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Peptide biomarkers used for the selective breeding of a complex polygenic trait in honey bees.
Scientific reports - 21 Aug 2017
Guarna M Marta, Hoover Shelley E, Huxter Elizabeth, Higo Heather, Moon Kyung-Mee, Domanski Dominik, Bixby Miriam E F, Melathopoulos Andony P, Ibrahim Abdullah, Peirson Michael, Desai Suresh, Micholson Derek, White Rick, Borchers Christoph H, Currie Robert W, Pernal Stephen F, Foster Leonard J
Abstract excerpt
We present a novel way to select for highly polygenic traits. For millennia, humans have used observable phenotypes to selectively breed stronger or more productive livestock and crops. Selection on genotype, using single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and genome profiling, is also now applied broadly in livestock breeding programs; however, selection on protein/peptide or mRNA expression markers has not yet...
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