Sentences with phrase «using other breeding»

Once specific genes associated with beneficial traits are identified, they can be more efficiently transferred into new rice varieties using other breeding methods.

Beyond this, the unique power of GM lies in its ability to incorporate novel genes with useful traits for rice, including genes from plants and organisms unrelated to rice, into new rice varieties that can not be achieved using other breeding methods.

These include genes from plants and organisms unrelated to rice that could not be transferred using other breeding methods.

Breeders have also developed these cats using other breeds with distinguishing or unusual features.

Not exact matches

Scientists could search within them for resistance genes and other desirable traits to use in engineering and breeding programs.

Evolution has been demonstrated in the lab many times using fast - breeding species such as fruit flies, and there are tons of other evidence for it.

Like fellow Bay area start - up Geltor, Perfect Day is one of a new breed of companies in the «cellular agriculture» business — using genetically engineered yeasts that have been «programmed» to produce proteins or other ingredients found in plants or animals - on an industrial scale, without raising animals, and with less impact on the environment.

Humans are selecting the plants to use in breeding because they have more useful variations than the other possible plants.

Golden Rice was bred using a combination of genetic modification and other breeding methods.

Here at IRRI, only about 5 % of our rice breeding work is GM, which is only used when all other breeding methods have been exhausted and when it offers a potentially very high humanitarian, environmental, or productivity benefit.

Achim Dobermann, deputy director general for research at IRRI, said that the Institute uses genetic modification only when other methods of breeding have been exhausted and that GM offers a potentially very high humanitarian, environmental, and productivity benefit.

As a rule of thumb, plant breeders in both public research institutes and private companies use genetic engineering only in the following situations: 1) the gene of interest is not found within the crop gene pool, 2) if found in the gene pool, transfer will be difficult due to incompatibility and other breeding problems or 3) the transfer of the gene will take a long time as in the case of perennial crops like coconut.

Tim Hortons» new corporate responsibility report states: «We consulted with our suppliers, the pork industry and other stakeholders on the use of gestation stalls for breeding sows and reviewed their plans throughout 2012.

Using Commonwealth environmental water on the floodplain provides food, habitat and breeding opportunities for native fish, frogs, plants, waterbirds and other wildlife.

The European Academies Science Advisory Council concurred, stating there «is no validated evidence that GM crops have greater adverse impact on health and the environment than any other technology used in plant breeding».

Migratory birds, on the other hand, can traverse entire hemispheres and end up just a couple miles from where they bred last year, using their senses alone.

Such enhanced wheat could be available in 2007; Dubcovsky and others plan to release wheat varieties created using conventional breeding techniques to incorporate the gene within a year.

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Horses and other animals typically used for transport are products of directed domestication: Humans take an animal out of the wild with a specific use in mind, and breed subsequent generations for that purpose.

For wild fish, scientists take into account how a fish is caught (using nets, polls or harpoons, for example); whether the stock is being managed responsibly; how abundant the breed is (compared with historic levels); and whether fishing methods endanger other species (such as nets used to fish for yellowfin tuna that snare and kill dolphins).

The paring down of wheat's genetic diversity over generations is not easy to rebuild, but Mark Sorrells, another professor of plant breeding at Cornell, is optimistic: «It is possible to make [these] kind of broad generalizations... but it is easy to cite examples in the other direction,» he said, mentioning the durum wheat used for pasta.

To meet increasing consumer demand for heritage - breed turkeys to be the centerpiece of holiday and other meals, researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences are studying methods producers can use to raise the historical birds.

Throughout history, Arabian horses from the Middle East spread around the world by both war and trade, used to improve other breeds by adding speed, refinement, endurance, and good bone.

Buckler's lab and many others have begun to use what is considered the next step in molecular breeding, called genomic selection.

Using mice bred to lack some types of lymphoid cells, among other features, researchers were able to show that those mice still had high levels of suPAR and proteinuria, indicating that lymphoid cells were not the perpetrators of kidney disease.

Faced with this problem, zoo veterinarians felt it was time to make use of IVF and other reproductive technologies to help maintain a breeding population without having to transport rhinos hither and yon.

