[EN] Uterine capacity (UC), defined as the total number of kits from unilaterally ovariectomized does at birth, has a high genetic correlation with litter size. The aim of our research was to identify genomic regions ...
Blasco Mateu, Agustín; Toro, Miguel Angel(Elsevier, 2014-08)
[EN] Two scientific schools have been in coexistence from the beginning of genetics, one of them searching for factors of inheritance and the other one applying biometrical models to study the relationships between relatives. ...
Zomeño Segado, Cristina(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2013-07-15)
En esta tesis se aborda el estudio de la grasa intramuscular como característica determinante de la calidad de la carne para ser utilizado en programas genéticos. El conejo se plantea no sólo por su interés como especie ...
Pascual, M.; Calle Ayma, Eddy Wilfredo; Blasco Mateu, Agustín(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-09-30)
[EN] The aim of this work was to study whether commercial nucleus lines of rabbits selected for different traits, and experimental lines having commercial purposes, have the same degree of maturity when compared at the ...
Greenacre, Michael; Martínez-Álvaro, Marina; Blasco Mateu, Agustín(Frontiers Media SA, 2021-10-11)
[EN] Microbiome and omics datasets are, by their intrinsic biological nature, of high dimensionality, characterized by counts of large numbers of components (microbial genes, operational taxonomic units, RNA transcripts, ...
[EN] Our study provides an exhaustive comparison of the microbiome core functionalities (captured by 3,936 microbial gene abundances) between hosts with divergent genotypes for intramuscular lipid deposition. After 10 ...
[EN] A divergent selection experiment on litter size variability (high and low lines) was performed in rabbits over seven generations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlated responses to selection in body ...
Argente, M. J.; Calle, E. W.; Garcia, M. L.; Blasco Mateu, Agustín(Blackwell Publishing, 2017)
[EN] A divergent selection experiment for the environmental variability of litter size (Ve) over seven generations was carried out in rabbits at the University Miguel Hernandez of Elche. The Ve was estimated as the phenotypic ...
[EN] Simple Summary A successful response was obtained after selection for ovulation rate during 10 generations in rabbits. However, no correlated response in litter size was observed due to an increase in prenatal mortality. ...
ARGENTE, M.J.; GARCIA, M.L.; ZBYNOVSKA, K.; PETRUSKA, P.; CAPCAROVA, M.; Blasco Mateu, Agustín(Cambridge University Press, 2019-10)
[EN] Resilience is the ability of an animal to return soon to its initial productivity after facing diverse environmental challenges. This trait is directly related to animal welfare and it plays a key role in fluctuations ...
Agea, Iván; García, María de la Luz; Blasco Mateu, Agustín; Massanyi, Peter; Capcarová, Marcela; Argente, María-José(MDPI AG, 2020-12)
[EN] Selection for decreasing litter size residual variance has been proposed as an indirect way to select for resilience. Resilience has been directly related to welfare. A good body condition and efficient body fat ...
Peiró Barber, Rosa Mª; Yehia-Badawy Elmoghazy, Ahmed; Blasco Mateu, Agustín; Santacreu Jerez, María Antonia(Cambridge University Press, 2019-11)
[EN] Rabbit commercial maternal lines are usually selected for litter size (LS) and paternal lines for growth rate (GR). Line OR_LS was selected by ovulation rate (OR) and LS to improve LS more efficiently. In this study, ...
Badawy Elmoghazy, Ahmed Yehia; Peiró Barber, Rosa Mª; Blasco Mateu, Agustín; Santacreu Jerez, María Antonia(Cambridge University Press, 2019-03)
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Farmer profit depends on the number of slaughter rabbits. The improvement of litter size (LS) at birth by two-stage selection for ovulation rate (OR) and LS could modify survival rate from birth to slaughter. This ...
[EN] The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of six generations of selection for intramuscular fat (IMF) in
muscle Longissimus thoracis et lumborum (LTL) at 9 wk. in IMF and fatty acid (FA) composition of muscles ...
Zomeño Segado, Cristina; Hernández, Pilar; Blasco Mateu, Agustín(American Society of Animal Science, 2013-09)
[EN] The aim of this study was to evaluate the selection response on intramuscular fat (IMF) content of LM after 3 generations of divergent selection. Heritability and genetic means for IMF content were also analyzed. ...
Zomeño Segado, Cristina; Blasco Mateu, Agustín; Hernández, Pilar(American Society of Animal Science, 2013-09)
[EN] Correlated responses on carcass and meat quality characteristics after 3 generations of divergent selection for intramuscular fat (IMF) content were assessed by comparing the high and low lines. Selection was based ...
Martínez Álvaro, Marina(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2014-09-24)
[EN] The aim of this study was to carry out a divergent selection experiment directly by residual variance of litter size in rabbits, as an observed trait, and to study the existence of a genetic component controlling the ...
Martínez Álvaro, Marina; Hernández, Pilar; Blasco Mateu, Agustín(American Society of Animal Science, 2016)
[EN] A divergent selection experiment on intramuscular fat (IMF) was performed in rabbits. The aim of this study is to estimate the response to selection, the correlated responses in carcass and meat quality traits, and ...
Martínez Álvaro, Marina; Penalba-Cortes, Vicent; Blasco Mateu, Agustín; Hernández, Pilar(American Society of Animal Science, 2016)
[EN] Intramuscular fat (IMF) is one of the main parameters affecting meat quality. This work analyzes the effect of selection for IMF on sensory attributes and instrumental texture parameters in rabbit meat. A total of 115 ...
Peiró Barber, Rosa Mª; Gallego, M.; Blasco Mateu, Agustín; Santacreu Jerez, María Antonia(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-12-23)
[EN] Uterine capacity has been proposed as an indirect way to increase litter size. The aim of this work is to study the effect of a divergent selection for uterine capacity (UC) on reproductive traits at 30 h post mating ...