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Purging deleterious mutations in conservation programmes: combining optimal contributions with inbred matings by de Cara, M Á R, Villanueva, B, Toro, M Á, Fernández, J

“…Conservation programmes aim at minimising the loss of genetic diversity, which allows populations to adapt to potential environmental changes. This can be…”
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Can we make genomic selection 100% accurate? by Campos, G., Toro, M.Á.

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Genetic diversity in farm animals - a review by Groeneveld, L.F, Lenstra, J.A, Eding, H, Toro, M.A, Scherf, B, Pilling, D, Negrini, R, Finlay, E.K, Jianlin, H, Groeneveld, E, Weigend, S

“…Domestication of livestock species and a long history of migrations, selection and adaptation have created an enormous variety of breeds. Conservation of these…”
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Characterization and conservation of genetic diversity in subdivided populations by Toro, M.A, Caballero, A

“…We review the available tools for analysing genetic diversity in conservation programmes of subdivided populations. Ways for establishing conservation…”
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Management of Subdivided Populations in Conservation Programs: Development of a Novel Dynamic System by Fernandez, J, Toro, M. A, Caballero, A

“…Within the context of a conservation program the management of subdivided populations implies a compromise between the control of the global genetic diversity,…”
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Accuracy of genome-wide evaluation for disease resistance in aquaculture breeding programs by Villanueva, B, Fernández, J, García-Cortés, L. A, Varona, L, Daetwyler, H. D, Toro, M. A

“…Current aquaculture breeding programs aimed at improving resistance to diseases are based on challenge tests, where performance is recorded on sibs of…”
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Source‐sink patterns on coffee trees related to annual climate variability: An approach through stable isotopes analysis by Toro‐Herrera, M. A., Pennacchi, J. P., Vieira, D. A., Costa, V. E., Honda Filho, C. P., Barbosa, A. C. M. C., Barbosa, J. P. R. A. D.

“…Stable isotopic determination constitutes a useful tool to identify the processes that control the dynamics of the carbon and nitrogen flow in plants,…”
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Accuracy of genomic within‐family selection in aquaculture breeding programmes by Toro, M.A., Saura, M., Fernandez, J., Villanueva, B.

“…Summary In aquaculture breeding programmes, selection within families cannot be applied for traits that cannot be recorded on the candidates (e.g., disease…”
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Benefits from marker-assisted selection under an additive polygenic genetic model by Villanueva, B, Pong-Wong, R, Fernández, J, Toro, M. A

“…This study investigated, through stochastic computer simulation, the extra gains expected from marker-assisted selection (MAS) in an infinitesimal model with…”
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Some intriguing questions on Fisher's ideas about dominance by Toro, M.A., Mäki‐Tanila, A.

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new method to estimate relatedness from molecular markers by Fernández, J, Toro, M.A

“…Four major problems can affect the efficiency of methods developed to estimate relatedness between individuals from information of molecular markers: (i) some…”
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Fixed Contributions Designs vs. Minimization of Global Coancestry to Control Inbreeding in Small Populations by Fernandez, J, Toro, M. A, Caballero, A

“…Populations with small census sizes are at risk because of the loss of genetic variability and the increase of inbreeding and its harmful consequences. For…”
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Uncovering QTL for resistance and survival time to Philasterides dicentrarchi in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) by Rodríguez-Ramilo, S. T., Fernández, J., Toro, M. A., Bouza, C., Hermida, M., Fernández, C., Pardo, B. G., Cabaleiro, S., Martínez, P.

“…Summary Disease resistance‐related traits have received increasing importance in aquaculture breeding programs worldwide. Currently, genomic information offers…”
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Toward Adaptive Load Shedding Remedial Action Schemes in Modern Electrical Power Systems by Toro-Mendoza, M. A., Segundo-Ramirez, Juan, Esparza-Gurrola, Aaron, Visairo-Cruz, Nancy, Guitierrez, C. Alberto NuNez, Perez-Negron, C.

“…Modern power grids are becoming more stressed, more complex, and beginning to have a significant integration of energy sources based on power electronics…”
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Uremic leontiasis ossea, a rare presentation of severe renal osteodystrophy secondary to hyperparathyroidism by Donoso-Hofer, F., Gunther-Wood, M., Romero-Romano, P., Pezoa-Opazo, N., Fernández-Toro, M.A., Ortega-Pinto, A.V.

“…Renal osteodystrophy is a common complication of end-stage renal failure patients. It's most severe osseous complication is characterized by massive thickening…”
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Using genome‐wide information to minimize the loss of diversity in conservation programmes by de Cara, M.A.R, Fernández, J, Toro, M.A, Villanueva, B

“…We study here the effect of using genome‐wide marker data versus genealogical data in population management for the maintenance of diversity in conservation…”
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Fine decomposition of the inbreeding and the coancestry coefficients by using the tabular method by García-Cortés, L. A, Martínez-Ávila, J. C, Toro, M. A

“…In this paper we describe a simple algorithm to decompose both inbreeding and coancestry coefficients. The decomposition is performed in pieces coming from…”
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Management of genetic diversity in small farm animal populations by Fernández, J., Meuwissen, T. H. E., Toro, M. A., Mäki-Tanila, A.

“…Many local breeds of farm animals have small populations and, consequently, are highly endangered. The correct genetic management of such populations is…”
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quantitative trait locus genome scan for porcine muscle fiber traits reveals overdominance and epistasis by Estellé, J, Gil, F, Vázquez, J.M, Latorre, R, Ramírez, G, Barragán, M.C, Folch, J.M, Noguera, J.L, Toro, M.A, Pérez-Enciso, M

“…Muscle histochemical characteristics are decisive determinants of meat quality. The relative percentage and diameters of the different muscular fiber types…”
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Managing Individuals' Contributions to Maximize the Allelic Diversity Maintained in Small, Conserved Populations by FERNÁNDEZ, J., TORO, M. A., CABALLERO, A.

“…The maintenance of diversity is, from a genetic perspective, one of the key aims in a conservation program. Because the most widely used measure of genetic…”
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