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New Breed of After-School Programs Embrace English-Learners

A handful of districts and other groups are reshaping the after-school space to provide a wide range of social and linguistic supports for newcomer students.




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Commercial status of plant breeding in India

Tiwari, Aparna, author.
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Significant Neuroanatomical Variation Among Domestic Dog Breeds

Erin E. Hecht
Sep 25, 2019; 39:7748-7758
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Labrador Tops Most Popular Dog Breed List for 29th Year in a Row

The rankings stay much the same from year to year, but in 2019, Pembroke Welsh corgis broke the top ten for the first time




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New Breed of After-School Programs Embrace English-Learners

A handful of districts and other groups are reshaping the after-school space to provide a wide range of social and linguistic supports for newcomer students.




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New Breed of After-School Programs Embrace English-Learners

A handful of districts and other groups are reshaping the after-school space to provide a wide range of social and linguistic supports for newcomer students.




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Stockbreeders life in Turkey's Van

Stockbreeders are seen with their flock at a countryside following snowfall during winter season in Van, Turkey on Jan. 27. (Source: Anadolu Agency)




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Experimental facilitation of heat loss affects work rate and innate immune function in a breeding passerine bird [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

Fredrik Andreasson, Arne Hegemann, Andreas Nord, and Jan-Ake Nilsson

The capacity to get rid of excess heat produced during hard work is a possible constraint on parental effort during reproduction [heat dissipation limit (HDL) theory]. We released hard-working blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) from this constraint by experimentally removing ventral plumage. We then assessed whether this changed their reproductive effort (feeding rate and nestling size) and levels of self-maintenance (change in body mass and innate immune function). Feather-clipped females reduced the number of feeding visits and increased levels of constitutive innate immunity compared with unclipped females but did not fledge smaller nestlings. Thus, they increased self-maintenance without compromising current reproductive output. In contrast, feather clipping did not affect the number of feeding visits or innate immune function in males, despite increased heat loss rate. Our results show that analyses of physiological parameters, such as constitutive innate immune function, can be important when trying to understand sources of variation in investment in self-maintenance versus reproductive effort and that risk of overheating can influence innate immune function during reproduction.




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Temperature has a causal and plastic effect on timing of breeding in a small songbird [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

Irene Verhagen, Barbara M. Tomotani, Phillip Gienapp, and Marcel E. Visser

Phenotypic plasticity is an important mechanism by which an individual can adapt its seasonal timing to predictable, short-term environmental changes by using predictive cues. Identification of these cues is crucial to forecast the response of species to long-term environmental change and to study their potential to adapt. Individual great tits (Parus major) start reproduction early under warmer conditions in the wild, but whether this effect is causal is not well known. We housed 36 pairs of great tits in climate-controlled aviaries and 40 pairs in outdoor aviaries, where they bred under artificial contrasting temperature treatments or in semi-natural conditions, respectively, for two consecutive years, using birds from lines selected for early and late egg laying. We thus obtained laying dates in two different thermal environments for each female. Females bred earlier under warmer conditions in climate-controlled aviaries, but not in outdoor aviaries. The latter was inconsistent with laying dates from our wild population. Further, early selection line females initiated egg laying consistently ~9 days earlier than late selection line females in outdoor aviaries, but we found no difference in the degree of plasticity (i.e. the sensitivity to temperature) in laying date between selection lines. Because we found that temperature causally affects laying date, climate change will lead to earlier laying. This advancement is, however, unlikely to be sufficient, thereby leading to selection for earlier laying. Our results suggest that natural selection may lead to a change in mean phenotype, but not to a change in the sensitivity of laying dates to temperature.




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Reinventing quantitative genetics for plant breeding: something old, something new, something borrowed, something BLUE




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Genome-wide selection and genetic improvement during modern maize breeding




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Arabian 'Unicorn' Back from the Brink in Middle East Thanks to Captive Breeding Program Success

A bright white antelope with long thin horns, the Arabian oryx is thought to have inspired early stories of unicorns. (Its two horns appear as one when viewed from the side.) And until




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dog breeds

Today on Toothpaste For Dinner: dog breeds


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DANNY MURPHY: Eric Dier should not have confronted fan... we are breeding a snowflake players

DANNY MURPHY: As a footballer, I heard a lot of things from fans they shouldn't be shouting. I caught a lot of stuff about my mum, my wife, my kids. But you still don't go into the crowd, full stop.




