Gabriel A. Zayas

PhD Student/Graduate Research Assitant
University of Florida

Gabriel is from Ponce,Puerto Rico, being a lifelong UF gator football fan after graduating high school he chose to start his college education at the University of Florida. He graduated Spring of 2019 with a B.S. in Animal Science. During his time at UF he found and developed his skills in programming and coding. With his passion for both animal science and genetics he decided to pursue a PhD with Dr.Mateescu’s Animal Genetics and Genomics lab. With his knowledge in genetics and his skills with coding he is working on uncovering the genetic/genomic factors influencing heterosis.

Poster(s):

• PSXV-3 - Genome-wide Association Study for Sweat Gland Area in Multi-breed Brahman-angus Population
  Wednesday, June 29, 2022

  1:15 PM – 2:15 PM CT

• PSXV-5 - Incorporating Breed of Origin and Runs-of-homozygosity Information in a Genome-wide Association for Meat Traits in a Brangus Commercial Herd
  Wednesday, June 29, 2022

  1:15 PM – 2:15 PM CT