The page collects the presentations of the ICAR-WCGALP joint sessions held in Auckland, NZ, on 11-16February 2018
Plenary Session
- From machine learning to deep learning
Jeremy Howard
Biology – Growth and Development – Joint with ICAR
- Integration of GWAS, CNV and selection signature reveals candidate genes for abdominal fat regulation in chickens
Luiz Lehmann Coutinho - Protein restriction modifies differentially the liver transcriptome at different stages of the growing period of Duroc x Iberian crossbred pigs
Maria Muñoz - Selection of fatty acid composition in muscle of Atlantic salmon
Siri Horn - Molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie genes and antioxidant enzyme activities in meat-type birds during heat stress
Samuel Aggrey - Genome-wide association studies using BayesC and estimation of genetic parameters for perinatal sucking reflex in Brown Swiss calves
Clarissa Dreher - Modelling Growth from Weaning to Maturity in Beef Cattle Breeds
Madeline Zimmermann - Clustering and genetic analysis of body reserves changes throughout productive cycles in meat sheep
Tiphaine Macé
Method and Tools – Models and Computing Strategies – Joint with Interbull
- A SNP MACE model for international genomic evaluation: technical challenges and possible solutions
Zengting Liu - A single-step principal component ridge regression model for large-scale genomic evaluations
Jorgen Odegard - Extension of single-step ssGBLUP to many genotyped individuals
Ignacy Misztal - Deflated preconditioned conjugate gradient method for solving single-step single nucleotide polymorphism BLUP
Jeremie Vandenplas - Efficient block-Gibbs sampling in variance component estimation for predictions which combine phenotypic and genomic information
Viktor Milkevych - Numerically efficient fully orthogonalized Single-step SNP-BLUP
Matti Taskinen - Accuracies of contrasts between estimated breeding values of selection candidates from national cattle evaluations using pedigree or single-step genomic methodology
Daniel Garrick
Biology & Species – Bovine (Dairy) – Joint with ICAR
- Pre-selection bias and validation method in single-step GBLUP for production traits in US Holstein
Yutaka Masuda - Using expression data to detect small QTL in dairy cattle
Irene van den Berg - Genetic parameter estimation of high value milk proteins and whey to casein ratio in Danish Holstein
Nina Aagaard Poulsen - Genetic analysis of heat tolerance for production and health traits in US Holstein cows
Anil Sigdel - Development of a genomic reference population for bovine respiratory disease in pre-weaning dairy calves using thoracic ultrasonography
Allison Quick - Exploring non-additive variance using genome-wide dense SNP in four French and Nordic dairy cattle breeds
Andrew Marete
Theory to Application – Joint with ICAR
- Experiences with large scale implementation of genomic selection in a predominantly crossbred beef population
Ross Evans - Implementation of single-step genomic BREEDPLAN evaluations in Australian beef cattle
David Johnston - Genomic selection in practice in French Lacaune dairy sheep
Diane Buisson - Stronger measures of genomic connectedness enhance prediction accuracies across management units
Gota Morota - Weighted single-step GBLUP improves accuracy of genomic predictions for traits controlled by major gene or QTL in French dairy goats
Marc Teissier - The impact of utilizing previous generations of genotyped animals in genomic selection
Jeremy Howard - A new dairy cattle mating advice for Ireland which incorporates genomic information
Tara Carthy - Enhancing genetic disease control by selecting for lower host infectivity
Smaragda Tsairidou
Methods and Tools – Software – Joint with Interbull
- Wrestling with a WOMBAT: Selected new features for mixed model analyses in the genomic age
Karin Meyer - BLUPF90 suite of programs for animal breeding with focus on genomics
Ignacio Aguilar - Factors affecting phasing quality in a commercial layer population
Nicolas Frioni - An introduction to BOLT software for genetic and genomic evaluations
Dorian Garrick - GWAS and GS Are as Easy as Clicking and Dragging with iPat
James Chen - Echidna Mixed Models Software
Arthur Gilmour - Efficient single-step BLUP computations with MiX99 software
Ismo Stranden - JWAS: Julia implementation of Whole-genome Analyses Software
Hao Cheng
Biology – Reproduction – Joint with ICAR
- Effects of conceptus sex and genetics on circulating thyroid hormones and IGFs in heifers at mid gestation depend on maternal genetic background
Stefan Hiendleder - Meiotic Recombination in Ruminant Livestock Species
Brenda Murdoch - Deciphering the role of vaginal and sperm metagenome in the success of artificial insemination in sheep
Magdalena Serrano - Application of Metabolomics on Selecting for Litter Size in American Mink (Neovison vison)
Shannon Spencer - Genomic analysis of reproductive traits in health challenged commercial sow herds
Cassandra Ferring - Genome-Wide Associations for Progesterone Profiles in Holstein-Friesian Cows
Sofia Nyman - Identification of unfavourable homozygous haplotypes associated with with milk and fertility traits in Holsteins
Gabriele Marras
Method and Tools – Prediction – Joint with Interbull
- The use of multi-breed reference populations and multi-omic data to maximize accuracy of genomic prediction
Mike Goddard - Using RNAseq data to improve genomic selection in dairy cattle
Thomas Lopdell - The use of sequence SNP in a marker model for an across-breed dairy cattle genomic evaluation
Bevin Harris - Using additional single nucleotide polymorphisms selected from whole genome sequence data for genomic prediction in Danish Jersey
Aoxing Liu - Genomic evaluation based on selected variants from imputed whole-genome sequence data in Australian sheep populations
Nasir Moghaddar - Exploiting sequence variants for genomic prediction in Australian sheep using Bayesian models
Majid Khansefid - Use of causative variants and SNP weighting in a single-step GBLUP context
Breno De Oliveira Fragomeni
Biology – Disease Resistance – Joint with ICAR
- Estimation of genomic breeding values for the susceptibility to digital dermatitis in Holstein dairy cattle using improved methods for phenotyping
Hermann Swalv - Genome-wide association study and functional analysis of infectious and horn type hoof lesions in Canadian Holstein cattle
Francesca Malchiodi - Genetic analysis of calf vitality, survival and disease resistance in Charolais beef cattle
Florence Phocas - ChronMast – a model to study functional genetic variation of mastitis susceptibility
Christa Kuehn - Detection of candidate regions affecting bovine IgM natural antibodies in milk
Juan Cordero-Solorzano - Genome-Wide Association and Functional Annotation of Positional Candidate Genes for Immune Response in Canadian Holstein Cattle
Bonnie Mallard - Genome-wide associations of immune-associated traits in dairy cows
Scott Denholm - Genome-wide association study and gene network analysis of fertility, retained placenta, and metritis in US Holstein cattle
John Cole