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Die nutzbare genetische Variation kann durch umwelt‐ und genetisch‐bedingten Streß beeinflußt werden. Konsequenzen für die Tierzüchtung ‐ ein Überblick
Author(s) -
Kräußlich H.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of animal breeding and genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.689
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1439-0388
pISSN - 0931-2668
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2000.00254.x
Subject(s) - domestication , livestock , selection (genetic algorithm) , biology , selective breeding , genetic variation , environmental stress , variation (astronomy) , evolutionary biology , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , genetics , ecology , computer science , physics , astrophysics , artificial intelligence
Summary Livestock breeding is exploitation of genetic variation in herdbook populations. Results of long term selection (domestication) experiments led to the assumption that some genes are normally silent and can be activated under genetic and environmental stress. Rutherford and Lindquist (Nature 336 : 336–342, 1998) provided the first evidence of a molecular mechanism which can activate silent genes. This article discusses this field of research with respect to the livestock breeding.