Sentence examples for selected breed from inspiring English sources

We adapted a design so that it should be able to detect a large fraction of differentially selected breed characteristics as well as differentially selected (quantitative) traits.

Semen stored in a cryobank may be a useful way to redirect selection or limit the loss of genetic diversity in a selected breed.

This choice was made to test if bulls selected this way could be effectively used in a selected breed.

This evidence includes selection within 2 or more breeds but large F ST between these selected breeds as well as between each selected breed and the breeds not selected at this gene.

The Large White (LW) breed is a selected breed with an increased rate of mortality at birth, whereas the Meishan (MS) breed produces piglets with extremely low mortality at birth.

On the one hand, decreasing inbreeding in a selected breed may improve selected traits; for instance, it has been shown that in Holstein cattle, milk production (over 305 days) can decrease by about 20 litres per 1% inbreeding increase [ 19].

Our results demonstrate that the XP-EHH approach can be very useful for mapping selection signatures in artificially selected breeds of livestock animals.

The second axis in Figure  3A accounts for 8.25% variance and separates highly selected breeds from wild boar and non-selected local breeds (Iberian and Chinese, the latter to a lesser extent).

However, during the recent past, strong selection for increased stature has been applied in selected breeds of modern cattle (Ajmone-Marsan et al. 2010).

Moreover, they represent a yardstick against which to compare highly selected breeds and allowing the detection of genes under selection [ 6].

The table provides a comparison of selected breeds of sheep.