Projects Animal Breeding and Genomics
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Breeding livestock to control methane
The livestock sector is faced with the challenge of drastically reducing its methane emissions. Most methane emissions in livestock farming originate... -
BovReg: Understanding cattle genomes
The aim of BovReg is to identify functions in the cow genome that are relevant to the diversity and plasticity of phenotypes in cattle with respect to... -
AquaImpact
AquaIMPACT aims to integrate the fields of fish breeding and nutrition to increase the competiveness of EU's main aquaculture species while minimizing... -
FutureEuAqua; Future growth in sustainable, resilient and climate friendly organic and conventional European aquaculture
The overall objective of FutureEUAqua is to effectively promote sustainable growth of resilient, environmental friendly, organic and conventional... -
GenTORE – GENomic management Tools to Optimize Resilience and Efficiency
GenTORE will develop selection and management tools for farmers to optimize the balance between cattle resilience and efficiency in a range of... -
Integrated breeding programs for fish farming
Wageningen University & Research, Animal Breeding & Genomics provides the genetics expertise for an increasing number of breeding programs for... -
GenoMiX: Utilizing crossbred information to accelerate genetic progress
Crossbreeding is abundant in the livestock industry and relies on within-line genetic selection of purebred breeding animals that are mated between... -
Improvement of fertility in cows
PROLIFIC - a Pluridisciplinary study for a RObust and sustainabLe Improvement of Fertility In Cows. The project will address the problems of... -
Evaluation of genetic diversity
Determination and evaluation of genetic diversity within livestock breeds is of crucial importance for making the right conservation decisions and for... -
Hybridization in geese
Jente Ottenburghs studies the role of hybridization by means of adaptive introgression in the evolutionary history of goose species worldwide.