Functional genomics of reproduction and disease resistance

Date: 05 June ‘05; 9:30 - 13:00 hours
Chairperson: Wimmers (D)

Theatre

• Expression of the swine MHC genes (Rogel Gaillard, C., L. Flori, C. Renard and P. Chardon)
• Expression patters of developmentally relevant genes in cattle preimplantation embryos (Schellander, K. and D. Tesfaye)
• Abnormal gene expression results in the immotile short tail sperm defect in Finnish Large White (Sironen, A., B. Thomsen, M. Andersson, V. Ahola and J. Vilkki)
• Quantitative trait loci affecting fertility and calving traits in Swedish dairy cattle (Holmberg, M. and L. Andersson-Eklund)
• Fine mapping of QTL for primary antibody responses to KLH in laying hens (Siwek, M., S. Cornelissen, L.L. Janss, E.F. Knol, M. Nieuwland, H. Bovenhuis, M.A.M. Groenen, H.K. Parmentier, J.A.M. van Arendonk and J. van der Poel)
• Candidate SNPs for chicken immune response genes (Sironi, L., B. Lazzari, P. Ramelli, S. Cerolini and P. Mariani)
• Exclusion of the SLA as candidate region and reduction of the position interval for the porcine
  chromosome 7 QTL affecting growth and fatness (Demeure, O., M.P. Sanchez, J. Riquet, N. Iannuccelli, K. Fève, J. Gogué, Y. Billon, J.C. Caritez, D. Milan and J.P. Bidanel)
• SNP’s within exons of candidate genes for fertility traits (Hastings, N., S. Donn, K. Derecka, A.P.F. Flint and J.A. Woolliams)
• Association of IGF1 and IGF1 receptor genes polymorphism to fertility traits in Thai indigenous cattle (Boonyanuwat, K., S. Suwanmajo and A. Suklim)

Poster

• SNP detection on LHB gene and association analysis with litter size in pigs (Muñoz, G, A. Fernández, C. Barragán, L. Silió, C. Óvilo and C. Rodríguez)
• Investigation of Genetics involved in Boar Taint (Moe, M., S. Lien, H. Tajet, T.H.E. Meuwissen and E. Grindflek)