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The objective of any valid breeding program is to increase the suitability of a breed for its future purposes. The approach most often followed in animal breeding for optimizing breeding goals assumes that the...
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Heroin and cocaine are among the most dangerous illicit drugs available and their presence on the market is increasing. These facts have led to the investigation of the quality of heroin and cocaine samples se...
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Open AccessRecent genetic advances on boar taint reduction as an alternative to castration: a review
Boar taint is an unpleasant odor in male pig meat, mainly caused by androstenone, skatole, and indole, which are deposited in the fat tissue. Piglet castration is the most common practice to prevent boar taint...
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Open AccessImpact of UGT1A1 polymorphisms on Raltegravir and its glucuronide plasma concentrations in a cohort of HIV-1 infected patients
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of UGT1A1 polymorphisms on Raltegravir (RAL) and its metabolite RAL-glucuronide trough plasma concentrations ([RAL]plasma and [RAL-glu]plasma) and on the metabo...
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Open AccessUnified method to integrate and blend several, potentially related, sources of information for genetic evaluation
A condition to predict unbiased estimated breeding values by best linear unbiased prediction is to use simultaneously all available data. However, this condition is not often fully met. For example, in dairy c...
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Open AccessInversion of a part of the numerator relationship matrix using pedigree information
In recent theoretical developments, the information available (e.g. genotypes) divides the original population into two groups: animals with this information (selected animals) and animals without this informatio...
