Pure-bred dogs have been regarded as superior to crossbreeds or what some people refer to as mutts. However, we now understand that producing purebred dogs has drawbacks. The lack of variety in the ...

Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) is a vital legume crop renowned for its nutritional value and adaptability to tropical and subtropical climates. Recent advances in genomic technologies have revolutionised ...

Many dog breeds are purely about appearance—think poodles and the Pekingese. But plenty of other breeds, like racing greyhounds, are devoted to specific tasks. For many of these tasks, physical ...

Left: Beet seedlings in ‘conetainers’ await vernalization for rapid-cycle seed production. Mitch McGrath is research geneticist with the USDA-ARS Sugarbeet & Bean Research Unit, Michigan State ...

FISH copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Purchased from the Bruce Collette Endowment for the Fishes Collection. Genetic Breeding and Molecular Marker-Assisted Selective Breeding of ...

Twenty five years ago, the IAEA initiated a research programme on the development of in vitro mutagenesis in banana at the Plant Breeding Laboratory and since then has developed considerable and ...

Burkina Faso is a West African country with 17.3 million people, where the majority of people live in rural areas and rely on agriculture, mainly livestock rearing. Livestock contributes about 18.3 ...

Elinor Karlsson has never owned a dog. But ever since she was a graduate student, she’s been studying dog genetics. (They’re good models for studying genetic diseases in humans.) Part of that work ...

Your dog’s ability to learn new tricks may be less a product of your extensive training than their underlying genetics. Among 101 dog breeds, scientists found that certain behavioral traits such as ...

Cannabis breeders have notoriously been reclusive and secretive, primarily as a byproduct of Prohibition. While the last century has pushed many mainstream agricultural commodities towards a more ...