Search Results - "VARONA, L."

Invited review: Recursive models in animal breeding: Interpretation, limitations, and extensions by Varona, L., González-Recio, O.

“…Structural equation models allow causal effects between 2 or more variables to be considered and can postulate unidirectional (recursive models; RM) or…”
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Maternal genetic effects throughout the life of the dam in Pirenaica beef cattle. a random regression model approach by Ruzzon, A., López-Carbonell, D., Hervás-Rivero, C., Srihi, H., Mantovani, R., Altarriba, J., Varona, L.

“…•Variability of the maternal effects throughout the lifespan are reported.•Maternal heritability increases between 4, 5 and 13 years of dam’s age.•Maternal…”
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The effect of divergent selection for intramuscular fat on the domestic rabbit genome by Sosa-Madrid, B. S., Varona, L., Blasco, A., Hernández, P., Casto-Rebollo, C., Ibáñez-Escriche, N.

“…An experiment of divergent selection for intramuscular fat was carried out at Universitat Politècnica de València. The high response of selection in…”
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Genetic parameters and direct, maternal and heterosis effects on litter size in a diallel cross among three commercial varieties of Iberian pig by Noguera, J L, Ibáñez-Escriche, N, Casellas, J, Rosas, J P, Varona, L

“…The Iberian pig is one of the pig breeds that has the highest meat quality. Traditionally, producers have bred one of the available varieties, exclusively, and…”
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Genetic parameters for fertility traits assessed in herds divergent in milk energy output in Holstein-Friesian, Brown Swiss, and Simmental cattle by Martinez-Castillero, M, Toledo-Alvarado, H, Pegolo, S, Vazquez, A I, de Los Campos, G, Varona, L, Finocchiaro, R, Bittante, G, Cecchinato, A

“…In this study, we aimed to investigate differences in the genetics of fertility traits (heritability of traits and correlations between traits in divergent…”
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LONG-TERM TREND OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS TRANSPORT IN 12 TROPICAL COASTAL WATERSHEDS IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL by Noriega, Carlos, Araujo, Moacyr, L. Varona, Humberto, Costa, Mauricio, Calzada, Amilcar, Medeiros, Carmen, Silva, Andrea, Portela, Livia, Bezerra, Daniella, Jeronimo, Rivaldo, Barros, Paulo, Araujo, Julia, Rollnic, Marcelo

“…Multiple environmental problems are caused by the accumulation of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in river water on its way to the ocean. The objective of this…”
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Caregivers of Alzheimer's patients and factors influencing institutionalization of loved ones: some considerations on existing literature by Sansoni, J, Anderson, K H, Varona, L M, Varela, G

“…Informal caring or caregiving is very common in our postindustrial society. Caregiving burden grows with the worsening of cognitive impairment of the patient…”
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Idealized hydrodynamical numerical model dataset with no-river runoff at the western tropical North Atlantic by Varona, Humberto L., Araujo, Julia, Araujo, Moacyr, Silva, Marcus

“…The western tropical North Atlantic (WTNA) is a very complex region, with the influence of intense western boundary currents in connection with equatorial…”
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High-resolution hydrodynamics and TS structure database of the Brazilian continental shelf and adjacent waters by Capuano, Tonia A., Varona, Humberto L., Araujo, Moacyr, Koch-Larrouy, Ariane

“…This data set was obtained from two ROMS model simulations in the region of Brazil located at 60°W–15°W / 25°S - 15°N. One of the simulations takes into…”
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Thermal efficiency dataset around Cuban seas (TEDACS) by Rodriguez, Alejandro, Abreu, Melissa, Reyes, Dailin, Abreu, Melany, Varona, Humberto L, Noriega, Carlos, Calzada, Amilcar, Araujo, Moacyr

“…Currently, the generation of electrical energy in Cuba is supported by oil and natural gas. These sources, as it is known, are directly linked to large…”
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Genetic diversity and divergence among Spanish beef cattle breeds assessed by a bovine high-density SNP chip by Cañas-Álvarez, J J, González-Rodríguez, A, Munilla, S, Varona, L, Díaz, C, Baro, J A, Altarriba, J, Molina, A, Piedrafita, J

“…The availability of SNP chips for massive genotyping has proven to be useful to genetically characterize populations of domestic cattle and to assess their…”
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Cross-validation analysis for genetic evaluation models for ranking in endurance horses by García-Ballesteros, S., Varona, L., Valera, M., Gutiérrez, J. P., Cervantes, I.

“…Ranking trait was used as a selection criterion for competition horses to estimate racing performance. In the literature the most common approaches to estimate…”
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Short communication: effect of mutation age on genomic predictions by Casellas, J, Varona, L

“…Genomic selection relies on the whole-genome evaluation of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), some of them linked to quantitative trait loci (QTL)…”
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Comparative study of equine bone marrow and adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cells by RANERA, B., ORDOVÁS, L., LYAHYAI, J., BERNAL, M. L., FERNANDES, F., REMACHA, A. R., ROMERO, A., VÁZQUEZ, F. J., OSTA, R., CONS, C., VARONA, L., ZARAGOZA, P., MARTÍN-BURRIEL, I., RODELLAR, C.

“…Summary Reasons for performing study: Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) represent an attractive source for regenerative medicine. However, prior to their…”
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Linkage disequilibrium, persistence of phase, and effective population size in Spanish local beef cattle breeds assessed through a high-density single nucleotide polymorphism chip by Cañas-Álvarez, J J, Mouresan, E F, Varona, L, Díaz, C, Molina, A, Baro, J A, Altarriba, J, Carabaño, M J, Casellas, J, Piedrafita, J

“…Linkage disequilibrium (LD) and persistence of phase are fundamental approaches for exploring the genetic basis of economically important traits in cattle,…”
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Crossbreeding effects on pig growth and carcass traits from two Iberian strains by Ibáñez-Escriche, N., Varona, L., Magallón, E., Noguera, J. L.

“…An experiment of a 2×2 full diallelic cross between two contemporary Iberian pig strains (Retinto: RR, and Torbiscal: TT) was conducted to estimate the…”
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Evaluation of the potential use of a meta-population for genomic selection in autochthonous beef cattle populations by Mouresan, E. F., Cañas-Álvarez, J. J., González-Rodríguez, A., Munilla, S., Altarriba, J., Díaz, C., Baró, J. A., Molina, A., Piedrafita, J., Varona, L.

“…This study investigated the potential application of genomic selection under a multi-breed scheme in the Spanish autochthonous beef cattle populations using a…”
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Genomic differentiation between Asturiana de los Valles, Avileña-Negra Ibérica, Bruna dels Pirineus, Morucha, Pirenaica, Retinta and Rubia Gallega cattle breeds by González-Rodríguez, A., Munilla, S., Mouresan, E. F., Cañas-Álvarez, J. J., Baro, J. A., Molina, A., Díaz, C., Altarriba, J., Piedrafita, J., Varona, L.

“…The Spanish local beef cattle breeds have most likely common origin followed by a process of differentiation. This particular historical evolution has most…”
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Graphic and numerical comparison between iterative methods by Varona, Juan L.

“…Varoona studies the convergence of two iterative methods. His reasons for the study are to show the beauty of the graphics that can be generated with the aid…”
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Genetic correlation of longevity with growth, post-mortem, docility and some morphological traits in the Pirenaica beef cattle breed by Varona, L., Moreno, C., Altarriba, J.

“…Survival or longevity is an economically relevant trait in cattle. However, it is not currently included in cattle selection criteria because of the delayed…”
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