New opportunities for conservation genetics with genome wide information

8-12-2008

• Programma
• John Woolliams (Roslin Institute, UK) - From animal genetic resources to the animal genomic revolution
• Theo van Hintum (CGN, NL) - Conserving and mining plant genetic resources using knowledge of the genome
• Richard Crooijmans (ABGC, NL) - New molecular technologies in animal biodiversity
• René Smulders (PRI, NL) - Screening for genetic diversity in birch pollen allergens, a multigene family of Bet v 1 (PR-10) proteins
• Mario Calus (ABGC, NL) - Genomic selection
• Jack Windig (ABGC, NL) - Opportunities offered by dense marker maps for local breeds
• Marco Bink (Biometris, NL) - Tracking favourable QTL alleles in pedigreed populations
• Krista Engelsma (ABGC, NL) - A method to determine neutral genetic diversity across a genome, using dense marker maps
• Mirjam Jacobs (SenterNovem, NL) - Molecular methods in studying Biosystematics in wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota)
• Martino Cassandro (University of Padova, IT) - Marker assisted conservation of animal genetic resources
• Paolo Ajmone Marsan (Università Cattolica, IT) - GLOBALDIV project