To ensure that the way in which animals are bred, cared for and used in procedures within the Union is in line with that of the other international and national standards applicable outside the Union, the principles of replacement, reduction and refinement should be considered systematically when implementing this Directive.

DJ - 1 + / −; PolgWT / MT mice were then bred with each other to produce the cohorts of mice used in this study.

Making use of mice bred for developing Alzheimer's like symptoms, the researchers provide evidence that caffeinated coffee protects against the disease which isn't possible with other beverages that contain caffeine or decaffeinated coffee.

Some of our other farmers have a herd of Bactrian's, which are not currently used for milking and a nice collection of mixed breed.

The list of pesticides that have been shown to be endocrine disrupters, and which are used in the Bitterroot Valley, includes 2, 4 - D, picloram, benzene, benzoic acid, atrazine, nonylphenols and others.11 Many pesticides have either not been tested for endocrine disruption, or they have been tested using the CD - 1 mouse species, which have been bred to be genetically more resistant to endocrine disruption than other mouse strains.

He was like family and to see him suffering really started to get to us, so I started researching countless hours and watching others YouTube videos that had this breed and the skin conditions until I found a video of a vet talking about coconut oil and I was shocked to learn of all the benefits for dogs it offered so I went to my kitchen and got the Unrefined cold pressed coconut oil I use for cooking and started him on it immediately and I am so serious when j say this in 24 hrs most his hives were dried up and healing and within 5days were completely gone I give him a tablespoon a day now and he has no more severe breakouts nor had to go back to the vet for lime and sulfur dips.

Amazon on the other - hand has been the only company that has been able to develop and release a new breed of consumer product using their voice - agent.

The new breed of hybrid Electronic Readers by new companies to the market are using various technology has major selling points, while others adhere to E-INK technology, which many users claim is better on the eyes.

Northern breeds like malamutes howl more than other breeds, while some hunting hounds use baying as a joyful variation of the howl.

This information, combined with health - related data from other areas of the company's operations, is used not only to help breeders improve their practices, but also to help Hunte identify potential issues in breeding lines.

Loss of use of rear legs This is especially common in Dachshunds, Corgis, and other so - called chondrodysplastic (think short legs and long backs) breeds, and can be a sign of injury to the spinal cord.

The breed's other name is «Dutch Barge Dog» since it used to be a guardian and companion on the small boats as well as barges in Holland.

So, we started looking for other «Little Bits» and started using selective breeding techniques to achieve a smaller husky that looked and behaved like a husky was supposed to.

Some test results will display numerous breed results, while others may show the presence of more breeds, but at levels too small to identify using present scientific methods.

Since he was also the manager of his local shelter, he was able to use breed stock from various dogs such as Greyhounds, Manchester Terriers, Rottweilers, Weimaraners, and others to develop the ultimate protector and companion.

Furthermore, AKC divides other breeds with coat differences into varieties and uses size and color for further separation within some breeds.

The geneticist there, Dr. Eldin Leighton, has used PennHIP for diagnosis / prediction and BV data on relatives (mostly siblings, ancestors, and progeny) to make great strides in reducing HD incidence far below that possible in any other breeding program.

Many other breeds put their skills to good use in finding lost or injured people, sniffing out contraband, working in arson investigations, guarding military installations, helping handicapped owners, and visiting hospitals and nursing homes.

And I've been able to achieve these results — even when others couldn't — because the vast majority of dogs — regardless of their breed and past history — can be successfully trained by knowledgeable and seasoned specialists who have verifiable track records of success and use scientifically sound and ethical techniques.

The Cane Corso we have now is a product of a breeding program that used other types of dogs, and the resulting breed is quite a bit different than the old type.

Ultimately, the explanation usually is that using less genetic information and different analytical methods make it harder for other companies to determine all the breeds in a mix correctly.

To add to these features, tests of purebred and designer dogs with this kit will assist you with a chart that you can use to compare your dog with other dogs of the same breed.

Later, when some of these breeds became used for purposes other than fighting wild game or each other, ear and tail «trimming» (partial removal) was done to suit someone's idea of beauty.

These versatile gloves can be used in many occasions, such as: bathing, grooming, comb or brush for horse, dogs, cats or other breeds.