Genetics of variability / Free communications animal genetics

Date: 05 June ‘05; 14:00 - 18:00 hours
Chairperson: San Cristobal (F) / K. Grandinson (SWE)

Theatre

• Genetic control of environmental variability: evidence from snails, pigs and rabbits (Sorensen, D.)
• Genetic homogenization of birth weight in rabbits: evolution of the characteristics of the genital tract after two generations of selection (Bolet, G., H. Garreau, T. Joly, M. Theau-Clement, J. Hurtaud and L. Bodin)
• Possibilities for selection for uniformity in pig carcasses (Knol, E.F., P.R.T. Bonekamp and P.E. Zetteler)
• A weighted regression approach for the detection of QTL effects on within-subject variability (Wittenburg, D., V. Guiard and N. Reinsch)
• Using the reaction norm approach to investigate genotype-by-environment interactions in the UK Suffolk Sire Referencing Scheme (Pollot, G.E.)
• Evidence of genotype by time interaction for protein production in dairy cattle (Madsen, P., J. Pedersen, U.S. Nielsen and J. Jensen)
• A test of quantitative genetic theory using Drosophila: effects of inbreeding and rate of inbreeding on heritabilities and variance components (Kristensen, T.N., A.C. Sørensen, D. Sorensen, K.S. Pedersen, J.G. Sørensen and V. Loeschcke)
• Estimation of ancestral inbreeding coefficients (Suwanlee, S., R. Baumung, J. Sölkner and I. Curik)
• Modelling of the inbreeding depression as a function of the age of the inbreeding (Hinrichs, D., M. Holt, J. Ødegård, O. Vangen, J.A. Woolliams and T.H.E. Meuwissen)
• Evaluation of the epistatic kinship based on genotyping fullsib pairs of three Göttingen Minipig populations (Flury, C. and H. Simianer)
• The role of gene banks as a safe guard in scrapie genotype eradication schemes (Roughsedge, T., B. Villanueva and J.A. Woolliams)
• Individual-based assessment of population structure and admixture levels among Austrian, Croatian and German draught horses (Curik, I., T. Drum, R. Baumung, K. Aberle, O. Distl and J. Sölkner)
• The estimation of extinction probabilities of five German cattle breeds (Bennewitz, J. and T.H.E. Meuwissen)

Poster

• Estimation of genetic parameters for fertility and hatchability in the two laying cycle (four periods) of three White Leghorn strains (repeated measurement) (Tazari, M., I. McMillan, J.W. Wilton and V.M. Quinton)

• The evaluation of genetic variability of wild ancestors, founders and autochthonous cattle breeds in Serbia (Savic, M., J. Jovanovic and R. Trailovic)

• Estimation of inbreeding in Iberian pigs using microsatellites (Alves, E., C. Barragán and M.A. Toro)

• Sequence variation of the PRKAG3 gene in two cattle breeds: a phylogenetic analysis (Ciani, E., M. Roux, R. Ciampolini, E. Mazzanti, F. Cecchi, H. Leveziel, S. Presciuttini and V. Amarger)

• Genetic relationships between populations of Andalusian bovine local breeds in danger of extinction from the polymorphism of microsatellites of ADN (Rodero, E., P.J. Azor, M. Luque, A. Molina, M. Herrera, M. Valera and A. Rodero)

• Preliminary study on microsatellite variation of Baluchi sheep breeding flock (Qanbari, S., M.P. Eskandari Nasab, S.E. Khanian and R. Osfoori)

• The pool of erythrocyte antigenes in Yakutsky cattle (Kamaldinov, E.V., V.L. Petukhov, O.S. Korotkevich and A.I. Zheltikov)

• Analysis of bovine PIT1 gene polymorphism in Iranian Sarabi cattle (Bos tauruse) using PCR based RFLP (Tavakolian, J., S. Zenali, B. Azimifar, N. Asadzadeh and A. Javanmard)

• Molecular analysis of the bovine leptin gene in Iranian Sarabi cattle (Iranian Bos taurus) (Javanmard, A., G. Elyasi-Zarringabayi, A.A. Gharadaghi, M.R. Nassiry and A. Javadmanash)

• Genetic polymorphism of ovine calpastatain locus in Iranian kordi sheep by PCR-RFLP 23(Nassiry, M.R., A. Javadmanash, M. Nosrati, A. Mohamadi and A. Javanmard)

