gene pool

During the history of plant breeding there has been a desire to increase the choice of genes (the gene pool) available FOR crop improvement.

Genetic activists are now beginning to argue that the world's gene pool should be maintained by international agreement as shared and open.

They maintain that the population base used to give frequency statistics must be drawn from the suspect's particular Gene pool.

Gene pool The total number and variety of genes existing within a breeding population or species at a given point in time .

First, the human population has expanded rapidly during that period, which increases the size of the gene pool in which mutations can occur.

This is a worry because some of the most desirable characteristics of plants are in the wild gene pool and might be needed again one day.

Believe it or not there is a gene pool of plastic DNA that we engineered to be the fittest and strongest in our little magical kingdom.

This broadening of the entrepreneurial gene pool has been of huge benefit to the British economy.

How all-female species avoid the shrinkage of their gene pool is among the animal kingdom's great mysteries.

Admittedly, already, through our own genotypes, and by our choice of a mate, we limit the gene pool available to each child.

Over the past century, the composition of the human gene pool has not changed appreciably.

But if alpha men and women dominate both the world and the gene pool, that's not to say betas don't have ways to push back.

But some of his attempts to widen the gene pool have proved disastrous.

In particular, he deplores the incestuous narrowing of the gene pool that modern pedigree breeders have brought about.

To use the trite phrase, each parent represents 50% of the child's gene pool.

without depth perception a tree-living animal is very quickly out of the gene pool.

However, Jahoor told SciDev. Net that the new gene pool is under threat due to poor seed conservation facilities in Eritrea.

In addition, it proposes a project constructing a field gene pool of street trees in Beijing as well.

In the longer term, the rise of a mixed-racial gene pool could have some remarkable effects on our nation's health.

As all karma for Reptilian DNA is cleared, these lineages also shall be removed from the gene pool of all incoming children.

Meanwhile, a first-draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome offers no sign that they contributed to our gene pool.

And it requires stress tests to weed weak nerved dogs out of the gene pool.

By the usual Darwinian dynamics of natural selection, the mutation of altitude acclimation comes to dominate the village gene pool.

It doesn't matter whether you're fat or thin, rich or poor, luck of the gene pool determines who will and won't get cellulite.

I'm afraid I'm at the shallow end of the gene pool.

Drawing ministers only from the 350 or more MPs on the winning side limits the gene pool.

The one exception to the gene pool constraint is the PM's power to appoint people to the Lords to serve as ministers.

It's a rich venue, because Icelanders have a limited gene pool and highly detailed genealogical records.

Mr Moller claims this is the only way to eliminate aggressive traits from the doggy gene pool.

Not that he has taken his eye off replenishing the gene pool.

The existing 1487 kinds of wild plants, 634 kinds of animals, known as natural animal and plant gene pool.

Current Status of Cotton Genome Resource in India and Initiative on Utilization of Gene Pool through Molecular Technologies

significations of establishing the gene pool of salt - loving and salt - resistive plant and ideas of research and utilizing

Establishment and application of recessive genetic male sterile gene pool in watermelon

That way, the gene pool of the rare wild animals can be kept pure

Present state in using longan and loquat garden nurseries in Fuzhou National Fruit Gene-pool

Open up and Utilization of Powdery-mildew-resistant Gene Pool in Wheat

Study on the Gene Pool Establish Technology of Masson Pine Clone

I'm afaid I'm at the shallow end of the gene pool(Scar)

Summary on poplar gene pool construction

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