1) Utilize existing and new international livestock breed genomic data to identify genomic regions relevant in adaptation to climate change, 2) Identify biomarkers that are found to be associated with livestock adaptation to environmental variations, and 3) Use this new knowledge to design future livestock breeding programs
Among other things, the project developed the theory to build a breeding program that can improve the tolerance of animal breeds to the effects of climate change, such as disease resistance. Genomic introgression from a production population to an animal population adapted to environmental challenges was the most effective breeding strategy when the adaptive trait was given greater weight in the determination of the total breeding value than the production trait.
Varaktighet
1.1.2015–31.3.2018
Partners
Cardiff University, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Piazenca, Italy), University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Parco Tecnologico Padano (Lodi, Italy), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble, France)