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Animal breeding

Our department is specialized in carrying out research and knowledge transfer activities to optimize genetic improvement programs in livestock and aquaculture species and conservation of native breeds.

MARÍA MUÑOZ MUÑOZ

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Ctra. de La Coruña, km 7,5, 28040 Madrid

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The main activities of our department are focused on the genetic improvement of livestock and aquaculture species and the conservation of native Spanish breeds. For these goals, we combine our experience in classical quantitative genetics with the latest genome analysis technologies.

In particular, the new -omics technologies, which include high-throughput genotyping, gene expression, massive sequencing and metabolome platforms, generate information that allows a much more detailed and accurate analysis of the genetic and metabolic basis of those traits that are important to improve or to conserve.

Productivity, efficiency, animal welfare and resilience to climate change and diseases are key characteristics for the sector, representing the basis of our research.

Molecular biology labs are available at the department, as well as access to supercomputing resources. The department has the facilities and animals conserved at “El Encín" farm (Alcalá de Henares) and the Center for Research and Development on Iberian Pig (Zafra). Besides, INIA also owns the Iberian pig herd maintained at the farm “Dehesón del Encinar" (Oropesa, Toledo).

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Research

Our research lines are grouped into four thematic areas, which include:

Quantitative genetics of complex traits. Study of the genetic basis of complex traits of interest in animal production, through the development and application of analysis, prediction and modelling methods.
Genetics of conservation. Design and implementation of programs to maintain genetic variability and control the increase in inbreeding.
Functional genomics. Study of the mechanisms of gene regulation involved in the development, production and adaptation of animals.
Metagenomics. Improvement of production efficiency based on the study of the host's microbiota.

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Research lines:
- Optimization of the design and management of breeding and conservation programs, combining classical quantitative genetic tools with molecular information.
- Incorporation of new traits to animal genetic improvement schemes.
- Genetic mapping and detection of QTL and candidate genes for productive, reproductive and adaptive and resilience traits.
- Patterns of gene expression related to phenotypic, genetic or environmental characteristics.
- Development of statistical methodology for genomic evaluation and its application in livestock and aquaculture.
- Nutritional genomics: Interactions between diet, gene expression, genotype and phenotype.
- Traceability of racial origin.
- Control of inbreeding and of the loss of genetic variability in selection and conservation programs.
- Production of eggs of quality in indigenous breeds of chickens as an alternative to industrial production.
- Identification of indicators of animal welfare and stress tolerance.
- Theoretical and practical evaluation of the consequences of selection for productive traits on animal fitness and welfare.
- Relationship of the microbiota with productive aspects and environmental sustainability.

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Research Group

Design and management of selection and conservation programmes
Quality, sustainability and nutrigenomics in swine production
Productive efficiency of autochthonous breeds of monogastrics
Omic techniques for the genetic improvement of ruminant species

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Instalations

The department has five molecular biology laboratories with equipment for extraction and quantification of nucleic acids, PCR and quantitative PCR and long-read sequencers with Nanopore technology. Given the huge amount of genomic data generated in our projects, we have access to resources for bioinformatic analysis through the Center for Supercomputing of Galicia (CESGA). The facilities linked to the department include “El Encín" Poultry Farm (Alcalá de Henares), where birds of native breeds are raised and maintained, and the Center for Research and Development in Iberian Pig (Zafra), where we develop tasks related with genetic improvement, food quality, traceability and determination of the breed origin in this pig breed.

El Encín Poultry Farm

Conservation and genetic study of traditional Spanish chicken breeds.

National Center for Research and Development of the Iberian Pig Genetic improvement of Iberian pig breed with special attention to meat quality.

