(1) Using this approach, it is then possible to develop a gene pool for prolificacy.
(2) In the domestic pig seasonal influences on prolificacy still exist: for example, AI boars not only show decreased steroid synthesis, sperm counts and libido in summer compared with the optima which occur in winter but also a biphasic pattern with a transient increase in spring.
(3) The multifactorially determined criterion of prolificacy was not selectively correlated with overall differences in embryonic preimplantation growth and rate of aneuploidy.
(4) Selection within purebred lines to increase further prolificacy seems possible, in spite of some contrary results from initial experiments.
(5) The extensive data produced in this experiment allowed the relationships between ovulation rate and fertility and between fertility and prolificacy (fecundity) to be examined.
(6) Heritability and repeatability estimates were, respectively, as follows: fertility, 3%, 3%; prolificacy, 34%, 19%; lamb survival, 15%, 8%; lamb weaning weight, 7%, 36%; and ewe productivity, 27%, 10%.
(7) Ewes heterozygous (I+) for the Inverdale prolificacy gene (FecXI) located on the X chromosome have ovulation rates about 1.0 units higher than noncarriers.
(8) The differential expression of IGF mRNAs with stage of gestation and the correlation of relative ratios of IGF mRNAs with prolificacy during the critical period of maternal recognition of pregnancy suggest an important role(s) for IGFs in conceptus and fetal development.
(9) We concluded that high fertility and low prolificacy (i.e.
(10) The traits included weights of lambs at birth, weaning, 8 mo, 10 mo, and yearling ages and ewe characters of weight at lambing (EWT), total lamb weight born (LWB), total lamb weight weaned (LWW), and prolificacy rate (PR).
(11) The computer can also be an aid in eliminating chromosomal translocations responsible for a reduction in prolificacy ranging from 5 to 50%.
(12) This paper attempts to summarize and discuss the new evidence on the effectiveness of selection for prolificacy.
(13) The ovulatory response of ewes from breeds that differ widely in prolificacy (Ile-de-France, ++ Booroola Merino, Romanov, F+ Booroola Merino and F+ Booroola Romanov with adult ovulation rates of about 1.5, 1.2, 3, 3 and 3.5 respectively) to 750 IU of hCG given at different physiological stages (before puberty, during anestrus or during the luteal phase) was compared.
(14) The prolificacy of two rabbit strains (Californian and New Zealand) has been studied in parallel with ovulation rate and embryonic development.
(15) The ovaries of new born lambs (15 Ile-de-France and 19 Romanov, 34 ovaries) and of 4-week-old lambs (6 Ile-de-France and 12 Romanov, 18 ovaries) were examined histologically to compare ovarian follicular development in infant lambs of breeds differing in their prolificacy.
(16) Prolific breeds of sheep (Romanov, Finn and Booroola Romanov crosses heterozygous for the Booroola gene (F+) were compared with breeds of lower prolificacy (Ile-de-France, Finn X Scottish Blackface, Merino X Blackface and Booroola X Romanov not carrying a copy of Booroola gene (++] by in-vivo monitoring of follicular kinetics by ink labelling during the late luteal phase and follicular phase of the oestrous cycle followed by histological examination of the ovaries or follicle dissection.
(17) Prolificacy, defined as litter size at birth, is currently considered to be the most important component of sow productivity.
(18) A better understanding of the control of gonadotropin secretion in the cow would assist in the development of treatments to control prolificacy.
(19) The overall twinning rate and prolificacy were 30.7 and 130.6% respectively.
(20) Prolificacy has been defined as the number of viable piglets produced per year or per breeding lifetime.
Richness
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).
Example Sentences:
(1) After a period on fat-rich diet the patient's physical fitness was increased and the recovery period after the acute load was shorter.
(2) This analysis demonstrated that more than 75% of cosmids containing a rare restriction site also contained a second rare restriction site, suggesting a high degree of CpG-rich restriction site clustering.
(3) Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) was prepared, and platelet aggregation studies were conducted directly or conducted on washed platelets prepared from PRP collected with ACD.
(4) No significant fatty acid binding by proteins was detected in S. cerevisiae, even when grown on a fatty acid-rich medium, thus indicating that such proteins are not essential to fatty acid metabolism.
(5) "There is a serious risk that a deal will be agreed between rich countries and tax havens that would leave poor countries out in the cold.
(6) Maybe the world economy goes tits up again, only this time we punish the rich instead of the poor.
(7) I can see you use humour as a defence mechanism, so in return I could just tell you that if he's massively rich or famous and you've decided you'll put up with it to please him, you'll eventually discover it's not worth it.
(8) Dietary factors affect intestinal P450s markedly--iron restriction rapidly decreased intestinal P450 to beneath detectable values; selenium deficiency acted similarly but was less effective; Brussels sprouts increased intestinal AHH activity 9.8-fold, ECOD activity 3.2-fold, and P450 1.9-fold; fried meat and dietary fat significantly increased intestinal EROD activity; a vitamin A-deficient diet increased, and a vitamin A-rich diet decreased intestinal P450 activities; and excess cholesterol in the diet increased intestinal P450 activity.
(9) In spite of the presence of scar tissue following rhytidectomy, this procedure has been quite successful because of the rich blood supply in that area.
(10) The specificity of the assay was established by competitive displacement of 125I-labeled arginine-rich protein from its antiserum by arginine-rich protein and lipoproteins containing this protein, but not by rat albumin or other purified apolipoproteins.
(11) At constant arterial pO2, changes in coronary flow were associated with changes in energy-rich phosphates, but not systematically with changes in coronary venous pO2.
(12) To understand the reason for the opposite effect of the molar ratio observed at the middle of and at four residues away from the lysine-rich sequence, actual cross-linked residue(s) was (were) determined by subjecting cross-linked product to a protein sequencer.
(13) The diet increased the formation of a cholesterol-rich very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), decreased high density lipoprotein (HDL)-associated cholesterol and phospholipids, but had virtually no effect on low density lipoprotein (LDL)-lipids.
(14) An AT-rich stretch is centered at position -31 with respect to the transcription initiation site, and a potential CCAAT box is centered at position -138.
(15) The slow alpha-lipoprotein was distributed in the range of densities between low density and high density lipoproteins and was rich in apoprotein E. This abnormal lipoprotein of PBC was observed in those in Stages II and III but not in those in Stage I.
(16) A transurethral prostatic resection for prostatism in a 73 year old man showed a cluster of richly capillarised clear cells originally thought to be indicative of invasive carcinoma.
(17) VAT increases don't just hit the poor more than the rich, they also hit small firms, threaten retail jobs and, by boosting inflation, could also lead to higher interest rates."
(18) To facilitate detoxification, the centrifuge is employed to provide plasma rich in toxins, but void of potentially interfering blood components such as platelets and whole blood cells.
(19) In the perfused rat liver, ursodeoxycholate in high dose produces an HCO3- -rich hypercholeresis which we have shown previously to be inhibited by replacement of perfusate Na+ with Li+ or by addition of amiloride (or amiloride analogues).
(20) B cells from both sources gained immediate access to extrafollicular areas of secondary lymphoid organs rich in interdigitating cells and T cells.