MSc Thesis topic was QTL detection using variance component linkage analysis and linkage disequilibrium single locus regression in Holstein cattle with a dense SNP map.
Supervisors:
Dr. John Woolliams Roslin, Dr. Beatriz Villanueva SAC, Dr. Piter Bijma WIAS
CoOperators:
Financer:
Marie Curie Grant
Start date:
20 October 2006
End date:
09 December 2009
Introduction:
The project involves using and developing deterministic and stochastic methods to investigate the accuracy, genetic response and inbreeding in genome-wide selection.
Results:
Articles:
Daetwyler, HD, Villanueva,B, Bijma,P, and JA Woolliams. 2007. Inbreeding in Genome-Wide Selection. J.Anim.Breed.Genet.124:369-376.
Daetwyler, HD, et al.2008. Genome Scan. J. Dairy Sci. 91:3225-3236.
Daetwyler, HD, Villanueva,B, and JA Woolliams. 2008. Accuracy of Predicting the Genetic Risk of Disease Using a Genome-Wide Approach. PLoS ONE. 3(10):e3395.
