Researchers are helping uncover new information about the Y chromosome in horses, which will help owners identify optimal lineages for breeding and help conservationists preserve breed diversity.
Selective breeding, also known as artificial selection, is a process used by humans to develop new organisms with desirable characteristics. In selective breeding, a breeder chooses two parents with ...
Developing high-yielding, nutritious and climate-resilient crops is vital to safeguard the future of global food production.
Developing high-yielding, nutritious and climate-resilient crops is vital to safeguard the future of global food production.
But there may be more to it than that. People who have tried to simply tame individual foxes often speak of a stubborn wildness that is impossible to get rid of. This suggests that foxes harder to ...
Researchers propose mitigating methane production by dairy cattle through breeding. Scientists are targeting reduction of enteric methane in the breeding objectives for dairy cattle to select for ...
Andrew Walker receives funding from the California Department of Food and Agriculture PD Board. Growing winegrapes may be the most backward form of horticulture that exists. The vast majority of the ...
The origin and phylogenesis of olive (Olea europaea L.) remain unclear. The olive's early domestication and the use of vegetative propagation have resulted in the development of a huge number of ...