• Polymorphism of growth hormone and growth hormone receptor genes in two Iranian Sarabi (Bos tauruse) and sistani (Bos indicuse) cattle breeds (Javanmard, A., R. Miraei-Ashtiani, A. Torkamanzehi, M. Moradi Sharbabak, M. Esmailzadeh, M.R. Nassiry and G. Elyasi-Zarringabayi)

• Polymorphism of bovine lymphocyte antigen DRB3.2 alleles in Iranian Holstein cattle (Pashmi, M., A.R. Salehi, A. Ghorasi, M.R. Mollasallalehi, A. Javanmard, S. Qanbari and R. Salehi-Taba)

• Genetics parameters of variability for litter size and litter weight at birth in Mus musculus (Gutiérrez, J.P., B. Nieto, P. Piqueras and C. Salgado)

• Study of canalization in an experiment of divergent selection for uterine capacity in rabbit (Ibáñez, N., D. Sorensen, R. Waagepetersen and A. Blasco)

• Distinct genotypes from different origins for black coat color in pigs (Han, S.H., Y.L. Choi, M.S. Ko, M.Y. Oh and I.C. Cho)

• Genetic diversity and maternal origins of Jeju (Korea) native pigs (Cho, I.C., Y.L. Choi, M.S. Ko, J.T. Jeon, H.S. Kang and S.H. Han)

• Allele frequencies of Stearoyl CoA desaturase genetic variants in various cattle breeds (Moioli, B., F. Napolitano, G. Congiu, L. Orrù and G. Catillo)

• Ascertainment of evolutionary processes from the genetic variation associated to each geographic point in a map (Quevedo, J.R., E. Fernández-Combarro, L.J. Royo, I. Álvarez, A. Beja-Pereira, I. Fernández, A. Bahamonde and F. Goyache)

• Combined use of genealogy and microsatellites in the endangered Xalda sheep (Álvarez, I., J.P. Gutiérrez, L.J. Royo, I. Fernández, E. Gómez and F. Goyache)

• Molecular analysis of MC1R gene in the Italian pig breed Mora Romagnola (Marilli, M., F. Fornarelli, E. Delmonte and P. Crepaldi)

• Genetic characterization of indigenous Southern African sheep breeds using DNA markers (Buduram, P., J.B. van Wyk and A. Kotze)

• Genetic variation among six Iranian goat breeds using RAPD markers (Javanrouh Aliabad, A., S. Esmaeelkhanian, N. Dinparast and R. Vaez Torshizi)

• Effects of different mating systems on genetic variance and the average of breeding value in dairy cattle (Aminafshar, M., A.A. Sadeghi and P. Shawrang)

• Pairwise comparison of mtDNA sequences in two Croatian sheep populations (Bradic, M., B. Mioc, V. Pavic and Z. Barac)

• Characterisation of the founder matrilines in Asturcón pony via mitochondrial DNA (L.J. Royo, I Álvarez, I. Fernández, J:P: Gutiérrez, E. Gómez and F. Goyache)

• Genetic variability in pigs assessed by pedigree analysis: the case of Belgian Landrace NN and Pietrain in Flanders (Janssens, S., J. Depuydt, S. Serlet and W. Vandepitte)

• Survey of milk protein polymorphism in the "Rossa Siciliana" dairy cattle (Zumbo, A., R. Finocchiaro, M.T. Sardina, J.B.C.H.M. van Kaam, A. Rundo Sotera, E. Budelli and B. Portolano)

• Development of variation in a random bred mouse population (Schlote, W., A. Wolc, T.A. Schmidt and T. Szwaczkowski)

• Investigation of the Russian sheep breeds using DNA microsatellites (Gladyr, E., N. Zinovieva, M. Müller and G. Brem)

• A genetic linkage map of the blue fox (Alopex lagopus) (Keski-Nisula, S., K. Elo, J. Tähtinen and M. Ojala)

• Canalising selection on ultimate pH in pig muscle: consequences on meat quality (Larzul, C., P. Le Roy, T. Tribout, J. Gogué and M. SanCristobal)

• Phylogenetic relationship and divergence time between two Iranian Kordi sheep populations using microsatellite markers (Banabazi, M.H., S.R. Miraei Ashtiani and S. Esmaeelkhanian)

• Breed and typological composition of cattle in townships Prozor-Rama and Konjic (Ivankovic, S., A. Zelenika and J. Pavlovic)

• Different types of sheep breeds in Algeria: further molecular characterizations (Gaouar, S., M. Aouissat, L. Dhimi, A. Routel, B. Kouar and N. Saidi-Mehtar)