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Symposium review: Genomic selection for reducing environmental impact and adapting to climate change.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jun 2020
Pryce Jennie E, Haile-Mariam Mekonnen
Abstract excerpt
The world has been warming as greenhouse gases accumulate. Worldwide from 1880 to 2012, the average surface temperature has increased by about 0.85°C and by 0.12°C per decade since 1951. The world's cattle population is a contributor to atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, in addition to suffering from high temperatures combined with humidity. This makes research into reducing the global footprint of...
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