Date: Sunday, January 11, 2015
Time: 8:00 AM-12:40 PM
Room: San Diego
8:20 AM
A Genetic Investigation of Isle of Jersey Cattle, the Foundation of the Jersey Breed
Heather J Huson, Cornell University;
Tad S. Sonstegard, Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA-ARS;
James Godfrey, Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society;
David Hambrook, Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society;
Cari Wolfe, American Jersey Cattle Association;
George R. Wiggans, Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, ARS-USDA;
Harvey Blackburn, National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation, USDA;
Curtis P. Van Tassell, USDA-ARS-AGIL
8:40 AM
The Use of PacBio and Hi-C Data in de novo Assembly of the Goat Genome
Derek Bickhart, Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, ARS-USDA;
Sergey Koren, National Human Genome Research Institute;
Adam Phillippy, National Human Genome Research Institute;
Timothy P.L. Smith, USDA, ARS, USMARC;
Ivan Liachko, University of Washington - Department of Genome Sciences;
Joshua N. Burton, University of Washington - Department of Genome Sciences;
Brian Sayre, Virginia State University;
Heather J Huson, Cornell University;
Steven G. Schroeder, Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA-ARS;
Curtis P. VanTassell, Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA-ARS;
Tad S. Sonstegard, Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA-ARS
9:00 AM
Genomic Analyses for Palatability of Beef
Raluca Mateescu, Dept. of Animal Sciences, University of Florida;
Dorian J. Garrick, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University;
James M. Reecy, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University
9:20 AM
Utilisation of the Ovine HD SNP Chip for Meat Quality Traits in NZ Composite Terminal Sire Breeds
Shannon Clarke, Invermay Agricultural Centre, AgResearch Ltd;
Michael Lee, University of Otago;
Rudiger Brauning, Invermay Agricultural Centre, AgResearch Ltd;
Wendy Bain, Invermay Agricultural Centre, AgResearch Ltd;
Tracey Van Stijn, AgResearch Ltd, Invermay Agricultural Centre;
Rayna Anderson, Invermay Agricultural Centre, AgResearch Ltd;
Ken G. Dodds, Invermay Agricultural Centre, AgResearch Ltd;
John McEwan, Invermay Agricultural Centre, AgResearch Ltd
9:40 AM
DNA Methylation Affects Phenotypic Variation in Cattle Possessing Extreme Phenotypes for Residual Feed Intake
Stephanie McKay, University of Vermont;
Jae Woo Kim, University of Missouri;
Richard Chapple, Baylor College of Medicine;
Robert D. Schnabel, Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri;
Darren E. Hagen, delete;
Kevin Wells, University of Missouri;
Derek Bickhart, Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, ARS-USDA;
James E. Koltes, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University;
James M. Reecy, Iowa State University;
Jeremy F. Taylor, Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri;
Kristen Taylor, University of Missouri
10:50 AM
Evidence for Positive Selection of Taurine Genes within a QTL Region on Chromosome X Associated with Testicular Size in Australian Brahman Cattle
Russell Lyons, Animal Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Science,The University of Queensland;
Nguyen To Loan, School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience;
Marina R. S. Fortes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Australia;
Matthew Kelly, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation;
Sean McWilliam, CSIRO Agriculture Flagship;
Sigrid A. Lehnert, CSIRO Agriculture Flagship;
Stephen Moore, University of Queensland
11:10 AM
Genome Changes Due to Forty Years of Artificial Selection Associated with Divergent Dairy Production and Reproduction
Tad S. Sonstegard, Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, ARS-USDA;
Li Ma, Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland;
Eui-Soo Kim, Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, ARS-USDA;
Curtis P. VanTassell, Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA-ARS;
George R. Wiggans, Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, ARS-USDA;
Brian A. Crooker, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota;
John B. Cole, Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, ARS-USDA;
George Liu, Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, ARS-USDA;
John R. Garbe, Minnesota Supercomputer Institute, University of Minnesota;
Scott Fahrenkrug, Recombinetics;
F. Abel Ponce De Leon, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota;
Yang Da, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota