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- Varona L; González-Recio O; (2023)
  Invited review: Recursive models in animal breeding: Interpretation;limitations;and extensions
  Journal of Dairy Science
  DOI: 10.3168/jds.2022-22578
- Lakhssassi K; Sarto M.P; Lahoz B; Alabart J.L; Folch J; Serrano M; Calvo J.H; (2023)
  Blood transcriptome of Rasa Aragonesa rams with different sexual behavior phenotype reveals CRYL1 and SORCS2 as genes associated with this trait
  Journal of Animal Science
  DOI: 10.1093/jas/skad098
- Reinoso-Peláez E.L; Saura M; González-Recio Ó; González C; Fernández A; Peiro-Pastor R; López-García A; Saborío-Montero A; Calvo J.H; Ramón M; Serrano M; (2023)
  Impact of oestrus synchronization devices on ewes vaginal microbiota and artificial insemination outcome
  Frontiers in Microbiology | 14
  DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1063807
- Soumri N; Carabaño M.J; González-Recio O; Bedhiaf-Romdhani S; (2023)
  Random regression models to estimate genetic parameters for milk yield;fat;and protein contents in Tunisian Holsteins
  Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
  DOI: 10.1111/jbg.12770
- Lakhssassi K; Sarto M.P; Marín B; Lahoz B; Folch J; Alabart J.L; Serrano M; Calvo J.H; (2023)
  Exploring differentially expressed genes in hypothalamic;pars tuberalis and pineal gland transcriptomes in different sexual behavior phenotypes in rams using RNA-Seq
  Journal of Animal Science
  DOI: 10.1093/jas/skac365
- González-Recio O.; Martínez-Álvaro M.; Tiezzi F.; Saborío-Montero A.; Maltecca C.; Roehe R; (2023)
  Invited review: Novel methods and perspectives for modulating the rumen microbiome through selective breeding as a means to improve complex traits: Implications for methane emissions in cattle
  Livestock Science
  DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2023.105171
- Shin H.S.; Montachana Chimborazo M.E.; Escobar Rivas J.M.; Lorenzo-Felipe Á.; Martínez Soler M.; Zamorano Serrano M.J.; Fernández Martín J.; Ramírez Artiles J.S.; Peñate Sánchez A.; Lorenzo Navarro J.; Intriago Díaz W.; Torres R.; Reyes Abad E.; Afonso López J.M; (2023)
  Genetic parameters for growth and morphological traits of the Pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei from a selective breeding programme in the industrial sector of Ecuador
  Aquaculture Reports
  DOI: 10.1016/j.aqrep.2023.101649
- Morales-González E.; Villanueva B.; Toro M.Á.; Fernández J; (2023)
  Maintenance of genetic diversity in subdivided populations using genomic coancestry matrices
  Molecular Ecology Resources
  DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13781
- Carabaño M.J; Díaz C; Ramón M; (2022)
  Assessing heat tolerance through productive vs physiological indicators. Data from dairy sheep under on-farm conditions
  Animal
  DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2022.100662
- Saborío-Montero A; Gutiérrez-Rivas M; Goiri I; Atxaerandio R; García-Rodriguez A; López-Paredes J; Jiménez-Montero J.A; González-Recio O; (2022)
  Rumen eukaryotes are the main phenotypic risk factors for larger methane emissions in dairy cattle;
  Livestock Science
  DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2022.105023
- Bartolomé E; Valera M; Fernández J; Rodríguez-Ramilo S.T; (2022)
  Effects of Selection on Breed Contribution in the Caballo de Deporte Español
  Animals
  DOI: 10.3390/ani12131635
- Villanueva B; Fernández A; Peiró-Pastor R; Peñaloza C; Houston R.D; Sonesson A.K; Tsigenopoulos C.S; Bargelloni L; Gamsız K; Karahan B; Gökçek E.Ö; Fernández J; Saura M; (2022)
