Article
The genetic architecture of climatic adaptation of tropical cattle.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Porto-Neto Laercio R, Reverter Antonio, Prayaga Kishore C, Chan Eva K F, Johnston David J, Hawken Rachel J, Fordyce Geoffry, Garcia Jose Fernando, Sonstegard Tad S, Bolormaa Sunduimijid, Goddard Michael E, Burrow Heather M, Henshall John M, Lehnert Sigrid A, Barendse William
Abstract excerpt
Adaptation of global food systems to climate change is essential to feed the world. Tropical cattle production, a mainstay of profitability for farmers in the developing world, is dominated by heat, lack of water, poor quality feedstuffs, parasites, and tropical diseases. In these systems European cattle suffer significant stock loss, and the cross breeding of taurine x indicine cattle is unpredictable due to the...
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