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Angus Foundation Funds Genomic Sequencing of Angus Sires Through University of Missouri

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:08:02 CDT

Angus Foundation Funds Genomic Sequencing of Angus Sires Through University of Missouri



At its September 2012 meeting, the Angus Foundation Board of Directors approved funding for a research project at the University of Missouri, Columbia, for genomic sequencing of Angus bulls. This sequencing is meant to enhance the understanding and genetic prediction of Angus cattle performance.


The $50,500 research study was recommended for funding to the Board by the American Angus Association Research Priorities Committee and will be awarded to the University of Missouri's Wurdack Chair of Animal Genomics and Curators' Professor of Genetics and Animal Sciences, Dr. Jerry Taylor.


Taylor says the Angus Foundation dollars will be used in tandem with funding provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA), to deep sequence the genomes of high-impact Angus bulls to identify variation in growth, carcass quality, feed intake, disease resistance and early embryonic loss.


"The funding will also support our development of an assay to generate genomic-enhanced EPDs and will include up to 6,000 of the variants detected in the sequencing project to test their effects on fertility in 10,000 genotyped heifers," Taylor adds. "The results will lead to improved EPDs for fertility and production traits in Angus cattle."


The Association will benefit from this research, as it will receive DNA sequence data on the bulls, and then obtain additional knowledge tied to a large reservoir of sequenced bulls internationally. Sequence data can be used to expand existing high-density 50K (HD 50K) DNA data at the University of Missouri into whole genome results, which in turn creates potential for advanced Angus selection tools at the Association.


Angus breeders currently have access to dependable GE-EPDs on a weekly basis through the Association's National Cattle Evaluation updates. Sally Northcutt, genetic research director for the Association and Angus Genetics Inc.®, says this research tied to Angus genetics creates new opportunities of improving accuracy in future EPDs, as well as allows for the expansion of selection tools into new traits, particularly in the area of reproduction.


"Our Angus genetics are known throughout the world for predictability and highly accurate decision tools, such as EPDs," Northcutt adds. "With this newly funded study, Angus breeders and bull buyers have a great deal to look forward to as this technology evolves."




   

 

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