  Population structure and genetic variability in wild and farmed Mediterranean populations of gilthead seabream and European seabass inferred from a 60K combined species SNP array
  Aquaculture Reports
  DOI: 10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101145
- Atoui A; Najari S; Díaz C; Abdennebi M; Carabaño M.J; (2022)
  On the modelling of weights of kids to enhance growth in a local goat population under Tunisian arid conditions: the maternal effects
  Tropical Animal Health and Production
  DOI: 10.1007/s11250-022-03173-z
- Negussie E; González-Recio O; Battagin M; Bayat A.-R; Boland T; de Haas Y; Garcia-Rodriguez A; Garnsworthy P.C; Gengler N; Kreuzer M; Kuhla B; Lassen J; Peiren N; Pszczola M; Schwarm A; Soyeurt H; Vanlierde A; Yan T; Biscarini F; (2022)
  Integrating heterogeneous across-country data for proxy-based random forest prediction of enteric methane in dairy cattle
  Journal of Dairy Science
  DOI: 10.3168/jds.2021-20158
- García-Ballesteros S; Fernández J; Kause A; Villanueva B; (2022)
  Predicted genetic gain for carcass yield in rainbow trout from indirect and genomic selection
  Aquaculture
  DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738119
- Canive M; Badia-Bringué G; Vázquez P; Garrido J.M; Juste R.A; Fernandez A; González-Recio O; Alonso-Hearn M; (2022)
  A Genome-Wide Association Study for Tolerance to Paratuberculosis Identifies Candidate Genes Involved in DNA Packaging;DNA Damage Repair;Innate Immunity;and Pathogen Persistence
  Frontiers in Immunology
  DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.820965
- Kleinman-Ruiz D; Lucena-Perez M; Villanueva B; Fernández J; Saveljev A.P; Ratkiewicz M; Schmidt K; Galtier N; García-Dorado A; Godoy J.A; (2022)
  Purging of deleterious burden in the endangered Iberian lynx
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2110614119
- Urena I; Gonzalez C; Ramon M; Godia M; Clop A; Calvo J.H; Carabano M.J; Serrano M; (2022)
  Exploring the ovine sperm transcriptome by RNAseq techniques. I Effect of seasonal conditions on transcripts abundance
  PLoS ONE
  DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264978
- Reinoso-Peláez E.L; Gianola D; González-Recio O; (2022)
  Genome-Enabled Prediction Methods Based on Machine Learning
  Methods in Molecular Biology
  DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2205-6_7
- Lopez-Garcia A; Saborio-Montero A; Gutierrez-Rivas M; Atxaerandio R; Goiri I; Garcia-Rodriguez A; Jimenez-Montero J.A; Gonzalez C; Tamames J; Puente-Sanchez F; Serrano M; Carrasco R; Ovilo C; Gonzalez-Recio O; (2022)
  Fungal and ciliate protozoa are the main rumen microbes associated with methane emissions in dairy cattle
  GigaScience
  DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giab088
- Lakhssassi K; Ureña I; Marín B; Sarto M.P; Lahoz B; Alabart J.L; Calvo J.H; Serrano M; (2022)
  Characterization of the pars tuberalis and hypothalamus transcriptome in female sheep under different reproductive stages
  Animal Biotechnology
  DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2022.2155174
- Caballero, A., Fernández, A., Villanueva, B., Toro, M.A. (2022)
  A comparison of marker-based estimators of inbreeding and inbreeding depression
  Genetics Selection Evolution | 54
  DOI: 10.1186/s12711-022-00772-0
- Heras‐molina, A., Pesántez‐pacheco, J.L., Garcia‐Contreras, C., Vázquez-Gómez, M., López, A., Benítez, R., Núñez, Y., Astiz, S., Óvilo, C., Isabel, B., González‐bulnes, A. (2021)
  A. Maternal supplementation with polyphenols and omega‐3 fatty acids during pregnancy: Prenatal effects on growth and metabolism
  Animals | 11
  DOI: 10.3390/ani11061699
