Go directly to:

Content
Search box
Breadcrumb

Research institute

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands

CGN focuses on conservation and use of vegetable crops, farm animal breeds and autochthonous forest species.

Contact us

Conservating bio-cultural heritage

CGN preserves the variation in crops, domestic animals and forest species in freezers, and encourages diversity in the fields and farmland.
Read more

Our areas of expertise

Plant

Animal

Forest

Directly to

News

The DNA of lettuce unravelled: in 6000 years from weed to beloved vegetable
12 April 2021
Potentially beneficial traits of Dutch rare breeds for agro-ecological farming.
12 April 2021
Genetic basis of dwarf phenotypes in Dutch chicken breeds
02 April 2021
Textbook Animal Breeding and Genetics available in 5 languages
24 February 2021