the availability of the saturated dna marker maps in livestock has made it possible to locate quantitative trait loci (qtl) in these domestic animals. the objective of this research was to investigate the principles of applying the simple regression for qtl analysis in paternal half-sib (phs) design commonly used in livestock species. the theoretical aspects of the simple regression approach fo...

The first-lactation milk records of 20,850 artificially sired Holstein cows and their darns were analyzed by a sire-by-herd, variance components model to determine if unequal numbers of records in the filled subclasses had any effect on the paternal half-sib correlatiou or the daughter-dam regression. The variance components were estimated with the number per subclass held constant at 1, 2, 3, ...

We develop expressions for the power to detect associations between parental genotypes and offspring phenotypes for quantitative traits. Three different "indirect" experimental designs are considered: full-sib, half-sib, and full-sib-half-sib families. We compare the power of these designs to detect genotype-phenotype associations relative to the common, "direct," approach of genotyping and phe...

Achieving high-stability, long span-life, and fast sodiation reaction kinetics in sodium ion battery (SIB) can significantly promote its practical application. Here, we use freeze-drying carbonization to prepare a flexible N-doped silk wadding-derived carbon/SnOx@reduced graphene oxide (N-SWC/SnOx@rGO) film as an ultra-stable anode for half/full SIB. A superior capacity of 572.2 mA h g?1 at 0.1...

The mixed-model methodology is an alternative to select genotypes for traits highly influenced by the environment. In addition, this method allows FOR estimating repeatability coefficient and predicting number of assessments needed a selection process increase reliability. This study aimed determine minimum evaluations necessary reliable estimate variance components used genetic gains between w...

tall fescue (lolium arundinaceum (schreb) sj darbysh.) is one of the fescue species that widely used as forage grass. tall fescue is self-incompatible and wind cross pollination. this study was conducted to study agronomic and morphological characteristics of 25 polycross families of tall fescue during 2011 and 2012 at research station farm in isfahan. number of days to pollination, height of p...