Developing new breeding strategies to help Ruminants to adapt to climatic changes
RUMIGEN aims at improving bovine genomic selection using of three levers
Genetic
The genetic level aspires to enlarge the selection criteria, with for example environmental effects, biodiversity preservation, in order to increase animal resilience towards climatic changes.
Genomic
The genomic editing level will explore domains into which genome editing might be useful for Ruminants and will assess its potential impact onde novo mutation rate and its efficiency compare to other classical breeding schemes.
Epigenetic
The epigenetic level is aiming at developing an epigenetic microarray, determining methylation profile of DNA in various tissues and breeding conditions and at integrating these epigenotyping data to refine genomic selection equations.
RUMIGEN, coordinated by INRAE, involves 18 partners in 7 Member states plus Norway and United Kingdom
- Start date: 1st June 2021
- End date: 31st May 2026
- EU contribution: 6.998.851 €
- Project coordinator: Eric Pailhoux
Activity news
Save the Date: ATF-FEFAC-H2020 projects Stakeholder event – November 18th
ATF organises each year at least 2 events on a dedicated topic, to foster knowledge exchange and engage a dialogue with a large panel of European stakeholders from the European agri-food systems
RUMIGEN Press release – 12th October 2021 is now available!
RUMIGEN Press release – 12th October 2021 “RUMIGEN will explore the improvement of ruminant breeding through genomic and epigenomic approaches” is now available!
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