Cattle breeders have used genetic selection tools to change the majority of the major breeds significantly. Producers want to increase productivity and longevity of their herd to increase ...
Plant breeders have always faced a brutal trade-off: the traits that matter most for food security, like drought tolerance or ...
Crops increasingly need to thrive in a broader range of conditions, including drought, salinity, and heat. Traditional plant ...
Selective breeding, also known as artificial selection, is a process used by humans to develop new organisms with desirable characteristics. In selective breeding, a breeder chooses two parents with ...
Researchers are helping uncover new information about the Y chromosome in horses, which will help owners identify optimal lineages for breeding and help conservationists preserve breed diversity.