Back to profile Contact person for... - dr. MFL (Martijn) Derks News Improving animal welfare through understanding the genetics of behaviour 17 december 2024 | Martijn Derks and Pascal Duenk of the Animal Breeding and Genomics group (ABG) have been awarded a grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) under... A new turkey genome sequence 3 augustus 2023 | Scientists from Wageningen University & Research, Animal Breeding and Genomics (WUR-ABG) and Hendrix Genetics (Hybrid Turkeys) have used a novel... Faster discovery of functional genetic variation in pigs 9 juni 2021 | Animal breeders have been very successful in improving the phenotypes (outward appearance) of animals, but knowledge about which genetic variants and... Balancing selection on a lethal deletion in pigs 20 september 2018 | Researchers from Animal Breeding and Genomics from Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and Topigs Norsvin studied a large genomic deletion,...