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    Exclusion of paternity based on a panel of 89 SNP markers in a sample of Corriedale and Merino sheep from Uruguay

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    Se estudi贸 el desempe帽o de un panel de 89 marcadores del tipo polimorfismos de un solo nucle贸tido (SNP) para la exclusi贸n de paternidad en poblaciones de ovinos Corriedale y Merino del Uruguay. El valor de la menor frecuencia al茅lica (MAF) de los marcadores vari贸 entre 0.05 y 0.5 en la raza Corriedale y 0.08 y 0.5 para Merino. Se lograron valores altos de probabilidad de exclusi贸n (0.9999) de ambos padres y con un padre conocido usando menos de 50 marcadores. Cuando se cuenta solamente con un posible genotipo paterno y sin informaci贸n de la madre, que es el caso m谩s com煤n de exclusi贸n de paternidad, se alcanz贸 un valor de 0.9999 de probabilidad, utilizando la totalidad de marcadores del panel en los animales Merino pero s贸lo fue posible llegar a 0.9998 en la raza Corriedale. Estos resultados sugieren que el panel puede resultar de utilidad en las poblaciones Corriedale y Merino. Sin embargo, en casos espec铆ficos de poblaciones muy emparentadas (situaci贸n frecuente en caba帽as) puede ser insuficiente, raz贸n por la cual se propone el desarrollo de un panel de SNP para excluir paternidades en situaciones m谩s complejas.Agencia Nacional de Investigaci贸n e Innovaci贸

    Modelling the potential distribution of the invasive tomato red spider mite, Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae)

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    Published online: 20 Jan 2009Predicting the potential geographical distribution of a species is particularlyimportant for pests with strong invasive abilities.Tetranychus evansiBaker & Pritchard,possibly native to South America, is a spider mite pest of solanaceous crops. This mite isconsidered an invasive species in Africa and Europe. A CLIMEX model was developed topredict its global distribution. The model results fitted the known records ofT. evansiexcept for some records in dry locations. Dryness as well as excess moisture stresses playimportant roles in limiting the spread of the mite in the tropics. In North America andEurasia its potential distribution appears to be essentially limited by cold stress. Detaile

    Muscle fibre characteristics of two contrasting sheep breeds: Scottish Blackface and Texel

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    This study evaluates the effects of breed and sex. together with those of birth weight and litter size, on muscle fibre type characteristics in Texel (TEX) and Scottish Blackface sheep (SBF). The M, longissimus thoracis et lumborum (LTL) of TEX had a significantly higher total muscle cross-sectional area (16%), a higher total fibre number (20%) and a higher muscle CT density (5%) than the SBF but had a similar average muscle fibre size. The frequency of slow fibres in the LTL in TEX was lower than in SBF (7.5% vs. 9.6%), Muscle fibre histochemistry similarly demonstrated that the oxidative fibre frequency in TEX was 10% lower than in SBF. The inter-fibre lipid content in TEX was also significantly lower than in SBF. Correspondingly, TEX displayed higher frequency (91.7% vs. 90.9% in SBF) and higher relative total area (92.5% vs. 90.4% in SBF) of fast fibres. These breed differences in muscle fibre traits indicate underlying genetic variation, and future analyses will evaluate the link of these traits to meat quality and assess the usefulness of these traits in breeding programmes

    A DEMOGRAPHIC PARADOX: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING IN NORTHEASTERN AFRICA

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