- Vázquez-Gómez, M., García-Contreras, C., Astiz, S., Torres-Rovira, L, Pesantez-Pacheco, J.L., Heras-Molina, A., Castro Madrigal, T., López-Bote, C., Óvilo, C., González-Bulnes, A., Isabel, B. (2021)
  Effects of L-glutamine supplementation during the gestation of gilts and sows on the offspring development in a traditional swine breed
  Animals | 11
  DOI: 10.3390/ani11030903
- Canive M; Badia-Bringué G; Vázquez P; González-Recio O; Fernández A; Garrido J.M; Juste R.A; Alonso-Hearn M; (2021)
  Identification of loci associated with pathological outcomes in Holstein cattle infected with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis using whole-genome sequence data
  Scientific Reports
  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-99672-4
- Mínguez J.J; El Bouyafrouri Y; Godoy J.A; Rivas A; Fernández J; Asensio V; Serra R; Perez-Aspa M.J; Lorenzo V; (2021)
  Benign juvenile idiopathic epilepsy in captive Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) in the ex situ conservation program (2005–2019)
  BMC Veterinary Research
  DOI: 10.1186/s12917-021-02868-z
- López M.G; Chiner-Oms Á; García de Viedma D; Ruiz-Rodriguez P; Bracho M.A; Cancino-Muñoz I; D’Auria G; de Marco G; García-González N; Goig G.A; Gómez-Navarro I; Jiménez-Serrano S; Martinez-Priego L; Ruiz-Hueso P; Ruiz-Roldán L; Torres-Puente M; Alberola J; Albert E; Aranzamendi Zaldumbide M; Bea-Escudero M.P; Boga J.A; Bordoy A.E; Canut-Blasco A; Carvajal A; Cilla Eguiluz G; Cordón Rodríguez M.L; Costa-Alcalde J.J; de Toro M; de Toro Peinado I; del Pozo J.L; Duchêne S; Fernández-Pinero J; Fuster Escrivá B; Gimeno Cardona C; González Galán V; Gonzalo Jiménez N; Hernáez Crespo S; Herranz M; Lepe J.A; López-Causapé C; López-Hontangas J.L; Martín V; Martró E; Milagro Beamonte A; Montes Ros M; Moreno-Muñoz R; Navarro D; Navarro-Marí J.M; Not A; Oliver A; Palop-Borrás B; Parra Grande M; Pedrosa-Corral I; Pérez González M.C; Pérez-Lago L; Pérez-Ruiz M; Piñeiro Vázquez L; Rabella N; Rezusta A; Robles Fonseca L; Rodríguez-Villodres Á; Sanbonmatsu-Gámez S; Sicilia J; Soriano A; Tirado Balaguer M.D; Torres I; Tristancho A; Marimón J.M; Torres-Puente M; Pérez-Tur J; García de Viedma D; Catalán-Alonso P; Suárez González J; Muñoz P; Ruiz-Rodríguez P; Martínez Priego L; Galán-Vendrell I; De Marco G; Ferrús-Abad M.L; Carbó-Ramírez S; Nogueira J.M; Camarena J.J; Navarro D; Martínez Expósito Ó; Antona Urieta N; de Toro M; Castelló-Abietar C; Rojo-Alba S; Álvarez-Argüelles M.E; Melón S; Antuori A; Fernández-Navarro A; Lecaroz Agara M.C; Gómez-González C; Aguirre-Quiñonero A; López-Mirones J.I; Fernández-Torres M; Almela-Ferrer M.R; Fregeneda-Grandes J.M; Argüello H; Sorarrain A; Trastoy R; Barbeito Castiñeiras G; Coira A; Pérez del Molino M.L; Aguilera A; de Toro Peinado I; Mediavilla Gradolph M.C; Fernández-Alonso M; del Pozo J.L; González-Recio O; Gutiérrez-Rivas M; Jiménez Clavero M.Á; Ocete Mochón M.D; Medina-Gonzalez R; Reina J; Gómez-Ruiz M.D; Gonzalez-Barbera E.M; Molina A.J; Fernandez-Villa T; Martínez-Cameo N.F; Gracia-Grataloup Y; Tirado Balaguer M.D; Gómez Alonso B; Arjona Zaragozí F.J; Chamizo López F.J; Bordes-Benítez A; Rabella N; Navarro F; Miró E; Simarro Córdoba E; Lozano-Serra J; Soriano Á; Roig Sena F.J; Vanaclocha Luna H; Sanmartín I; García-Souto D; Pequeño-Valtierra A; Tubio J.M.C; Temes J; Rodríguez-Castro J; Santamarina García M; Rodríguez-Iglesias M; Galán-Sanchez F; Rodríguez-Pallares S; Azcona-Gutiérrez J.M; Blasco-Alberdi M; Mayor A; García-Basteiro A.L; Moncunill G; Dobaño C; Cisteró P; Mitjà O; González-Beiras C; Vall-Mayans M; Corbacho-Monné M; Alemany A; Muñoz-Cuevas C; Rodríguez-Rodríguez G; Benito R; Algarate S; Bueno J; Vergara-Gómez A; Martínez M.J; Vila J; Rubio E; Peiró-Mestres A; Navero-Castillejos J; Posada D; Valverde D; Estévez N; Fernández-Silva I; de Chiara L; Gallego-García P; Varela N; Gómez-Pinedo U; Gozalo-Margüello M; Cano García M.E; Méndez-Legaza J.M; Rodríguez-Lozano J; Siller M; Pablo-Marcos D; Ruiz-García M.M; Galiana A; Sánchez-Almendro J; Gascón Ros M.I; Torregrosa-Hetland C.J; Pastor Boix E.M; Cascales Ramos P; Garcinuño Enríquez P.L; Raga Borja S; González Cantó J; Martínez Macias O; de Salazar A; Viñuela González L; Chueca N; García F; Gómez-Camarasa C; Farga Martí A; Falcón R; Domínguez-Márquez V; Planas A.M; Fernández-Cádenas I; Marcos M.Á; Ezpeleta C; Navascués A; Miqueleiz Zapatero A; Segovia M; Moreno-Docón A; Viedma E; Recio Martínez R; Muñoz-Gallego I; Gonzalez-Bodi S; Folgueira M.D; Mingorance J; Dahdouh E; Lázaro-Perona F; Rodríguez-Tejedor M; Romero-Gómez M.P; García-Rodríguez J; Galán J.C; Rodríguez-Dominguez M; Martínez-García L; Abreu Di Berardino M; Ponce-Alonso M; González-Alba J.M; Sanz-Muñoz I; Pérez San José D; Gil Fortuño M; Bellido-Blasco J.B; Yagüe Muñoz A; Hernández Pérez N; Buj Jordá H; Pérez Olaso Ó; González Praetorius A; Martínez Ramírez N.M; Ramírez Marinero A; Padilla León E; Vilas Basil A; Canal Aranda M; Bernet Sánchez A; Bellés Bellés A; López González E; Prats Sánchez I; García-González M; Martínez-Lirola M.J; Rodríguez Maresca M.Á; Cabezas Fernández M.T; Carrillo Gil M.E; Ventero Martín M.P; Molina Pardines C; Orta Mira N; Navarro Cots M; Vidal Catalá I; García Nava I; Illescas Fernández-Bermejo S; Martínez-Alarcón J; Torres-Narbona M; Colmenarejo C; García-Agudo L; Pérez García J.A; Yago López M; Goberna Bravo M.Á; Simón García V; Llop Furquet G; Iranzo Tatay A; Moreno-Marro S; Lozano Rodríguez N; Broseta Tamarit A; Badiola Díez J.J; Martínez-Ramírez A; Dopazo A; Callejas S; Benguría A; Aguado B; Alcamí A; Bermejo Bermejo M; Ramos-Ruíz R; Fernández Soria V.M; Simón Soria F; Roig Cardells M; Coscolla M; González-Candelas F; Comas I; SeqCOVID-Spain consortium (2021)
  The first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in Spain was associated with early introductions and fast spread of a dominating genetic variant
  Nature Genetics
  DOI: 10.1038/s41588-021-00936-6
- Canive M; González-Recio O; Fernández A; Vázquez P; Badia-Bringué G; Lavín J.L; Garrido J.M; Juste R.A; Alonso-Hearn M; (2021)
  Identification of loci associated with susceptibility to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in Holstein cattle using combinations of diagnostic tests and imputed whole-genome sequence data
  PLoS ONE
  DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256091
- Saborío-Montero A; Gutiérrez-Rivas M; López-García A; García-Rodríguez A; Atxaerandio R; Goiri I; Jiménez-Montero J.A; González-Recio O; (2021)
  Holobiont effect accounts for more methane emission variance than the additive and microbiome effects on dairy cattle
  Livestock Science
  DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2021.104538
- Hodcroft E.B; Zuber M; Nadeau S; Vaughan T.G; Crawford K.H.D; Althaus C.L; Reichmuth M.L; Bowen J.E; Walls A.C; Corti D; Bloom J.D; Veesler D; Mateo D; Hernando A; Comas I; González-Candelas F; González-Candelas F; Goig G.A; Chiner-Oms Á; Cancino-Muñoz I; López M.G; Torres-Puente M; Gomez-Navarro I; Jiménez-Serrano S; Ruiz-Roldán L; Bracho M.A; García-González N; Martínez-Priego L; Galán-Vendrell I; Ruiz-Hueso P; De Marco G; Ferrús M.L; Carbó-Ramírez S; D’Auria G; Coscollá M; Ruiz-Rodríguez P; Roig-Sena F.J; Sanmartín I; Garcia-Souto D; Pequeno-Valtierra A; Tubio J.M.C; Rodríguez-Castro J; Rabella N; Navarro F; Miró E; Rodríguez-Iglesias M; Galán-Sanchez F; Rodriguez-Pallares