Molecular markers for thermo-tolerance are associated with reproductive and physiological traits in Pelibuey ewes raised in a semiarid environment

Agriculture & Biology

• Pelibuey (sheep breed) 100%
• reproductive traits 74%
• heat tolerance 66%
• single nucleotide polymorphism 61%
• genetic markers 49%
• ewes 24%
• heat stress 17%
• stress tolerance 12%
• lambing rate 9%
• pregnancy diagnosis 8%
• rump 8%
• genotype 7%
• lambing 7%
• skin temperature 7%
• statistical models 7%
• conception rate 7%
• respiratory rate 7%
• rams 6%
• estrus 6%
• reproductive performance 5%
• legs 5%
• weather 5%
• sheep 4%
• blood 3%
• heat 3%
• extracts 3%
• DNA 3%
• temperature 2%
• sampling 2%
• genes 2%
• methodology 1%

Chemical Compounds

• Molecular Marker 99%
• Nucleotide 54%
• Environment 37%
• Marker 23%
• Rectal 9%
• Heat 9%
• Additive 4%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Single Nucleotide Polymorphism 55%
• Heat-Shock Response 21%
• Thermotolerance 18%
• Sheep 11%
• Genotype 9%
• Estrus 8%
• Weather 8%
• Skin Temperature 7%
• Statistical Models 7%
• Respiratory Rate 7%
• Fertility 6%
• Leg 5%
• Hot Temperature 5%
• Temperature 4%
• Parturition 4%
• Pregnancy 3%
• DNA 3%
• Genes 2%
• Population 2%