Thursday, August 21, 2014: 4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Cypress Room (The Westin Bayshore)
Moderator:
William M. Muir
4:15 PM
Association between Metabolites in Egg Yolk and Hatchability Traits in Laying Hens
Ahmad Reza Sharifi, Georg-August-University;
Yi Zhang, Georg-August-University;
Steffen Weigend, Institute of Farm Animal Genetics of the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute;
Annett Weigend, Institute of Farm Animal Genetics of the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute;
Rudolf Preisinger, Lohmann Tierzucht GmbH;
Matthias Schmutz, Lohmann Tierzucht GmbH;
Lilla Roemisch-Margl, Technical University Munich;
Ralf Jonczyk, Technical University Munich;
Mehmet Can Gülersönmez, Technical University Munich;
Hans-Peter Piepho, Hohenheim University;
Waqas Ahmed Malik, Hohenheim University;
Florian Sitzenstock, University of Applied Sciences;
Henner Simianer, Georg-August-University
5:00 PM
Detecting Signatures of Selection in Lines of Broiler Chickens
John J Stainton, The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh;
Chris Haley, MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC IGMM, University of Edinburgh;
Brian Charlesworth, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh;
Andreas Kranis, Aviagen Ltd;
Kellie Watson, Aviagen Ltd;
Pamela Wiener, The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh