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Studies on Influence of Breeding Success and Genetic Diversity with in Honey Bee Species

P. Sethuraj null, R. Padmavathi null, P.S. Rathi priya

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Indian Journal of Genetics and Molecular Research 12(1):p 33-36, January-June 2023. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijgmr.2319.4782.12123.3

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Padmavathi R, Sethuraj P, Rathipriya PS. Studies on Influence of Breeding Success and Genetic Diversity with in Honey Bee Species. Indian J Genet Mol Res. 2023;12(1):33-6.

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Received : December 10, 2022         Accepted : January 18, 2023          Published : June 10, 2023

Abstract

The majority of selection of traits desires in animal breeding are strongly influenced by the environment. The reason for this was that the simultaneous consideration of individuals and siblings performance in the early days of animal breeding /genetic diversity was rather intuitive. As a result of weighting factors account so for degree of kinship between the animals and describes the percentage of shared genes, originating from shared ancestors, inter relationship poses serious challenges in properly estimating breeding values of honey bee.

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Padmavathi R, Sethuraj P, Rathipriya PS. Studies on Influence of Breeding Success and Genetic Diversity with in Honey Bee Species. Indian J Genet Mol Res. 2023;12(1):33-6.

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December 10, 2022 January 18, 2023 June 10, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijgmr.2319.4782.12123.3

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Honey Bee speciesBreedingsiblingsValue EstimationGenetic diversityDNAchip methods

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