures about which people were asked to write stories (as a determination of personality traits), to measure differences in achievement motivation.
