Sentences with word «outcrossing»

It is still possible through breeding only those Frenchies with the best muzzles and tails, or careful outcrossing with healthier breeds, that French Bulldogs could enjoy a happier future.

Go to a breeder who is committed to improving the health of these adorable dogs by outcrossing them to one with a better structure.

In contrast, Coffea canephora, and C. liberica are self - incompatible and require outcrossing.

Work from Anastasia Gioti, who was a lab visitor for several months this year and has visited several times in the past years, wrapped up genome comparisons of Neurospora species which have transitioning from outcrossing (heterothallic) to self - fertile (homothallic) lifestyles.

In some cases judicial outcrossing to another breed may be desirable.

Although it has not been uniformly enforced, many Swiss breeders have proactively begun outcrossing English bulldogs with the Olde English Bulldogge to create what is known as the «Continental Bulldog», 22 which will help bring the breed into compliance.

Now, after 50 years, such outcrossing is no longer necessary because now the cats have pedigrees longer than their tails.

Golden Rice is unlikely to impact organic agriculture through cross-pollination — also known as outcrossing or gene flow — for reasons that apply to all cultivated rice.

They even have about the same level of genetic variation as some exclusively outcrossing populations.

Some factors, such as «chance seedling» selection [66], may even have increased genetic diversity, by favouring outcrossing events among domesticates and introgression from wild species [39].

In April 1998, Havana Brown Breed Council members again voted on a proposal regarding outcrossing this breed.

In an effort to increase the shrinking gene pool, breeders received approval in 1998/1999 to permit outcrossing to unregistered black or blue domestic shorthairs, certain colors of Oriental Shorthairs, or chocolate point or seal point Siamese.

Experimental outcrossing to both a black domestic shorthair and an Oriental Shorthair have produced healthy, solid brown kittens in the first generation.

Once the characteristics you wanted to fix are in place, most breeders will suggest line - breeding with occasional outcrossing to adopt a prudent approach while keeping the traits in the gene pool.

The general thought among those that have been around the breed for the greatest number of years is that, these new color patterns were brought about by unscrupulous outcrossing to a separate breed such as Catahoula Leopard dogs.

It was found through outcrossing to straight - coated cats that the gene responsible for the rexed coat mutation was a simple recessive.

It also recommends outcrossing strategies for those breeds which have the most pressing health issues.

For this reason outcrossing is often included periodically or on a regular basis with line - breeding.

Translation: Breeders have done next to nothing useful in combating HD in their breeds because they refuse to employ the most potent tools, like outcrossing and accelerated breeding and culling (which is how HD was bred out of many sight hound breeds).

The extensive outcrossing is why the breeders will not be offering many Lykoi to the public for a couple of years.

If your only concern is to produce healthy puppies for pet homes, you most likely should start with healthy bloodlines and concentrate on distant line - breeding (4 to 6 generations back) with frequent outcrossing to bring in new genetic material.

By the 19th century the breed was virtually extinct and it took an enormous effort from breeders, along with a little outcrossing, to revive the breed.

Pomeranians have a worryingly small gene pool, so in this respect outcrossing to a Chihuahua is a great thing for their genetic health.

Some regions crossed back into the bulldog for grit, some crossed to beagles for a hot nose, some crossed to small sighthounds for speed and eye, some alternated with crosses back to Manchesters and Smooth Fox terriers, while yet others kept outcrossing to a strict minimum.

In 1948 there was a significant outcrossing to a Newfoundland dog, with a resulting improvement in temperament and increase in size.

Puppy mill operators favor outcrossing, because that produces the largest, healthiest litters.

It was discovered during the 1990s and initially thought to be due to the genes for chocolate, lilac, cinnamon or fawn; these genes are not permissible in the breed as they indicate outcrossing to other breeds.

The unhealthiest puppies I have seen, have resulted from outcrossing (completely unrelated parents) and inbreeding (brother - sister.)

Some judicial outcrossing to restore the muzzle to this breed as a matter of urgency, would be ideal, but I sense that is not going to be sanctioned by the Kennel Club any time soon.

So, they began outcrossing the Miniature Poodle with the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.

The breed almost became extinct during World War II, but outcrossing with Persians helped to re-establish the breed.

A gene for herbicide tolerance, introduced into crop populations, is «outcrossing,» says Henk van Dijk, who participated in the study.

For that matter, more «outcrossing» with males in the mix could also spread the epigenetic changes brought on by the famine experience, he said.

The study, which employs whole - genome sequencing, finds plants that use a combination of self - fertilizing and outcrossing to be less prone to accumulating harmful mutations.

Gehring and colleagues were curious whether less imprinting would occur in A. thaliana, a self - fertilizing plant in which the parental interests ought to be aligned, than in the outcrossing A. lyrata.

Sometimes, these outcrossings will introduce a health problem into the breed that normally exists only in the breed being used for the cross.