Session 19. Architecture of quantitative traits

Date: 30 August 2011; 14:00 - 18:00 hours
Chairperson: Varona

Theatre Session 19

• The genetic architecture of quantitative traits
  Goddard, M.
• Estimation of the effective number of genes underlying quantitative traits based on chromosomal partitioning of the genomic variance
  Simianer, H., Erbe, M., König, S. and Pimentel, E.C.G.
• Empirical determination of the number of independent chromosome segments based on cross-validated data
  Erbe, M., Reinhardt, F. and Simianer, H.
• Understanding dominance
  Wellmann, R. and Bennewitz, J.
• Application of spike and slab variable selection for the genome-wide estimation of genetic effects and their complexity
  Wittenburg, D. and Reinsch, N.
• Using whole genome sequence data to predict phenotypic traits in Drosophila melanogaster
  Ober, U., Stone, E.A., Rollmann, S., Mackay, T., Ayroles, J., Richards, S., Gibbs, R., Schlather, M. and Simianer, H.
• Understanding the genetics of complex traits in milk using RNA sequencing
  Medrano, J.F., Wickramasinghe, S., Islas-Trejo, A. and Rincon, G.
• Building gene networks underlying traits routinely recorded in dairy cattle
  Szyda, J., Kamiński, S. and Żarnecki, A.
• Mapping of fertility traits in the combined Nordic red dairy cattle population by genome-wide association
  Schulman, N.F., Sahana, G., Iso-Touru, T., Tiirikka, T., Lund, M.S. and Vilkki, J.H.
• Dissection of genetic variation in the neighbourhood of the SIGLEC5 and DGAT1 genes underlying traits routinely evaluated in dairy cattle
  Suchocki, T., Szyda, J., Kamiński, S., Ruść, A. and Żarnecki, A.
• Integrating QTL controlling fatness, lipid metabolites and gene expressions to genetically dissect the adiposity complex trait in a meat chicken cross
  Blum, Y., Demeure, O., Désert, C., Guillou, H., Bertrand-Michel, J., Filangi, O., Le Roy, P., Causeur, D. and Lagarrigue, S.
• Complex Inheritance of melanoma and pigmentation of coat and skin in grey horses
  Sölkner, J., Druml, T., Seltenhammer, M.H., Sundström, E., Pielberg, G.R., Andersson, L. and Curik, I.

Poster Session 19

• QTL for female fertility traits in the Nordic Holstein cattle using genome-wide association mapping
  Höglund, J.K., Sahana, G., Guldbrandtsen, B. and Lund, M.S.
• A QTL landscape of swine dry-cured ham sensory attributes and their association to intramuscular fat content and composition
  Pena, R.N., Gallardo, D., Guàrdia, M.D., Reixach, J., Arnau, J., Ramírez, O., Amills, M. and Quintanilla, R.
• Ultimate pH at 24 hours post mortem differential gene expression in the Longissimus thoracis muscle of Iberian×Landrace back-crossed pigs
  Noguera, J.L., Casellas, J., Pena, R., Folch, J.M., Fernández, A.I. and Ibañez-Escriche, N.
• Differential gene expression linked to fatty acid profile in the Longissimus thoracis muscle of Iberian×Landrace back-crossed pigs
  Ibanez-Escriche, N., Noguera, J.L., Pena, R.N., Folch, J.M., Fernandez, A.I. and Casellas, J.
• Targeted genetical genomics to detect causative mutations
  Nadaf, J., Berri, C.M., Godet, E., Dunn, I.C., Le Bihan-Duval, E. and De Koning, D.J.
• Cytoplasmic line effects for birth weight and preweaning growth traits in the Asturiana de los Valles beef cattle breed
  Pun, A., Goyache, F., Cervantes, I. and Gutiérrez, J.P.