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Selective Breeding

Known as: Breeding, Selective, Breedings, Selective, Selective Breedings 
A process in which offspring possessing desired genetic traits are produced.
National Institutes of Health

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Animal Organism StrainEugenicsGenetic SelectionReproductive Techniques

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Genetics, Population

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2006
2006
Selective breeding for catalepsy changes the distribution of microsatellite D13Mit76 alleles linked to the 5‐HT1A serotonin receptor gene in mice
Catalepsy (pronounced motor inhibition) is a natural defensive reaction against predator. Recently, the quantitative trait locus… 
2006
2006
The Gene Revolution: GM Crops and Unequal Development
Introduction: Genetically Modified Crops and National Development Priorities * Emergence and Global Spread of GM Crops… 
2004
2004
Cannabinoids for the pharmaceutical industry
SummaryCannabis sativa, is a rich source of a variety of compounds, including cannabinoids, terpenoids and flavonoids. Their… 
1997
1997
Antibody response to Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae antigens after vaccination of pigs bred for high and low immune response.
Review
1993
Review
1993
Selective breeding for alcohol withdrawal severity
Mouse lines have been genetically selected to be alcohol Withdrawal Seizure Prone (WSP) or Resistant (WSR). The selection index… 
1989
1989
Ethanol and diazepam withdrawal convulsions are extensively codetermined in WSP and WSR mice.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Separation of taste-aversion-prone and taste-aversion-resistant rats through selective breeding: implications for individual differences in conditionability and aversion-therapy alcoholism treatment.
Both rats and alcoholic humans display considerable variability in acquisition of illness-induced consummatory aversions… 
1977
1977
Genetic selection of mice for quantitative responsiveness of lymphocytes to phytohemagglutinin
A two‐way selection was performed in mice according to the quantitative in vitro response of lymph node lymphocytes to the… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Selective breeding of rats for differences in reactivity to alcohol. An approach to an animal model of alcoholism. I. General procedures.
Strains of rats are being developed which have distinct responses in spontaneous locomotor activity to a subhypnotic dose of… 
1947
1947
The effects of selective breeding on the laboratory propagation of insect parasites
  • A. Wilkes
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society of London…
  • 1947
  • Corpus ID: 19617559
The formal application of certain animal breeding methods has been investigated in the laboratory propagation of a chalcid… 
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