Animal Breeding and Genomics

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Projects per year 1997 2006 2007 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2025

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• 41 Active
• 126 Finished

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  Genomics applied to conservation of genetic diversity in Dutch Livestock

  Hulsegge, I., Veerkamp, R., Bouwman, A. & Windig, J.

  1/01/20 → 27/09/23

  Project: PhD

• Genomic architecture of selection for adaptation to changing environments in Nile tilapia

  Yu, X., Groenen, M. A. M., Komen, H. & Megens, H.

  1/10/18 → 13/12/22

  Project: PhD

  • Tilapia (Cichlidae) 100%
  • salinity 86%
  • genomics 68%
  • tilapia (common name) 51%
  • genome-wide association study 49%

• Genetic cause of follicular thyroid cancer in Dutch German Longhair Pointers

  Yu, Y., Groenen, M. A. M. & Crooijmans, R.

  1/10/18 → 11/10/22

  Project: PhD

  • thyroid neoplasms 100%
  • dogs 26%
  • neoplasms 19%
  • dog breeds 11%
  • thyroid gland 10%

• Just Editing: A Comparative Responsible Innovation Approach to Animal Genome Editing

  Macnaghten, P., Middelveld, S., Kramer, K., Meijboom, F., Mulder, H. & Bouwmeester, H.

  1/09/18 → 30/04/21

  Project: PostDoc

  • gene editing 100%
  • animal breeding 77%
  • decision making 32%
  • risk-benefit analysis 27%
  • public opinion 24%

• international genetic/genomic evaluation of beef cattle

  Bonifazi, R., Calus, M., Veerkamp, R. & Vandenplas, J.

  1/05/18 → 16/09/22

  Project: PhD

• Adaptive phenotypic and genetic variation in chickens: a landscape genomics approach

  Kebede, F., Komen, H. & Bastiaansen, J.

  18/04/18 → 29/08/22

  Project: PhD

  • innovation adoption 100%
  • Poultry 94%
  • Adoption of Innovations 92%
  • Sub-Saharan Africa 89%
  • Smallholders 86%

• WLR B4F Gen Pred - Impact of preselection in genomic evaluations

  Jibrila, I., Calus, M., Veerkamp, R. & ten Napel, J.

  1/02/18 → 25/05/22

  Project: PhD

  • genomics 100%
  • animals 46%
  • prediction 37%
  • breeding programs 36%
  • animal breeding 30%

• Livebearing Fish

  van Kruistum, H., Groenen, M. A. M., van Leeuwen, J., Megens, H. & Pollux, B.

  1/01/18 → 6/04/22

  Project: PhD

  • placenta 100%
  • genomics 62%
  • fish 56%
  • genome 54%
  • Poeciliidae 47%

• CNV in livestock genomes: from molecular biology all the way to application in breeding (B4F DNA)

  Lee, L., Veerkamp, R., Bosse, M. & Bouwman, A.

  1/01/18 → 26/04/22

  Project: PhD

  • Cattle 100%
  • Genome 84%
  • Vitamin D-Binding Protein 22%
  • Reproductive Techniques 22%
  • Gene Components 21%

• B4F Resil

  Poppe, M., Hogeveen, H., Veerkamp, R., Kamphuis, C. & Mulder, H.

  1/01/18 → 4/03/22

  Project: PhD

  • autocorrelation 100%
  • dairy cattle 80%
  • genetic improvement 78%
  • milk yield 33%
  • genetic correlation 27%

• Individual tracking of animals kept in groups

  van der Sluis, M., Rodenburg, B., Ellen, E. & de Haas, Y.

  1/11/17 → 11/02/22

  Project: PhD

  • legs 100%
  • broiler chickens 93%
  • radio frequency identification 80%
  • chickens 79%
  • body weight 71%

• Genome Evolution of Suidae (pig species)

  Liu, L., Groenen, M. A. M. & Madsen, O.

  1/10/16 → 17/02/21

  Project: PhD

  • Sus salvanius 100%
  • Suidae 82%
  • Sus 65%
  • glass 42%
  • hybridization 39%

• Pen performance of pigs: bridging genetics and nutrition

  Verschuren, L., Calus, M., Bergsma, R. & Jansman, A.

