Use of genomics in small populations

Pocrnic, I. (Invited speaker)
Rochus, C. (Contributor)
Gorjanc, G. (Contributor)
Isidore Houaga (Contributor)

Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Global Agriculture and Food Systems

Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk

Description

Covered topics were: (i) General introduction; (ii) Estimates of livestock genetic diversity in the UK; (iii) Using genomic data to estimate dominance variance and inbreeding depression in a local sheep breed; (iv) Genetic diversity and selection signatures in related Mediterranean breeds: Sarda, Pag, and Istrian sheep; (v) Spatial modelling improves genomic evaluation in Tanzanian smallholder admixed dairy cattle.

Period	16 Jul 2025
Held at	University of Guelph, Canada