| Session 1: |
Sunday evening |
| Genetic architecture underlying quantitative trait differences |
| Chair: Margaret R. Dentine, University of Wisconsin - Madison |
- Ken Weber, University of Southern Maine
Large selection response with low fitness cost in large populations
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| Session 2: |
Monday morning |
| Relative importance of non-additive genetic variation |
| Chair: Claire Williams, Texas A&M |
- Anthony Long, University of CA, Davis
Mapping without crosses: Using linkage disequilibrium to dissect complex traits
- Albrecht Melchinger, University of Hohenheim
Accuracy and precision of results from QTL mapping experiments
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| Session 3: |
Monday evening |
| Maintaining genetic diversity |
| Chair: Hein Van der Steen |
- Poster Session
- Bruno Sobral, National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, NM
Systems approach to biological knowledge and hypothesis testing
- Poster speakers - vice-chair, Steve Knapp, Oregon State
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| Session 4: |
Tuesday morning |
| Statistical approaches and pitfalls |
| Chair: Zhao-Bang Zeng, North Carolina State University |
- Shizhong Xu, University of CA, Riverside
Genetic mapping of quantitative traits in multiallelic systems
- Mikko Silanpaa, University of Helsinki, Finland
Bayesian QTL mapping in inbred and outbred experimental designs and comparison to other mapping methods
- Sandra Rodriguez-Zas, University of IL
Comparison of Bayesian and other techniques for use in non-linear models of quantitative traits
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| Session 5: |
Tuesday evening |
| Using technology to detect quantitative genetic differences |
| Chair: Max Rothschild, Iowa State University |
- Poster Session
- Thomas Gingeras, Affymetrix
Detection of quantitative changes in mRNA expression of host cells during viral infections
- Poster speakers, vice-chair Steve Knapp
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| Session 6: |
Wednesday morning |
| Lessons from genome manipulations |
| Chair: Barbara McCutchan, Westvaco Corporation |
- Gavin Naylor, Iowa State University
The restless genotype-phenotype map: An exploration of genetic architechture and evolutionary opportunity in protein space
- Andreas Crameri, Maxygen, Santa Clara, CA
Directed evolution of enzymes and multi-enzyme pathways by DNA shuffling
- Ritsert Jansen, DLO-CPRP, Wageningen, Netherlands
Dissection of a synthesized quantitative trait to characterize transgene interactions
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| Session 7: |
Wednesday evening |
| Interpreting sequence variation |
| Chair: Tom Mitchell-Olds, Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology |
- Brandon Gaut, University of California, Irvine
Evolutionary genomics of maize
- Business meeting
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| Session 8: |
Thursday morning |
| Innovative strategies for quantitative trait applications |
| Chair: Johan van Arendonk, Wageningen Agricultural University |
- Frederic Hospital, Station de Genetique Vegetale, INRA, France
Evaluation of some marker-based strategies in plant breeding: lessons for genome representation in selection theory
- John Woolliams, Roslin Institute, Scotland
A unified theory of genetic gain and variance loss
- Jack Dekkers, Iowa State University
Optimizing selection on identified QTL
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| Session 9: |
Thursday evening |
| Integrating molecular and quantitative genetics |
| Moderator: Howie Smith, Pioneer Hybrid |
- Michel Georges, University of Liege
Towards MAS in dairy cattle: mapping and fine-mapping QTL affecting milk production.
- Industry panel presentations
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