Genomic selection improves response to selection in resilience by exploiting genotype by environment interactions

Genotype by environment interactions (GxE) are very common in livestock and hamper genetic improvement.On the other hand, GxE is a source of genetic variation: genetic variation in response to environment, e.g.environmental perturbations such as heat stress or disease.In livestock breeding, there is tendency to ignore GxE because of increased compl

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STUDYING SOME ANATOMICAL AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF COMPRESSION WOOD FOR Pinus brutia Ten. LEANING TREES

This study was conducted to show the effect of compression wood on some anatomical characteristics and mechanical characteristics of brutia pine Pinus brutia Ten.trees growing naturally at Dohuk provenance and to compare it with the standing trees (tree leaning type) for four levels of stem height, and between compression wood and opposite wood pre

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Dietary supplementation for female infertility: Recent advances in the nutritional therapy for premature ovarian insufficiency

Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) ranks top in the reproductive throw accent pillow disorders that may impair multiple functioning systems, reduce the quality of life and ultimately deprive patients of their fertility among women.Symptoms can be partially alleviated by present hormone replacement therapy that cannot improve conception or decrea

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