Multistate Research
Projects in Animal Breeding, Genetics & Genomics
CSREES' national program leader for
animal genetics, CSREES partners with scientists
in 12 states, in multistate research activities, to address the latest topics
and issues of animal genetics:
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CSREES provides leadership to the National
Animal Genome Research Program (NRSP-8),
which coordinates the U.S. genome mapping
efforts in cattle, sheep, swine, horse,
aquaculture, and poultry.
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CSREES participates in and provides leadership
to the multistate project Advanced
Technologies for the Genetics Improvement
of Poultry NC-(1008).
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CSREES participates in and provides leadership
to the multistate project Genetic
Selection and Crossbreeding to Enhance
Reproduction and Survival of Dairy Cattle
(S-1008), with goals to improve health,
survival, reproduction, and production
of dairy cattle.
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CSREES participates in the multistate
project dealing with the Genetic
and Functional Genomic Approaches to Improve
Production and Quality of Pork (NC-1004).
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CSREES participates in the multistate
project Interpreting
Cattle Genomic Data: Biology, Applications
and Outreach (NC-1010), which deals
with the genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics
aspects of cattle production.
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CSREES provides leadership to the multistate
project Genetic
Basis for Resistance and Immunity to Avian
Diseases (NE-1016). This project deals
predominantly with the influences of mhc
and non-mhc genes, environmental, dietary,
and physiological factors on immune system
and health of poultry.
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CSREES participates in and provides leadership
to the multistate project Genetic
Maps of Aquaculture Species (NE-186),
which focuses on the development of genetic
linkage maps and genes linked to the economically
important traits in important aquaculture
species.
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CSREES participates in and provides leadership
to the multistate project Factors Associated
with Genetic
and Phenotypic Variation in Poultry: Molecular
to Population (S-289), which examines
the genetic homeostasis and mechanisms
affecting performance in poultry.
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CSREES provides leadership to the multistate
project Genetic
(Co)Variance of Parasite Resistance, Temperament,
and Production Traits of Traditional and
Non-Bos indicus Tropically Adapted Breeds
(S-1013), which focuses on the genetic,
temperamental, economical, and health aspects
of beef breeds.
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CSREES provides leadership to the multistate
project Implementation
and Strategies for National Beef Cattle
Evaluation (NCR-199), which provides
a focal point for discussion and exchange
of information for the many disconnected
research activities—biological, statistical,
computational, economic—that support
National Cattle Evaluation.
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CSREES participates in the multistate
project The
Interface of Molecular and Quantitative
Genetics in Plants and Animal Breeding
(NCR-204), which examines methodologies,
molecular tools and their use in molecular
and quantitative genetics.
- CSREES works with a committee on Beef
Cattle Breeding in the Western Region
(WCC-1), which deals with several
educational, research, and cooperative
information exchange systems in beef
cattle breeding.
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