Small ruminant lentiviruses include members that infect sheep (ovine lentivirus [OvLV]; also known as ovine progressive pneumonia virus/maedi-visna virus) and goats (caprine arthritis encephalitis virus [CAEV]). Breed differences in seroprevalence and proviral concentration of OvLV had suggested a strong genetic component in susceptibility to infection by OvLV in sheep. A genetic marker test fo...

We used molecular markers associated with seedlessness in grapes, namely SCC8, SCF27 and VMC7f2, to improve the efficiency of seedless grapevine breeding via marker assisted selection (MAS). DNA from 372 F₁ hybrid progeny from the cross between seeded "Alphonse Lavallée" and seedless "Sultani" was amplified by PCR using three markers. After digestion of SCC8 marker amplification products by res...

The recent announcements of the breakthroughs in obtaining the oil palm genome sequence map herald a new chapter in oil palm genetic improvement. These breakthroughs will spur the further development of oil palm genomics. This article examines how genomics would impact plant and oil palm breeding. The knowledge derived from genomics research in terms of the DNA structure of a gene, how it funct...

The importance and attraction of the Multi-Agent System (MAS) topic are increased, nowadays. The techniques for the modeling of such systems are indivisible part of their software processes. They have to be applied with emphasis on the special requirements or properties of Multi-Agent Systems, e.g. autonomy of elements, intelligence of elements. This paper describes the ideas and methods to mod...

Large-scale multi-agent systems (MAS) utilize performance models for their optimization. These models could be queueing network models such as Jackson or BCMP networks that can capture the flow of tasks through the network of agents and estimate quantities such as response time and queue lengths. The selection of the model and subsequent analysis of the system is often done offline. We propose ...

Common wheat provides approximately 20% of the total dietary calorie intake human beings. Recent technological advances in whole-genome sequencing and their application its progenitor species provide new opportunities to uncover genetic variation traits accelerate traditional breeding (TB) strategies context genomics-assisted (GAB). Integration TB, marker-assisted selection (MAS) genomic (GS) w...

For many years, genetic improvement in swine herds was traditionally made by small breeders. Beginning in the last half of the 20 century, following the lead of corn hybrid companies, breeding companies and larger seedstock breeders moved to improve swine by employing stringent selection methods, developing specialized sire and dam lines and then synthetic lines to be sold to customers as comme...

A natural male sterile mutant of Salvia miltiorrhiza (Labiatae, Sh-B) was found during field survey in 2002. Our objective was to analyze its genetic mechanism for producing F1 hybrid seeds and to develop a molecular marker linked to male sterile gene for selection of a hybrid parent line. The segregation ratios of male sterile plants to fertile plants in the progenies of both testcross and bac...

Molecular markers serve as reference points that help locate agriculturally important traits on a genetic map. The denser the clustering of the markers, the greater is the precision with which an agronomic trait can be pinpointed. A trait and a tightly linked molecular marker are likely to be inherited together, such that selection for the marker can replace selection for the agronomic trait. U...

Narrow genetic base and complex allotetraploid genome of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is stimulating efforts to avail required polymorphism for marker based breeding. The availability of draft genome sequence of G. raimondii and G. arboreum and next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies facilitated the development of high-throughput marker technologies in cotton. The concepts of genetic di...