Contrasting reductionistic versus holistic views, it is a general question whether adding the parts equals sum. In time of multiple drivers anthropogenic change, crucial issue, and better understanding additivity critical for strategy management. More particular research questions ask what are community effects extinction single species local on different will generate additive responses. Here ...

The application of quantitative genetics in plant and animal breeding has largely focused on additive models, which may also capture dominance and epistatic effects. Partitioning genetic variance into its additive and nonadditive components using pedigree-based models (P-genomic best linear unbiased predictor) (P-BLUP) is difficult with most commonly available family structures. However, the av...

The traditional quantitative genetics model was used as the unifying approach to derive six existing and new definitions of genomic additive and dominance relationships. The theoretical differences of these definitions were in the assumptions of equal SNP effects (equivalent to across-SNP standardization), equal SNP variances (equivalent to within-SNP standardization), and expected or sample SN...

MOTIVATION Localizing protein binding sites within genomic DNA is of considerable importance, but remains difficult for protein families, such as transcription factors, which have loosely defined target sequences. It is generally assumed that protein affinity for DNA involves additive contributions from successive nucleotide pairs within the target sequence. This is not necessarily true, and no...

In this work polyaniline nanocomposites were synthesized in aqueous media by using ammonium proxy disulfat (APS) (10g/l) as an oxidant in the presence of hydroxy propyl cellulose (HPC) (2,5,10 g/l) as a surfactant, poly (vinyl chloride) (10,30 g/l) as an additive and sulfuric acid (H2SO4). The effects of concentration of surfactant and additive on morphology have been ...

In order to choose an efficient breeding procedure, it is necessary to have knowledge of the genetic system controlling agronomically important traits. Common bean is one of the major legumes containing large amount of proteins and other valuable nutrients. The aim of this study was to determine genetic parameters for yield and yield components, using six generations (P1, P2, F1, F2, BC1, and B...