Session 53. Animal genetics (methodology) free communications

Date: 27 August ‘09; 14:00 - 18:00 hours
Chairperson: Ducrocq (FR)

 

Theatre Session 53

• Simultaneous validation of variance component estimation and BLUP software
  Wensch-Dorendorf, M., Wensch, J. and Swalve, H.H.

• Genetic heterogeneity of environmental variance: estimation of variance components using double hierarchical generalized linear models
  Ronnegard, L., Felleki, M.-B., Fikse, W.F. and Strandberg, E.

• Estimating the covariance structure for maternal temporary environmental effects in weaning weights of beef cattle
  Cantet, R.J.C. and Birchmeier, A.N.

• Analysis of genetically structured variance heterogeneity and the Box-Cox transformation
  Yang, Y., Christensen, O.F. and Sorensen, D.

• Comparisons of three models for canalising selection or genetic robustness
  Garcia, M., David, I., Garreau, H., Ibañez-Escriche, N., Mallard, J., Masson, J.P., Pommeret, D., Robert-Granié, C. and Bodin, L.

• Comparison of Monte Carlo EM REML and Bayesian estimation by Gibbs sampling in estimation of genetic parameters for a test day model
  Matilainen, K., Lidauer, M., Strandén, I., Thompson, R. and Mäntysaari, E.A.

• Breeding programs for genetic improvement of traits affected by social interactions among individuals
  Bijma, P. and Ellen, E.D.

• Genetic evaluation considering phenotypic data and limited molecular information using a novel equivalent model: case study using effect of the mh locus on milk production in the dual-purpose Belgian Blue breed
  Colinet, F.G. and Gengler, N.

• Detecting imprinted QTL in general pedigrees: a cautionary tale
  Rowe, S.J., Pong-Wong, R., Haley, C.S., Knott, S.A. and De Koning, D.J.

• Power and robustness of three whole genome association mapping approaches in selected populations
  Erbe, M., Ytournel, F., Pimentel, E. and Simianer, H.

• A dynamic system to manage subdivided populations using molecular markers
  Fernández, J., Toro, M.A. and Caballero, A.

• Prioritising breeds for conservation using allelic diversity
  Caballero, A. and Rodriguez-Ramilo, S.T.

• QTLMAP, a software for the detection of QTL in full and half sib families
  Elsen, J.M., Filangi, O., Gilbert, H., Legarra, A., Le Roy, P. and Moreno-Romieux, C.

• The effect of founder haplotype information content on likelihood profile in fine mapping experiments
  Baes, C.F., Mayer, M., Bennewitz, J. and Reinsch, N.

 

Poster Session 53

• Modelling censored discrete time data with a view towards applications in animal quantitative genetics
  Labouriau, R. and Madsen, P.

• Application of the grouped data model to the study of genetic and environmental factors influencing calving difficulty of beef cows
  Tarrés, J., Fina, M. and Piedrafita, J.

• Separation of additive-genomic imprinting variance from additive-genetic maternal variance
  Neugebauer, N., Luther, H. and Reinsch, N.

• Evidence of a major gene for tick- and worm resistance in tropical beef cattle via complex segregation analyses
  Kadarmideen, H.N., De Klerk, B. and Prayaga, K.C.

• A Bayesian change-point recursive model: an application on litter size and number of stillborn piglets
  Ibañez-Escriche, N., López De Maturana, E., Noguera, J.L. and Varona, L.

• MolabIS: effective management of data in molecular farm animal biodiversity studies
  Cong, T.V.C., Duchev, Z. and Groeneveld, E.

• Statistical tools to detect a sex dimorphism in piglet birth weight
  Wittenburg, D., Teuscher, F. and Reinsch, N.

• GSEVM v.: MCMC software to analyze genetically structured environmental variance models
  Garcia, M. and Ibañez-Escriche, N.

• Estimation of variance components for binary threshold models
  Fikse, W.F. and Rönnegård, L.

• Combining co-variance components estimated by different models using iterative summing of expanded part matrices approach
  Negussie, E., Lidauer, M., Stranden, I., Aamand, G.P., Nielsen, U.S., Pösö, J., Johansson, K., Eriksson, J.-Å. and Mäntysaari, E.A.

• Bioinformatics and network analysis of reproductive proteins
  Arefnezhad, B., Sharifi, A. and Farahmand, H.

• Identification of selection signatures across dairy cattle genome based on the Illumina , SNP panel
  Ajmone Marsan, P., Marino, R., Perini, D., Negrini, R., Nicolazzi, E., Pariset, L., Valentini, A., Vicario, D., Santus, E., Blasi, M., Fontanesi, L., Schiavini, F., Bagnato, A., Russo, V., Maciotta, N. and Nardone, A.

• Variance component method for QTL mapping in F2 populations
  Zimmer, D., Mayer, M. and Reinsch, N.

• Developing the method of estimating genetic similarity between populations
  Nilforooshan, M.A.

• Selective genotyping in commercial populations
  Duijvesteijn, N. and De Koning, D.J.

• Gametic gene flow method accounts for genomic imprinting and inbreeding
  Börner, V. and Reinsch, N.

• Including copy number variation in association studies
  Calus, M.P.L., De Koning, D.J. and Haley, C.S.

• Breeding value estimation combining QTL and polygenic information
  Mulder, H.A., Calus, M.P.L. and Veerkamp, R.F.

• Aggregated phenotypes for molecular genetic analyses
  Edel, C., Emmerling, R. and Goetz, K.-U.

• What do artificial neural networks tell us about the genetic structure of populations? The example of European pig populations
  Nikolic, N., Park, Y.S., San Cristobal, M., Lek, S. and Chevalet, C.