Animal Breeding and Genetics Symposium III: Selection Signatures in Livestock Genome

Chair(s)

• BF

  Breno Fragomeni, n/a

  Assistant Professor
  UConn
  Storrs-Mansfield, CT

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM – 8:35 AM CT

  Animal Breeding and Genetics Symposium III Introduction
• 8:35 AM – 9:05 AM CT

  Origins, Timing and Introgression of Domestic Geese Revealed by Whole Genome Data
  

  Presenting Author: Lujiang Qu, n/a – College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University

  Author: Junhui Wen – College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University
• 9:05 AM – 9:35 AM CT

  Mapping Recent and Ongoing Polygenic Selection in Beef Cattle Populations
  

  Presenting Author: Troy N. Rowan, Ph.D. – University of Tennessee

  Author: Robert Schnabel, Ph.D. – University of Missouri

  Author: Jared E. Decker, Ph.D., Ph.D. – University of Missouri
• 9:35 AM – 9:45 AM CT

  Animal Breeding and Genetics Symposium III Break
• 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM CT

  Evaluating the Functional Differences at Genome, Transcriptome and Methylome Level Between ARS-UCD1.2 and UMD 3.1 Bovine Reference Genomes
  

  Presenting Author: Angela Cánovas – Department of Animal Biosciences, Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, University of Guelph, N1G 2W1, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

  Author: Pablo A.S Fonseca, PhD – Department of Animal Biosciences, Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, University of Guelph, N1G 2W1, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

  Author: Stephanie D. McKay, n/a – Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Vermont, United States of America.

  Author: Juan F. F. Medrano – Department of Animal Science, University of California-Davis, 95616, Davis, California, United States of America.
• 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM CT

  Problematizing Selection Mapping from an Animal Science Perspective
  

  Presenting Author: Martin Johnsson, PhD – Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM CT

  Animal Breeding and Genetics Symposium III Q&A