Date: 28 August ‘07; 08:30 - 12:30 hours

Chairperson: G. Guerin (FR)

Theatre Session 29

• Horse genome sequence: watershed for horse breeding
  Bailey, E.
• Development of a BAC-based physical map of the horse genome
  Distl, O., T. Leeb, M. Scharfe, M. Jarek, G. Nordsiek, F. Schrader, P.J. De Jong, B.P. Chowdhary, C. Vogel, B. Zhou, A. Wöhlke and H. Blöcker
• A whole genome scan to identify quantitative trait loci for guttural pouch tympany in German warmblood and Arabian horses
  Zeitz, A., A. Spötter, B. Ohnesorge, H. Hamann and O. Distl
• SNP markers for osteochondrosis in horses
  Lampe, V., C. Dierks, C. Wittwer and O. Distl
• Molecular and association analysis in an endangered breed: summer dermatitis in Old Kladruber horses
  Horin, P., L. Vychodilova, L. Putnova, I. Vrtkova, M. Vyskocil, M. Sedlinska, J. Osickova and J. Hanak
• Candidate gene markers for stallion fertility
  Giesecke, K., H. Hamann, H. Sieme and O. Distl
• Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) family of peptides: sequence variation in cattle and horse revealed by comparative genomic approach
  Kunej, T., Z. Jiang and P. Dovc
• Characterisation of the Kerry Bog Pony
  Heffernan, A.
• Genetic diversity and admixture analysis of Sanfratellano horse population assessed by microsatellite markers
  Marletta, D., A. Zuccaro, S. Bordonaro, A. Criscione, A.M. Guastella, G. Perrotta, M. Blasi and G. D’urso
• Molecular genetic characterisation of Mezőhegyes horse breeds
  Mihók, S., B. Bán, I. Bodó, C.S. Józsa, I. Péntek and I. Komlósi
• How to estimate kinship and inbreeding with SNPs
  Langlois, B.
• Equine cDNA microarrays and the transcriptomic response of thoroughbred skeletal muscle to exercise
  Mcgivney, B. and E. Hill
   

Poster Session 29

• Molecular sex determination using sexual dimorphism of the ZFX and ZFY genes in horses
  Han, S.H., I.C. Cho, S.S. Lee and M.S. Ko
• Coat colour genetics: application to Maremmano horse breeding program
  Verini Supplizi, A., K. Cappelli, S. Capomaccio, C. Pieramati and M. Silvestrelli
• Structure, expression and polymorphism of a gene of the glycogenolysis pathway (AGL) in the horse
  Herszberg, B., X. Mata, B. Langlois, S. Chaffaux and G. Guérin
• Genetic characterization of endangered Spanish horse breeds for meat production
  Azor, P.J., M.D. Gómez, M.E. Alonso, J. Jordana, A. Pérez De Muniaín and M. Valera