Faut-il génotyper « nos bonnes vaches » ? Une approche de la génomique par les contradictions

Thanks to a blood sample, Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS) estimates the value of a livestock genetic potential. This technique is proposed as a new means to improve genetic progress. In this paper, we follow this so-called « third revolution » in cattle breeding through a qualitative study in the re...

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Main Authors: Catherine Mougenot, Claire Gaillard
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Published: Éditions en environnement VertigO 2017-09-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/18632
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description Thanks to a blood sample, Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS) estimates the value of a livestock genetic potential. This technique is proposed as a new means to improve genetic progress. In this paper, we follow this so-called « third revolution » in cattle breeding through a qualitative study in the region where the « Montbeliard » race originates from (Jura and Doubs districts in France). All the farmers and inseminators we met are consistently and simultaneously favourable and reluctant to the introduction of such genomic tools. While MAS challenges their current practices, each of them also tries to assess its possible benefits. These underlying contradictions are the red wire of this investigation. Instead of considering such contradictions as a cognitive deficit, we analyse them as signs of hesitations and tensions and henceforth consider them as clues about the possible consequences of an ongoing innovation.
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Faut-il génotyper « nos bonnes vaches » ? Une approche de la génomique par les contradictions
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technology
modernity
genomic
genotyping
MAS (Marker-Assisted Selection)
dairy farming
title Faut-il génotyper « nos bonnes vaches » ? Une approche de la génomique par les contradictions
title_full Faut-il génotyper « nos bonnes vaches » ? Une approche de la génomique par les contradictions
title_fullStr Faut-il génotyper « nos bonnes vaches » ? Une approche de la génomique par les contradictions
title_full_unstemmed Faut-il génotyper « nos bonnes vaches » ? Une approche de la génomique par les contradictions
title_short Faut-il génotyper « nos bonnes vaches » ? Une approche de la génomique par les contradictions
title_sort faut il genotyper nos bonnes vaches une approche de la genomique par les contradictions
topic technology
modernity
genomic
genotyping
MAS (Marker-Assisted Selection)
dairy farming
url https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/18632
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