  15/09/16 → 10/09/21

  Project: PhD

  • feed conversion 100%
  • nutrition 94%
  • swine 77%
  • microbiome 64%
  • digestibility 43%

• Detection and use of dwarfism genes in poultry

  Wu, Z., Groenen, M. A. M. & Crooijmans, R.

  6/09/16 → 23/02/21

  Project: PhD

  • dwarfing 100%
  • genetic background 81%
  • chickens 59%
  • phenotype 55%
  • genomics 53%

• Molecular regulatory mechanisms of body fat distribution in chicken

  Xing, S., Groenen, M. A. M. & Crooijmans, R.

  5/09/16 → 13/10/21

  Project: PhD

  • intramuscular fat 100%
  • abdominal fat 99%
  • chickens 58%
  • breast muscle 45%
  • meat quality 19%

• Image project

  Doekes, H., Veerkamp, R. & Windig, J.

  1/09/16 → 18/09/20

  Project: PhD

  • conservation genetics 100%
  • single nucleotide polymorphism 66%
  • gene banks 56%
  • inbreeding 53%
  • genomics 50%

• EU Image

  Bortoluzzi, C., Groenen, M. A. M., Bosse, M. & Megens, H.

  1/08/16 → 14/10/20

  Project: PhD

  • genetic drift 100%
  • domestication 93%
  • population bottleneck 71%
  • demographic statistics 64%
  • genetic variation 58%

• Smart animal breeding with advance machine learning

  van der Heide, E., Veerkamp, R., Ducro, B. & Kamphuis, C.

  1/05/16 → 11/09/20

  Project: PhD

  • artificial intelligence 100%
  • dairy cattle 81%
  • cows 42%
  • prediction 32%
  • breeding value 26%

• Towards precision breeding using genomic prediction (topbreed)

  Raymond, B., Veerkamp, R. & Bouwman, A.

  1/04/16 → 11/09/20

  Project: PhD

• Genomic prediction Tetraploid potato.

  Wilson, S., Maliepaard, C., Malosetti Zunin, M., Mulder, H., van Eeuwijk, F., Wilson, S., Visser, R., van Eeuwijk, F. & Maliepaard, C.

  1/03/16 → 14/02/23

  Project: PhD

  • tetraploidy 100%
  • prediction 55%
  • potatoes 53%
  • diploidy 48%
  • genomics 43%

• Closing the yield gap: increasing survival and production efficiency in smallholder farms of

  Mengistu, S., Komen, H. & Mulder, H.

  1/02/16 → 29/08/22

  Project: PhD

  • feed conversion 100%
  • Oreochromis niloticus 97%
  • Tilapia (Cichlidae) 69%
  • fingerlings 67%
  • breeding programs 49%

• Animal genetics on detection

  Derks, M., Groenen, M. A. M. & Megens, H.

  1/01/16 → 2/09/20

  Project: PhD

  • livestock 100%
  • phenotype 80%
  • genomics 46%
  • genome 40%
  • animal genetics 32%

• BINGO project

  Xia, S., Groenen, M. A. M., Zwaan, B., Bijma, P. & Pannebakker, B.

  1/12/15 → 24/04/20

  Project: PhD

  • Nasonia vitripennis 100%
  • parasitic wasps 79%
  • genetic improvement 64%
  • case studies 58%
  • insects 42%

• GenolViiX: Utilizing crossbred information to accelerate genetic progress

  Duenk, P., Calus, M., Bijma, P. & Wientjes, Y.

  1/11/15 → 13/03/20

  Project: PhD

  • purebreds 100%
  • crossbreds 87%
  • breeding value 26%
  • breeding programs 19%
  • breeding lines 17%

• The genetic background of milk protein synthesis

  Lu, H. & Bovenhuis, H.

