Improving the nutrient efficiency in pork production is required to reduce the resource
competition between human food and animal feed regarding diet components edible for …

Plant breeding plays a crucial role in the development of high‐performing crop varieties that
meet the demands of society. Emerging breeding techniques offer the potential to improve …

The effective planning and allocation of resources in modern breeding programs is a
complex task. Breeding program design and operational management have a major impact …

The teat number is a pivotal reproductive trait that significantly influences the survival rate of
piglets. A meta-analysis is a robust instrument, enhancing the universality of research …

Background This paper highlights the relationships between economic weights, genetic
progress, and phenotypic progress in genomic breeding programs that aim at generating …

In recent years, breeding programs have increased significantly in size and complexity, with
various highly interdependent parameters and many contrasting breeding goals. As a result …

Context Breeding programs aim at improving the genetic characteristics of livestock
populations with respect to productivity, fitness and adaptation, while controlling negative …

Plant breeding is a complex endeavor that is almost always multi-objective in nature. In
recent years, stochastic breeding simulations have been used by breeders to assess the …

The design of breeding programs is crucial for maximizing economic gains. Simulation
provides the most efficient measures to test these programs, as real-world trials are often …

The present study aimed to identify the novel mechanisms regulating rabbit fecundity. For
this purpose, the association between litter size variability, fecundity, ovarian morphology …