Posts Tagged ‘breeding’
Team cracks open watermelon genome
UC DAVIS / CORNELL (US) — Scientists have reported the watermelon genome sequence, which could lead to tastier, heartier, more nutritious fruit, as well as a better understanding of the plant vascular system. Continue…
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:14 - 1 Comment
Science & Technology - Sep 4, 2012 10:15 - 1 Comment
Mutation may give horses a winning gait
TEXAS A&M (US) — A specific gene mutation in horses that affects their ability to use alternate gaits is strongly related to racing performance, particularly with harness racing, research shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 27, 2012 10:44 - 0 Comments
Genomes of two champion bulls sequenced
UC DAVIS (US) — Research on the genomes of two genetically superior bulls—with more than 60,000 descendants in six generations—may provide for faster and less costly methods to breed elite cattle. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 12, 2012 10:28 - 0 Comments
Dogs’ genes are Asian imports
UC DAVIS (US) — Today’s European and American dogs owe their genes to ancestors from Southeast Asia, say researchers. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 13, 2010 11:32 - 3 Comments
Can secretive salamander be saved?
MICHIGAN STATE (US)—Researchers are developing conservation techniques to save the hellbender salamander, a species that for unknown reasons has had little interest in reproducing on its own for several decades. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 26, 2010 12:19 - 2 Comments
Antioxidants give birds breeding edge
U. COLORADO (US)—North American barn swallows outperform their peers in reproduction by maintaining a positive balance of antioxidants, found naturally in plant pigments—and in health food stores around the world. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 4, 2010 12:36 - 1 Comment
Designer breeds shape dog genome
U. WASHINGTON (US)—Researchers have identified 155 regions on the canine genome that appear to have been influenced by selective breeding. (more…)
Best of 2009 - Nov 9, 2009 11:58 - 4 Comments
BEST OF 2009: Old mice with young ears
U. ROCHESTER (US)—What do you get when you cross a mouse with poor hearing and a mouse with even worse hearing? Ironically, a new strain of mice that have outstanding hearing as they age. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 10, 2009 13:31 - 1 Comment
Gene has breeders counting sheep
CORNELL (US)—Discovery of an unusual form of a gene may have sheep breeding like rabbits—all year long. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 6, 2009 18:46 - 0 Comments
Racing time to save world’s wheat from deadly fungus
CORNELL (US)—Ronnie Coffman’s search for clues to a highly virulent new strain of wheat stem rust took him to a little valley in India’s Nilgiri Hills. He wondered if the remote wheat breeding station there might play a role in the ongoing battle to fight the fungus to which only 10 percent of the world’s wheat varieties are resistant.
