Sentences with phrase «understand breed variations»

Not exact matches

«Identifying which of these candidate genes actually causes variation in responses to cold snaps will give us the potential to understand whether evolution to climate change can occur in both wild and domesticated animals, allowing us to better predict which species or breeds will be «winners» and «losers» and to better mitigate the effects of anthropogenic climate change on a wide range of organisms from beneficial pollinators to invasive pests,» said Theodore Morgan an associate professor of evolutionary genetics in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University and senior author of the study.

«We can begin to understand the Y chromosome variation among male lineages in a cattle breed,» Liu said.

These resources comprise a «rice diversity research platform» that is widely used the international rice research community to understand the genetic basis of complex traits, to investigate molecular mechanisms involved in key forms of stress tolerance, and to efficiently utilize natural variation to breed highly productive rice varieties for the future that are more nutritious, resource - use efficient, and stress tolerant than those we currently grow.

Getting to know the Rottsky starts with a firm understanding of the parent breeds and looking for variations among their dominant traits.

However, it is important to understand that due to the popularity of this breed, there is a much larger variation in size among Labs bred by those not necessarily concerned with confirmation.