EVALUATION OF CROSSBREEDING OF AUSTRALIAN SUPERFINE MERINOS WITH GANSU ALPINE FINEWOOL SHEEP TO IMPROVE WOOL CHARACTERISTICS.

Evaluation of Crossbreeding of Australian Superfine Merinos with Gansu Alpine Finewool Sheep to Improve Wool Characteristics.

Crossbreeding of Australian Superfine Merinos (ASMs) with Gansu Alpine Finewool (GAF) sheep and an evaluation of the potential benefits of this genetic cross has not been previously conducted.13 ASMs were crossbred with GAF sheep over a five year period with backcrossing designed to assess heterosis.Data from 11,178 lambs sired by 189 rams were use

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Relative Selectivity of Plant Cardenolides for Na+/K+-ATPases From the Monarch Butterfly and Non-resistant Insects

A major prediction of coevolutionary theory is that plants may target particular herbivores with Honeysuckle secondary compounds that are selectively defensive.The highly specialized monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) copes well with cardiac glycosides (inhibitors of animal Na+/K+-ATPases) from its milkweed host plants, but selective inhibition o

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