Lantbruks- och trädgårdsföretagarnas egen forskningsstiftelse finansierar behovsdriven forskning för svenska förhållanden.
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Lantbruks- och trädgårdsföretagarnas egen forskningsstiftelse finansierar behovsdriven forskning för svenska förhållanden.
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Status: | Pågående |
Projektnummer: | O-18-20-175 |
Kategori: | Focus area | Food & feed |
Branschområden: | Kött |
Ansökningsår: | 2018 |
Huvudsökande: | Susanne Eriksson |
Organisation: | Susanne Eriksson |
E-postadress: | susanne.eriksson@slu.se |
Telefon: | 018672007 |
Medsökande: | Hans Stålhammar |
Medsökande: | Freddy Fikse |
The project aims to lay the foundation for genomic selection in Swedish beef cattle populations. Genomic selection has revolutionized animal breeding and much increased genetic progress in e.g. dairy cattle. Improved animal breeding increases production efficiency and genomic selection enables future selection for new traits related to e.g. beef quality and climate impact. We will establish Swedish reference populations for the two most common beef breeds by genotyping animals with pedigree and phenotypic information. We will develop a framework to estimate genomic enhanced breeding values based on these reference populations and single-step methods. We will also survey known genes of importance for qualitative traits (e.g. beef marbling) that should be included in selection. The project is expected to give a basis for future international collaborations both in research and for genetic evaluations, and to improve the competitiveness and profitability of Swedish beef producers.
Projektets syfte är att lägga grunden för genomisk selektion i svenska köttraspopulationer. Genomisk selektion har revolutionerat aveln och kraftigt ökat det genetiska framsteget i andra djurslag. Bättre djurmaterial ger effektivare produktion och genomisk selektion möjliggör framtida selektion för nya egenskaper, t.ex. kopplade till köttkvalitet och klimatpåverkan. Vi vill etablera svenska referenspopulationer för våra två vanligaste nötköttsraser genom att genotypa djur med härstamnings- och fenotypinformation. Målet är att skapa förutsättningar för att skatta genomiskt förstärkta avelsvärden baserat på dessa referenspopulationer och s.k. single-step metodik. Vi kommer även kartlägga kända gener som påverkar viktiga kvalitativa egenskaper (t.ex. marmorering) som bör inkluderas i selektionen. Projektet förväntas ge en bas för framtida internationellt forskningssamarbete och praktisk avelsvärdering, samt förbättra konkurrenskraft och lönsamhet för svenska nötköttsproducenter.
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