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KWS is one of the world’s leading suppliers of seeds to the farming industry and it is therefore...

Aquaculture is the name given to the farming of salt water and freshwater fish and marine animals. It...

It’s not news that elephants are endangered; for literally thousands of years ivory has driven hunters to kill...

The conservation of the African elephant provides tremendous opportunities for simultaneously conserving biodiversity and increasing benefits to local...

Everything we do reflects our vision of ‘Safer food for the nation’. We aim to ensure that food...

Pseudo-replication is associated with the incorrect identification of the number of samples or replicates in a study. This...

I have been an avid supporter of Genstat since starting my PhD in 1985 (gulp!). As an applied...

Often, after fitting a complex linear mixed model (LMM), we are interested in constraining some of the variance...

Most breeding programs plan several controlled crosses between outstanding parents to detect favorable alleles in their offspring. The...

This case study focuses on the collaborative research of Andrew Illius, Emeritus Professor of Animal Ecology at the...