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Competence Network PHENOMICS
Collaborative Project
Contract period:
01.02.2010
- 31.01.2015
Coordinating institution:
Institute for Farm Animals Science and Technology
Collaborative Projects
Co-operative project 1 – Integrative Bioinformatics
Leading institution:
Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology
Research projects
- Animal Trait Ontology\' – characteristics-ontology for the fields of behaviour and welfare and project database
- Bioinformatic pipeline to integrate high-efficiency-information and geno-/phenotypical parameters in network and PNFL system modells for cattle and hog
- Statistical analyses of associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms and gene expressions
- Derivative of biosignatures by utilisation of network-topological a-priori information and profiles of diverse levels of gene expression
Co-operative project 2 – Phenotyping of behaviour
Leading institution:
Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology
Research projects
- Influencing factors of behavioural characteristics at hog
- Analyses of individual behavior pattern (disposition) at cattle
- AgroClustEr: a system biological approach of genotype-phenotype-distinction in the context of farm animal performance, health and welfare in cattle and pig - The PHENOMICS-office
Co-operative project 3 – Integration of “OMICS”–levels
Leading institution:
Gene Center Munich
Research projects
- Integrative OMICS-profiles for the definition of new phenotypes with relevance for the characteristic complexes metabolism and reproductive performance at cattle and hog
- Integrative OMICS-profiles of chosen relevant tissue of hog with different outputs of growth and constitution of flesh
- OMICS-profiles to derivate new selection criterions to reduce aggression and improve animal health at hog
- The OMICS-processes in medical diagnostics at cattle and hog
Co-operative project 4 – Validation of new phenotypes
Leading institution:
Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology
Research projects
- Specification, qualification and validation of predictive parameters for value of money, health and welfare at hog
- Specification, qualification and validation of predictive biosignatures for milk yield and functional behavioural characteristics at cattle
- Characteristic association of biomarkers at diverse cattle and hog breed in different processes of production
- Characteristic association of biomarkers at diverse influences of feeding
- Gracilization and characteristic association of biomarkers under circumstances of pathogen infection
Co-operative project 5 – Implementation of new phenotypes
Leading institution:
Institute of Animal Breeding and Husbandry
Research projects
- Development of modified “genomic selection” modells
- Construction of a marker supported selection platform
- Process of optimal mate selection to use SNP-based estimations of non-additive gene effects
- Development of a multidimensional estimation system for animal justice with the help of the Multi-Criteria-Analyses (MCA)
- Validation of the developed Multi-Criteria-Analyse-system to optimise species-appropriate husbandry systems