Integration of multi-omics data into genomic prediction in pigs

Pork is the most consumed animal protein in the world and demand continues to increase. Significant increases in food availability worldwide have been achieved, however, there is still a major challenge to feed the growing global population. Genomic selection has been widely used in livestock animals and successfully improved genetic progress of production and reproduction traits in pigs. This proposed research project aims to improve the genomic selection in pigs using new genetic software and multi-omics data. The partner will benefit from participating in this program in several ways including technology development and application directly from the intern’s project, knowledge transfer from the intern to the partners staff with respect to new approaches and technology options for R&D, interaction with the intern’s advisor and other personnel from the University of Alberta, and eventually to enhance the partner’s genomic evaluation by application of the latest approaches and software tools.

Faculty Supervisor:

Graham Plastow

Student:

Partner:

Genesus Genetic Technology Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Alberta

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