  1/10/15 → 7/10/20

  Project: PhD

  • genome-wide association study 100%
  • dairy cattle 84%
  • milk production 76%
  • lactation 71%
  • lactation stage 67%

• Genetic research on songbirds

  da Silva, V., Groenen, M. A. M. & Crooijmans, R.

  1/09/15 → 24/01/20

  Project: PhD

  • Parus major 100%
  • copy number variation 81%
  • genome 44%
  • chromosome inversions 30%
  • structural genomics 28%

• Antibody quality of colostrum and milk in dairy cows and uptake of colostral antibodies in dairy calves: importance for health and

  Cordero Solorzano, J., Bovenhuis, H. & Parmentier, H.

  1/09/15 → 28/02/20

  Project: PhD

  • colostrum 100%
  • dairy cattle 88%
  • calves 72%
  • milk 61%
  • antibodies 60%

• Genetic evaluation of feed efficiency of tropical adapted chicken in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Tuan Thinh, C., Komen, H. & Bastiaansen, J.

  1/09/15 → 8/11/19

  Project: PhD

  • livestock breeding 100%
  • breeding programs 59%
  • genetic improvement 45%
  • genotype 43%
  • statistical models 27%

• Development & evaluation of poultry breeding programs for smallholders in Africa

  Lozano Jaramillo, M., Komen, H. & Bastiaansen, J.

  1/05/15 → 1/11/19

  Project: PhD

  • breeds 100%
  • genetic correlation 31%
  • chicken breeds 28%
  • Ethiopia 22%
  • animal breeding 19%

• Fitness consequences of seasonal timing in the great tit (Parus major)

  Ramakers, J. & Visser, M.

  1/01/15 → 8/05/19

  Project: PhD

  • Parus major 100%
  • birds 53%
  • phenology 45%
  • dates (fruit) 38%
  • quantitative genetics 38%

• The combined use of milk infrared profiles and genoptypes to preict dairy cattle phenotypes

  Wang, Q. & Bovenhuis, H.

  1/01/15 → 21/05/19

  Project: PhD

  • genetic background 100%
  • milk 68%
  • dairy cows 31%
  • dairy cattle 27%
  • methane 27%

• The mechanism underlying timing of reproduction

  Verhagen, I. & Visser, M.

  1/01/15 → 8/11/19

  Project: PhD

  • marker-assisted selection 100%
  • oviposition 84%
  • breeding 60%
  • Parus major 47%
  • DNA methylation 32%

• An economic evaluation of selective breeding in European Aquaculture

  Janssen, K., Komen, H. & Saatkamp, H.

  1/10/14 → 4/06/19

  Project: PhD

  • aquaculture 100%
  • economic valuation 96%
  • breeding programs 88%
  • economics 71%
  • breeding 27%

• Fine mapping and genomic selection for detailed milk

  Teklewold, G. & Bovenhuis, H.

  1/10/14 → 14/12/18

  Project: PhD

  • selective breeding 100%
  • milk composition 85%
  • prediction 56%
  • genomics 52%
  • genome 30%

• A genomic breeding program that use primitieve cattle breeds to re-generate the aurochs

  Upadhyay, M., Groenen, M. A. M. & Crooijmans, R.

  1/09/14 → 12/03/19

  Project: PhD

  • gene flow 100%
  • genomics 70%
  • cattle 67%
  • cattle breeds 56%
  • zebu 23%

• Locally adapted pork production in Brazil versus The Netherlands

  Mezencio Godinho, R., Komen, H. & Bastiaansen, J.

  1/09/14 → 21/12/18

  Project: PhD

  • swine finishing 100%
  • Netherlands 85%
  • feed conversion 72%
  • crossbreds 72%
  • Brazil 56%

• Selecting the crossbred pig: genomic evaluation for feed efficiency at the production level

  Sevillano del Aguila, C., Bovenhuis, H., Bergsma, R. & Calus, M.

  1/09/14 → 21/12/18

  Project: PhD

  • crossbreds 100%
  • swine 70%
  • genomics 69%
  • breeds 66%
  • genome 60%

• Genetic control of methane emission, feed efficiency and metagenomics in dairy cattle

  Difford, G., Bovenhuis, H. & de Haas, Y.

