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Habitat use across the tidal cycle by black-headed gulls breeding in the Wadden Sea
Movements of birds foraging in intertidal areas are often strongly linked to the tidal cycle, as water levels determine where and when birds can...
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Sex differences in avian parental care patterns vary across the breeding cycle
Parental care in birds consists of elaborate forms across stages, including nest building, incubation, and offspring provision. Despite their...
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Individuals departing non-breeding areas early achieve earlier breeding and higher breeding success
Conditions experienced by an individual during migration have the potential to shape migratory tactic and in turn fitness. For large birds,...
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Sequence-Based Breeding for Plant Improvement
This book chapter discusses the significant improvement in breeding programs’ utilizing modern genomic tools and technologies. Next-generation...
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Non-breeding sites, loop migration and flight activity patterns over the annual cycle in the Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor from a north-western edge of its range
The Lesser Grey Shrike is a typical Palaearctic songbird for which we have limited knowledge of its migration ecology. All that is known about its...
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Advancement in modern breeding and genomic approaches to accelerate rice improvement: speed breeding focus
Rice ( Oryza sativa L.) is a common staple food widely cultivated and consumed globally. The increase in world population and slow genetic gain in...
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Classic Genetics and Traditional Breeding of Tea Plant
The tea plant is an important beverage crop cultivated worldwide. It belongs to the genus Camellia and is generally identified as diploid with a...
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Breeding
Domestication is the process of adapting a group of animals to both captive conditions and human interactions over many generations, with the goal of...
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Forward Breeding for Efficient Selection
Global food security is the numero uno priority in the current global situation, threatened by a number of challenges catalyzed by accelerated...
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Speed Breeding to Accelerate Crop Improvement
Speed breeding through controlled environments as a new technique on the block offers advantages over conventional field-based generation advancement...
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Genetic gains in IRRI’s rice salinity breeding and elite panel development as a future breeding resource
Key messageEstimating genetic gains and formulating a future salinity elite breeding panel for rice pave the way for develo** better high-yielding...
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Comparative life cycle assessment of rex rabbit breeding industry chains: benefits of a circular industry chain
PurposeThe environmental impacts of breeding industries have been broadly studied and compared. However, environmental research on the rex rabbit...
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Acceleration of wheat breeding: enhancing efficiency and practical application of the speed breeding system
BackgroundCrop breeding should be accelerated to address global warming and climate change. Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) is a major food crop. Speed...
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Accelerated breeding strategies for biochemical marker-assisted backcross breeding and map** population development in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
In order to rapidly adapt to the evolving climate and sustainably nourish the growing global population, plant breeders are actively investigating...
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Flax Breeding
Cultivated flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) is an annual, self-pollinated diploid (2n = 2x = 30) species with a genome size of 370 Mb. The crop is...
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Accelerating Almond Breeding in Post-genomic Era
Classical almond breeding is a long process due to its plurennial woody character and long juvenile period. The implementation of marker-assisted...
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Beef Cattle Breeding
Phenotype – From the Greek φαινο (i.e., “pheno”) and τύπος (i.e., “type”), it is used to describe a set of observable characteristics for an...
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Active breeding seabirds prospect alternative breeding colonies
Compared to other animal movements, prospecting by adult individuals for a future breeding site is commonly overlooked. Prospecting influences the...
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Cotton Genetics and Breeding
Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is a soft, fluffy staple fibre that develops in a boll, or protective casing, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus...
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Rapid Cycling and Generation Advancement for Accelerated Mutation Breeding in Sorghum
Rapid cycling techniques have become preferred methods in recent years to speed up the plant breeding process, especially for plant varieties...