Statistical modeling applied to quantitative genetics

• Grant number: 13/04906-4
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: June 09, 2013
• End date: July 06, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Probability and Statistics - Applied Probability and Statistics
• Principal Investigator: Clarice Garcia Borges Demétrio
• Grantee: Clarice Garcia Borges Demétrio
• Visiting researcher: Guilherme Jordão de Magalhães Rosa
• Visiting researcher institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), United States
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project is about collaboration on research projects related to the development and application of Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) tools to genetics and genomics problems, such as whole-genome prediction of phenotypic traits (Project I), and on structural equation models applied to the analysis of molecular markers information and gene mapping (Project II). Additional activities to be developed during the visit to ESALQ would include a graduate level course at LCE, seminars, and interaction with students interested in statistical genetics and genomics, as well as animal/plant breeding applications. (AU)