Session 16. Programme and elections meeting followed by Free communications on Animal Genetics - Methodology

Date: 25 August ‘08; 14:00 - 18:00 hours
Chairperson: Ducrocq (FR)

Theatre Session 16

• What makes a good oral presentation?
  Malmfors, B., P.C. Garnsworthy and M. Grossman
• European Master in Animal Breeding and Genetics (EM-ABG): an international training to face future challenges
  Van Arendonk, J.A.M., B. Malmfors, E. Verrier, H. Solkner, G. Thaller and G. Klemetsdal
• A new method to infer population genetic structure via the molecular coancestry matrix
  Rodríguez-Ramilo, S.T., J. Fernández and M.A. Toro
• Comparison of association mapping methods in cattle population
  Sahana, G., B. Guldbrandtsen, L. Janss and M.S. Lund
• Comparison of accuracy of fine mapping methods on selected populations: a simulation study
  Ytournel, F., D. Boichard and H. Gilbert
• Impact of missing genotypes on the estimation of genetic parameters and breeding values in MA-BLUP models
  Neuner, S., R. Emmerling, C. Edel, G. Thaller and K.-U. Götz
• Asymptotic distribution of the likelihood ratio test in QTL detection.
  Rabier, C.E., C. Delmas and J.M. Elsen
• Exploring biological relationships between calving traits in Holsteins with a Bayesian recursive model
  López De Maturana, E., X.-L. Wu, D. Gianola, K.A. Weigel and G.J.M. Rosa
• A multiple threshold model for subjective traits
  Varona, L., C. Moreno and J. Altarriba

Poster Session 16

• German Simmentals show significantly imprinting variances on traits of carcass composition
  Neugebauer, N., V. Guiard, H.J. Schild and N. Reinsch