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Wild horses face slaughter after breeding too fast: Mustangs roaming plains of America ¿endanger animals¿

America's iconic mustang has reached a critical state of overpopulation prompting some ranchers to consider slaughter as a way of managing the crisis.




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Hurricane Matthew could kill off Zika virus as floods wash away mosquito breeding sites

The sudden onslaught of floods and torrential rain brought by Matthew over the weekend to Florida's east coast has destroyed areas of contained water where the species which carry the disease thrives.




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The Bachelor Australia is rocked by coronavirus fears: Dating show could be breeding ground

Production of The Bachelor Australia's eighth season is facing scrutiny amid fears the dating show's famous mansion setting could be an ideal breeding ground for the coronavirus.




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Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland is asking to be released early from a federal prison that's been called a 'breeding ground' for the coronavirus and where 6 inmates have already died

NetflixFyre Festival organizers Ja Rule, left, and Billy McFarland.Thousands of inmates have been released from prison in recent weeks in an effort to curtail the spread of the coronavirus.Billy McFarland, the founder behind the infamous Fyre Festival, filed a request this week for early release from prison and instead serve the rest of his sentence in home confinement.In a letter to a federal judge, McFarland's lawyers said he has pre-existing conditions, including asthma, that make him more susceptible to contracting the coronavirus and suffering worsened symptoms.The prison where McFarland is being held, FCI Elkton in Ohio, has been called a "breeding ground" for the coronavirus. At least six inmates there have died, and the prison is currently in a class-action lawsuit accusing it of not




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Breeder who used razor blades to perform ops on American Bulldogs admits animal cruelty charges

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Simon Davis, 34, gave American Bulldogs painful cosmetic procedures before selling them on to high-profile customers, including Little Mix's Leigh-Ann Pinnock.




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French Bulldogs killed in Hungary - as celebs like Holly Willoughby fuel over-breeding rush

Frenchies, as they are known, have rocketed in popularity thanks to celebs posing with them on Instagram - but the rise in demand has led to them being over-bred in countries like Hungary.




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Man sues bird breeder for selling him a 'defective parrot' in suit reminiscent of Monty Python skit

Michael Davy said he bought a male Electus Parrot from fellow Salt Spring Island resident Akhtar Kidwai last year for $2,100, but a month later the bird was diagnoses with a terminal virus.




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Ricky Gervais says social media breeds 'uber narcissism'

RIcky Gervais, 56, made the comments on Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast. He said: 'Social media is like being able to read every toilet wall at once.'




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DANNY MURPHY: Eric Dier should not have confronted fan... we are breeding a snowflake players

DANNY MURPHY: As a footballer, I heard a lot of things from fans they shouldn't be shouting. I caught a lot of stuff about my mum, my wife, my kids. But you still don't go into the crowd, full stop.




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Protecting farmers, freeing the breeders


Suman Sahai discusses India's progressive legislation in the area of patents and protection for plant varieties.




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Bi curious: The New Breed In Town

The issue of homosexual, no matter how hard we try, hit us on our face ever and again. There has always been talks pertaining to this issue. People, however, take the issue in different ways. Some feel it's




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Explained: How climate change is affecting breeding of birds

New Delhi, July 25: Climate change does a lot more than just heat up our planet. This extreme weather can be trouble for birds, which are very sensitive their environment. Scientists have noticed that when extreme weather happens, fewer birds show




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Advances in plant breeding strategies : Nut and beverage crops. Volume 4 [Electronic book] / Jameel M. Al-Khayri, Shri Mohan Jain, Dennis V. Johnson, editors.

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]




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How Social Media has created a New Breed of Paparazzi

Celebrity selfies and fan-snapped shots on the Internet have cut the prices they can charge for their pictures. But those tweets and Instagrams and Facebook posts allow them to track down and trail boldfaced names like never before.

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Artificial breeding in sheep & goats : 16-18 February 1987, venue Orange Agricultural College, 1-3 & 4-6 June 1987, venue Murrumbidgee College of Agriculture, Yanco, N.S.W

University of Sydney. Post-Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science




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Rare Animal Breeds in Williamsburg

Feathers, fur, hoofs and horns bring the Historic Area to life. Elaine Shirley, manager of rare breeds, explains how we show happy animals to the public.




