Authors: Difford, Gareth Frank, Plichta, Damian Rafal, Løvendahl, Peter, Lassen, Jan, Noel, Samantha Joan, Højberg, Ole, Wright, André-Denis G., Zhu, Zhigang, Kristensen, Lise, Nielsen, Henrik Bjørn, Guldbrandtsen, Bernt, Sahana, Goutam, Leeb, Tosso
Venue: PLOS Genetics
Type: Publication
Abstract: Author summary Methane is a potent greenhouse gas and ruminant livestock contribute a substantial amount of total methane from human activities. Variation between cows’ methane production has been found partly due to their genetics (heritable), making genetic selection a promising strategy for breeding low methane emitting cows. We hypothesized that the total methane production by a cow is affected by rumen microbes which are directly responsible for production of methane, as well as the cows’ own genetics and their interaction. We sampled ...
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Topics: 
Animal science
Biotechnology
Ecology
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