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        RESEARCH

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current research projects:

• Calculation of yield deviations and their accuracies for the Polish dairy cattle population, release: 02.2008 (description in Polish)
investigators: J.Szyda, T. Strabel

• Prediction of breeding values of dairy cattle based on SNP microarrays,
investigators: J.Szyda, S. Kaminski, A. Zarnecki, T. Suchocki, K. Zukowski
 
• Modelling SNP effects as variable in time,
investigators: J. Szyda, J. Komisarek, T. Suchocki
 
• The effect of selected candidate genes on functional longevity of dairy cattle,
investigators: J.Szyda, M. Morek-Kopec, J. Komisarek, A. Zarnecki
 
• Application of mixed models to the expression microarray data for the identification of genes responsible for the intramuscular fat content in pigs,
investigators: J.Szyda, I. Wideroe, P. Biecek, E. Grindflek, S. Lien

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grants:

• The application of bioinformatic tools for modelling genetic epistasis in chicken and pig genomes, 2008-2011, Funded by The Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education,

• The developement of the statistical meethodology for application of SNP microarray technology in genetic evaluation of dairy cattle, 2009-2012, Funded by Bydgoszcz Animal Breeding and Insemination Station,

• SNP tagging based on SNP microarray data, 2009-2011, Funded by The Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education,

• Fine mapping of the QTL on BTA6 was variable in time using random regression models, 2009-2011, Funded by The Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education,