Program:
MORNING SESSION
Welcome and general introduction (10 mins)
- Dave Burt and Martien Groenen.
Genetic Linkage Mapping (60 mins)
- Status of the international chicken reference maps (Nat Bumstead).
- Wageningen chicken genetic linkage map (Martien Groenen).
- Turkey genetic linkage map (Jan van der Poel, Ed Smith).
COFFEE
Physical Mapping (60 mins)
- Physical mapping of the chicken genome (Ruedi Fries).
- Physical and genetic mapping of microchromosomes (Alain Vignal).
- Integration of the genetic and physical maps (Abel Ponce de Leon).
Radiation Hybrid Mapping (15 mins)
- Whole Genome Radiation Hybrids: a chicken mapping resource (Dave Burt).
Large insert libraries (15 mins)
- Chicken large insert library resources (Nat Bumstead).
LUNCH
AFTERNOON SESSION
Mapping Expressed Sequences (45 mins)
- Mapping expressed sequences (Carolien Spira).
- From Sequence to Function (Andy Law).
Bioinformatics & Genome Databases (30 mins)
- Chicken genome database & Comparative gene mapping (Dave Burt).
COFFEE
Mapping quantitative trait loci (60 mins)
- Disease resistance: Leghorn x Leghorn cross (Nat Bumstead).
- Production traits: Broiler x Layer cross (Paul Hocking).
- Production traits: Broiler x Broiler cross (Richard Crooijmans, Jossi Hillel).
New Proposals and Further Recommendations (30 mins)
Nominations for the Standing Committee (10 mins)
Registration :
Contact ISAG@biotec.jouy.inra.fr for conference registration details.
Conference office address:
Congrès ISAG
Centre de Recherche INRA
78352, Jouy-en-Josas Cedex
France
Tel: (33 1) 34 65 27 19
Fax: (33 1) 34 65 26 79
Deadline for Abstracts: n/a
Email for Requests and Registration: Dave.Burt@bbsrc.ac.uk