Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0347827

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0347827

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Identification of Traits and Function by Genomic Matching. Differences between individuals are largely inherited and therefore encoded within the DNA. The challenge is to develop practical means of detecting these differences irrespective of whether they are observable as a phenotype. Here we focus on livestock. For example, most Australian cattle are horned rather than polled. The inheritance is relatively simple but there is still no DNA test to detect the recessive horning gene. The genomic matching technique is an in-house patented procedure for identifying such DNA differences. If successful, our test will assist industry to eliminate horning and thereby painful dehorning whilst reducing damage to workers and product.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 28-04-2003

End Date: 27-04-2006

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $90,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Quantitative Genetics | Diagnostic Applications | Genome Structure | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Injury control | Beef cattle | Meat products |

Other Keywords

Beef cattle | Diagnostic Applications | Genetics | Genome Structure | Injury control | Meat products | Quantitative Genetics

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