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QTL Mapping technology for general pedigrees applied to the poultry industry

Reference	BBS/E/R/00002768
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Christopher Haley
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	The Roslin Institute
Department	The Roslin Institute Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	1,461
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/10/2004
End date	30/09/2007
Duration	36 months

Abstract

Gene mapping technology for the poultry industry. In poultry, many genome regions with effects on economically important traits (QTL) have been detected in experimental crosses. When transferring this technology to the poultry industry, segregation of QTL has to be confirmed within the existing population structure at the breeding company. Statistical methodology for QTL analyses to deal with the general pedigrees found in such populations is not widely implemented. Working closely with the Cobb-Vantress breeding company, this project will focus on the implementation of mapping methodology for general pedigrees and on extending the methods to accommodate more complex genetic models. The project is particularly appropriate for the student wishing to combine statistical or quantitative approaches with genomic data. This project is sponsored by a BBSRC Genesis Faraday CASE studentship and Cobb-Vantress Inc. and as such the student will benefit from a stipend enhanced by GBP 5000 over the standard BBSRC award and a close interaction between academic research and industry. Please contact Dr. Dirk-Jan de Koning (DJ.deKoning(at)bbsrc.ac.uk) or Dr. Peter Visscher (Peter.Visscher(at)ed.ac.uk) for further information.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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