Genomic selection can increase genetic gain within aquaculture breeding programs, but the high costs related to high-density genotyping of a large number of individuals would make the breeding program expensive.
The universal FInnhorse breeding goals have made the breed of a lighter build, with longer neck, better gaits and fewer faults in conformation, allowing modern riding-type Finnhorses to work more easily on the bit.
Their continued viability depends on the maintenance of the genetic diversity of their ancestors, which alone makes possible the breeding of new strains that are resistant to evolving diseases and pests.For many rich-world conservationists the value of preserving biodiversity is more a matter of sentiment and aesthetics than of pragmatism.
Yet loopholes still make the commercial breeding of endangered species legal.
Although hybrids make suitable pets, the breeding of hybrids and cloning can cause health problems, due to inherited diseases.
Although hybrids make suitable pets, the breeding of hybrids and cloning can cause health and reproduction problems.
However, the popularity of harness racing and the breeding of trotter type Finnhorses made the breed lighter and faster overall, which also benefitted the riding section.
As a result, kakapo receive health care, supplemental feeding and human assistance/monitoring of breeding making the level of intervention this species receives more akin to humans than most other bird species/populations.
The tree age of this material (17 yr) is also considered to be appropriate for assessment and selection in breeding (Rosvall 2011), making the results of this study also relevant from a breeding point of view.
"The idea is you could send a person out in the field who could look at 10 plants or you could send robots out into the field who could look at thousands of plants, and they can measure thousands of different points of data, and you can bring that data back and develop an alternative faster way of making a better selection for the breeding of your plant," Williams said.
