Symposium:Developments in Sheep Genetics

Friday, August 22, 2014: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Bayshore Grand Ballroom A (The Westin Bayshore)
Moderator:
John C McEwan
10:30 AM
351
Genomic Selection in Sheep Breeding Programs
Julius van der Werf, School of Environmental & Rural Science, University of New England
11:00 AM
352
Association of TMEM154 missense mutations with lentiviral infection and virus subtypes in sheep
Michael P Heaton, USDA, Meat Animal Research Center; Kreg A. Leymaster, USDA, Meat Animal Research Center; Michael L Clawson, USDA, Meat Animal Research Center
11:30 AM
353
Association between Raw SNP Data and Growth and Meat Yield Traits in Sheep
Gemma Jenkins, AbacusBio Limited; John C McEwan, AgResearch; Michael A Black, University of Otago; Michael E. Goddard, Department of Primary Industries; Benoit Auvray, AgResearch; Ken G Dodds, AgResearch
11:45 AM
354
Inferring ancestral demography of domestic and wild sheep using whole-genome sequence
Sunduimijid Bolormaa, CRC for Sheep Industry Innovation; James Kijas, CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences; David Coltman, University of Alberta; Hans D Daetwyler, CRC for Sheep Industry Innovation; Iona M MacLeod, University of Melbourne