The genetic architecture of climatic adaptation of tropical cattle.
Adaptation of global food systems to climate change is essential to feed the world. Tropical cattle production, a mainstay of profitability for farmers in the developing world, is dominated by heat, lack of water, poor quality feedstuffs, parasites, and tropical diseases. In these systems European c...
Main Authors: | Laercio R Porto-Neto, Antonio Reverter, Kishore C Prayaga, Eva K F Chan, David J Johnston, Rachel J Hawken, Geoffry Fordyce, Jose Fernando Garcia, Tad S Sonstegard, Sunduimijid Bolormaa, Michael E Goddard, Heather M Burrow, John M Henshall, Sigrid A Lehnert, William Barendse |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0113284&type=printable |
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