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Purebred are those animals that have been bred-up to purebred status as a result of using full blood animals to cross with an animal of another breed. Artificial breeding via artificial insemination or embryo transfer is often used in sheep and cattle breeding to quickly expand, or improve purebred herds.
"Sociobiology is now part of the core research and curriculum of virtually all biology departments, and it is a foundation of the work of almost all field biologists. " Sociobiological research on nonhuman organisms has increased dramatically and continuously in the world's top scientific journals such as Nature and Science.
Social selection is a term used with varying meanings in biology. Joan Roughgarden proposed a hypothesis called social selection as an alternative to sexual selection. Social selection is argued to be a mode of natural selection based on reproductive transactions and a two-tiered approach to evolution and the development of social behavior. [1]
Animal breeding is a branch of animal science that addresses the evaluation (using best linear unbiased prediction and other methods) of the genetic value (estimated breeding value, EBV) of livestock. Selecting for breeding animals with superior EBV in growth rate, egg, meat, milk, or wool production, or with other desirable traits has ...
Braunvieh, a dairy breed [1] with high milk production and little milk fat. A breed is a specific group of breedable domestic animals having homogeneous smell (), homogeneous behavior, and/or other characteristics that distinguish it from other organisms of the same species.
Pure sociology explains social life with its social geometry. [9] Social life refers to any instance of human behavior—such as law, suicide, gossip, or art — while the social geometry of a behavior, also called its social structure, refers to the social characteristics of those involved—such as their degree of past interaction or their level of wealth.
Former Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is no longer facing warrants for his arrest in Texas after Peterson recently made an online court appearance in one of his child-support cases ...
Crossbreeding, the process of breeding an animal with purebred parents of two different breeds, varieties, or populations; Mating; Preservation breeding, a selection practice to preserve bloodlines; Selective breeding, an animal selection practice to encourage chosen qualities; Smart breeding, a plant selection practice to encourage chosen ...