Browsing Graduate School - MU Theses and Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Decker, Jared"
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Genomics of heifer pregnancy, days open, and days to conception in Red Angus heifers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Although it is challenging to collect information on reproductive traits, fertility traits are believed to play a significant role in the growth of the beef industry and bring revenue to the producers. It has been challenging ... -
Genomics of seasonal hair shedding and ecoregion-specific growth to identify environmentally-adapted beef cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Recently, interest has increased in augmenting current national scale cattle evaluations with precision genetic predictions tailored to specific environmental conditions. Some efforts to develop environmentally-aware ... -
Tracing cat domestication through population genetics and capturing genotype-by environment interactions in US beef cattle genomic predictions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Cat domestication initiated as a symbiotic relationship between wildcats and the peoples of developing agrarian societies in the Fertile Crescent. To refine the sites of cat domestication, over 1,000 random-bred cats of ...