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Blue-eyed breed among buffaloes

Neeli Raavi population dwindling in Punjab, scientists striving to save it see hope from across the border




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Foundations of neural development / S. Marc Breedlove, Michigan State University

Hayden Library - QP363.5.B74 2017




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Podcast: Where dog breeds come from, bots that build buildings, and gathering ancient human DNA from cave sediments

This week, a new family tree of dog breeds, advances in artificial wombs, and an autonomous robot that can print a building with Online News Editor David Grimm.   Viviane Slon joins Sarah Crespi to discuss a new way to seek out ancient humans—without finding fossils or bones—by screening sediments for ancient DNA.   Jen Golbeck interviews Andrew Shtulman, author of Scienceblind: Why Our Intuitive Theories About the World Are So Often Wrong for this month’s book segment.    Listen to previous podcasts.   See more book segments.     Download the show transcript. Transcripts courtesy of Scribie.com. [Image: nimis69/iStockphoto; Music: Jeffrey Cook]  




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A new taste for the tongue, ancient DNA from Egyptian mummies, and early evidence for dog breeding

This week we have stories on how we taste water, extracting ancient DNA from mummy heads, and the earliest evidence for dog breeding with Online News Editor David Grimm. Sarah Crespi talks to John Travis about postsurgical cognitive dysfunction—does surgery sap your brain power? Listen to previous podcasts. [Music: Jeffrey Cook]




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Breeding better bees, and training artificial intelligence on emotional imagery

Imagine having a rat clinging to your back, sucking out your fat stores. That’s similar to what infested bees endure when the Varroa destructor mite comes calling. Some bees fight back, wiggling, scratching, and biting until the mites depart for friendlier backs. Now, researchers, professional beekeepers, and hobbyists are working on ways to breed into bees these mite-defeating behaviors to rid them of these damaging pests. Host Sarah Crespi and Staff Writer Erik Stokstad discuss the tactics of, and the hurdles to, pesticide-free mite control. Also this week, Sarah talks to Philip Kragel of the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado in Boulder about training an artificial intelligence on emotionally charged images. The ultimate aim of this research: to understand how the human visual system is involved in processing emotion. And in books, Kate Eichorn, author of The End of Forgetting: Growing Up with Social Media, joins books host Kiki Sanford to talk about how the monetization of digital information has led to the ease of social media sharing and posting for kids and adults. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Download a transcript (PDF)  Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast [Image: Steve Baker/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook]




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Plant breeding: classical to modern / P. M. Priyadarshan

Online Resource




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In Vitro Plant Breeding Towards Novel Agronomic Traits: Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance / Manoj Kumar, Annamalai Muthusamy, Vivek Kumar, Neera Bhalla-Sarin, editors

Online Resource




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Commercial status of plant breeding in India Aparna Tiwari

Online Resource




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Arrests of top IM operatives should spur on security agencies rather than breed complacency

With the arrest of Tehsin Akhtar, thought to be Indian Mujahideen (IM) commander of India operations, security agencies have netted another big fish in the fight against terror.




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Quantitative and ecological aspects of plant breeding / by J. Hill, H.C. Becker and P.M.A. Tigerstedt

Hill, J., author




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Sorghum molecular breeding / R. Madhusudhana, P. Rajendrakumar, J.V. Patil, editors




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Bust, boom and bust : some reminiscences of wheat and wheat breeding in Australia / compiled by F.E. Stanton




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Crop breeding : bioinformatics and preparing for climate change / edited by Santosh Kumar, PhD




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Plant breeding in the omics era / Rodomiro Ortiz Ríos

Ríos, Rodomiro Ortiz, author




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Induced fish breeding : a practical guide for hatcheries / Nihar Ranjan Chattopadhyay (Professor, Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fishery Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal, India)

Chattopadhyay, Nihar Ranjan, author




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Plant omics and crop breeding / edited by Sajad Majeed Zargar, PhD, Vandna Rai, PhD




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Advances in breeding techniques for cereal crops / edited by Professor Frank Ordon and Professor Wolfgang Freidt




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Breeding crops with resistance to diseases and pests / R.E. Niks, J.E. Parlevliet, P. Lindhout and Y. Bai

Niks, R. E. (Rients Engelhard), 1953- author




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A Dog breeder at his dog kennel




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Captive breeding causes small body size in Morpho peleides limpida (Nymphalidae : Morphinae)