  1/09/14 → 28/09/18

  Project: PhD

  • methane production 100%
  • dairy cattle 91%
  • methane 90%
  • feed conversion 78%
  • rumen 52%

• Genomic selection in pigs using different reference populations

  Bastiaansen, J. & van Arendonk, J.

  9/03/14 → 16/09/15

  Project: PhD

  • linkage disequilibrium 100%
  • marker-assisted selection 93%
  • swine 60%
  • prediction 44%
  • crossbreds 25%

• Negotiating over parental care: how do parents react to each other?

  Baldan, D., Hinde, C., Visser, M., Baldan, D., Visser, M. & Hinde, C.

  15/02/14 → 18/01/19

  Project: PhD

  • conflict resolution 100%
  • radio 94%

• New ways to improve human health and animal health and welfare: quantification of genetic host traits for infection dynamics in animals.

  Biemans, F., de Jong, M. & Bijma, P.

  1/10/13 → 9/05/18

  Project: PhD

  • quantitative genetics 100%
  • dermatitis 99%
  • dairy cattle 82%
  • population dynamics 75%
  • pathogenicity 67%

• Genetic Erosion and longterm genetici improvement

  Eynard, S., Komen, H., Calus, M. & Windig, J.

  1/09/13 → 23/02/18

  Project: PhD

  • livestock 100%
  • genomics 77%
  • genetic variation 76%
  • genetic merit 18%
  • gene banks 17%

• Divergent selection for natural antibodies in poultry

  Berghof, T., Bovenhuis, H., Kemp, B., Parmentier, H. & van der Poel, J.

  1/09/13 → 19/01/18

  Project: PhD

  • selective breeding 100%
  • keyhole limpet hemocyanin 66%
  • chickens 57%
  • antibodies 54%
  • disease resistance 12%

• Genetic analysis to enhance utilization of indigenous goat breeds of Uganda

  Onzima, R., Groenen, M. A. M., Crooijmans, R. & Kanis, E.

  1/09/13 → 3/05/19

  Project: PhD

  • Uganda 100%
  • production technology 74%
  • goats 72%
  • breeds 64%
  • genetic variation 55%

• The Genomics of Feed Conversion Efficiency in Poultry

  Bovenhuis, H. & Mebratie, W.

  1/09/13 → 25/03/19

  Project: PhD

  • feed conversion 100%
  • broiler chickens 98%
  • body weight 75%
  • feed intake 50%
  • statistical models 39%

• Genomics of bovine milk proteïn composition

  Bovenhuis, H., Visker, M. & Fang, Z.

  1/09/13 → 15/12/17

  Project: PhD

  • genetic background 100%
  • casein 92%
  • phosphorylation 90%
  • cattle 62%
  • quantitative trait loci 7%

• Genetics of social interactions in aquaculture: Increasing uniformity by reducing competition

  Marjanovic, J., Komen, H., Bijma, P. & Mulder, H.

  1/09/13 → 20/04/18

  Project: PhD

  • social behavior 100%
  • body weight 89%
  • Oreochromis niloticus 43%
  • aquaculture 37%
  • kin selection 27%

• Methods of association study for rare variants using NGS

  Zhang, Q., Bovenhuis, H. & Calus, M.

  1/09/13 → 19/12/17

  Project: PhD

  • cattle breeding 100%
  • genomics 49%
  • genome 43%
  • inbreeding 29%
  • prediction 26%

• Genomic Solutions for Socially Affected Trails

  Brinker, T., Bovenhuis, H., Bijma, P. & Ellen, E.

  1/08/13 → 13/11/20

  Project: PhD

  • plumage 100%
  • laying hens 90%
  • genome-wide association study 69%
  • breeding value 65%
  • alleles 61%

• Exploring genetic variation in methane emission by dairy cows

  Bovenhuis, H., Visker, M. & van Engelen, S.

  1/04/13 → 28/03/18

  Project: PhD

  • methane 100%
  • genetic background 99%
  • dairy cows 87%
  • breeding value 28%
  • selective breeding 18%