Breeding

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Sch9 protein kinase homologue controlling virulence independently of the cAMP pathway in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • A hybrid bayesian approach for genome-wide association studies on related individuals. 
  • A new Cre driver mouse line, Tcf21/Pod1-Cre, targets metanephric mesenchyme. 
  • A novel mouse model of cerebral cavernous malformations based on the two-hit mutation hypothesis recapitulates the human disease. 
  • A novel murine model of inflammatory bowel disease and inflammation-associated colon cancer with ulcerative colitis-like features. 
  • Absolute brain size predicts dog breed differences in executive function. 
  • Anchoring ethinylestradiol induced gene expression changes with testicular morphology and reproductive function in the medaka. 
  • Asexual reproduction in a close relative of Arabidopsis: a genetic investigation of apomixis in Boechera (Brassicaceae). 
  • Breeding birds on small islands: island biogeography or optimal foraging? 
  • Cell polarization defects in early heart development. 
  • Elucidation of the transcription network governing mammalian sex determination by exploiting strain-specific susceptibility to sex reversal. 
  • Explaining the heritability of an ecologically significant trait in terms of individual quantitative trait loci. 
  • Genomic signatures of near-extinction and rebirth of the crested ibis and other endangered bird species. 
  • How eco-evolutionary principles can guide tree breeding and tree biotechnology for enhanced productivity. 
  • Hybrid male sterility in Mimulus (Phrymaceae) is associated with a geographically restricted mitochondrial rearrangement. 
  • Identification of genes contributing to the obese yellow Avy phenotype: caloric restriction, genotype, diet x genotype interactions. 
  • Identification of quantitative trait loci influencing wood specific gravity in an outbred pedigree of loblolly pine. 
  • Improved efficacy of gene therapy approaches for Pompe disease using a new, immune-deficient GSD-II mouse model. 
  • Improving the productivity of breeding colonies of Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). 
  • Linking deforestation to malaria in the Amazon: characterization of the breeding habitat of the principal malaria vector, Anopheles darlingi. 
  • Methods for generating and colonizing gnotobiotic zebrafish. 
  • Overhead tank is the potential breeding habitat of Anopheles stephensi in an urban transmission setting of Chennai, India. 
  • Pleiotropic effects of an allele producing white flowers in Ipomoea purpurea. 
  • Prediction of insemination outcomes in Holstein dairy cattle using alternative machine learning algorithms. 
  • Rapid selection for serotonin-1A sensitivity in rats. 
  • Requirement for Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase type IV/Gr in setting the thymocyte selection threshold. 
  • Science in Africa: The wheat stalker. 
  • Sexual selection and canine dimorphism in New World monkeys. 
  • Spatially and temporally varying selection on intrapopulation quantitative trait loci for a life history trade-off in Mimulus guttatus. 
  • Strategy for the development of a matched set of transport-competent, angiotensin receptor-deficient proximal tubule cell lines. 
  • Transplantation in miniature swine. 
  • Unconfounded evidence of sex-biased, postnatal maternal effort by Mongolian gerbil dams. 
  • What Is Threatening the Effectiveness of Insecticide-Treated Bednets? A Case-Control Study of Environmental, Behavioral, and Physical Factors Associated with Prevention Failure.