S; de Toro M; Escudero M.B; Azcona-Gutiérrez J.M; Alberdi M.B; Mayor A; García-Basteiro A.L; Moncunill G; Dobaño C; Cisteró P; García-de-Viedma D; Pérez-Lago L; Herranz M; Sicilia J; Catalán-Alonso P; Muñoz P; Muñoz-Cuevas C; Rodríguez-Rodríguez G; Alberola-Enguidanos J; Nogueira J.M; Camarena J.J; Rezusta A; Tristancho-Baró A; Milagro A; Martínez-Cameo N.F; Gracia-Grataloup Y; Martró E; Bordoy A.E; Not A; Antuori-Torres A; Benito R; Algarate S; Bueno J; del Pozo J.L; Boga J.A; Castelló-Abietar C; Rojo-Alba S; Alvarez-Argüelles M.E; Melon S; Aranzamendi-Zaldumbide M; Vergara-Gómez A; Fernández-Pinero J; Martínez M.J; Vila J; Rubio E; Peiró-Mestres A; Navero-Castillejos J; Posada D; Valverde D; Estévez-Gómez N; Fernandez-Silva I; de Chiara L; Gallego-García P; Varela N; Moreno R; Tirado M.D; Gomez-Pinedo U; Gozalo-Margüello M; Eliecer-Cano M; Méndez-Legaza J.M; Rodríguez-Lozano J; Siller M; Pablo-Marcos D; Oliver A; Reina J; López-Causapé C; Canut-Blasco A; Hernáez-Crespo S; Cordón M.L.A; Lecároz-Agara M.-C; Gómez-González C; Aguirre-Quiñonero A; López-Mirones J.I; Fernández-Torres M; Almela-Ferrer M.R; Gonzalo-Jiménez N; Ruiz-García M.M; Galiana A; Sanchez-Almendro J; Cilla G; Montes M; Piñeiro L; Sorarrain A; Marimón J.M; Gomez-Ruiz M.D; López-Hontangas J.L; González Barberá E.M; Navarro-Marí J.M; Pedrosa-Corral I; Sanbonmatsu-Gámez S; Pérez-González C; Chamizo-López F; Bordes-Benítez A; Navarro D; Albert E; Torres I; Gascón I; Torregrosa-Hetland C.J; Pastor-Boix E; Cascales-Ramos P; Fuster-Escrivá B; Gimeno-Cardona C; Ocete M.D; Medina-Gonzalez R; González-Cantó J; Martínez-Macias O; Palop-Borrás B; de Toro I; Mediavilla-Gradolph M.C; Pérez-Ruiz M; González-Recio Ó; Gutiérrez-Rivas M; Simarro-Córdoba E; Lozano-Serra J; Robles-Fonseca L; de Salazar A; Viñuela-González L; Chueca N; García F; Gómez-Camarasa C; Carvajal A; de la Puente R; Martín-Sánchez V; Fregeneda-Grandes J.-M; Molina A.J; Argüello H; Fernández-Villa T; Farga-Martí M.A; Domínguez-Márquez V; Costa-Alcalde J.J; Trastoy R; Barbeito-Castiñeiras G; Coira A; Pérez-del-Molino M.L; Aguilera A; Planas A.M; Soriano A; Fernandez-Cádenas I; Pérez-Tur J; Marcos M.Á; Moreno-Docón A; Viedma E; Mingorance J; Galán-Montemayor J.C; Parra-Grande M; Stadler T; Neher R.A; SeqCOVID-SPAIN consortium (2021)
  Spread of a SARS-CoV-2 variant through Europe in the summer of 2020
  Nature
  DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03677-y
- Carabaño M.J; Pineda-Quiroga C; Ugarte E; Díaz C; Ramón M; (2021)
  Genetic basis of thermotolerance in 2 local dairy sheep populations in the Iberian Peninsula
  Journal of Dairy Science
  DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-19503
- González-Recio O; Gutiérrez-Rivas M; Peiró-Pastor R; Aguilera-Sepúlveda P; Cano-Gómez C; Jiménez-Clavero M.Á; Fernández-Pinero J; (2021)
  Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 genome using different nanopore chemistries
  Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11250-w
- Tsartsianidou, V., Kapsona, V.V., Sánchez-Molano, E., Basdagianni, Z., Carabaño, M.J., Chatziplis, D., Arsenos, G., Triantafyllidis, A., Banos, G. (2021)
  Understanding the seasonality of performance resilience to climate volatility in Mediterranean dairy sheep
  Scientific Reports | 11
  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81461-8
- Carabaño MJ, Pineda-Quiroga C, Ugarte E, Diaz C, Ramon M (2021)
  Genetic basis of thermotolerance in two local dairy sheep populations in the Iberian Peninsula.
  Journal of Dairy Science | 104 : 5755-5767
  DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-1950
- Fernández J, Villanueva B, Toro MA (2021)
  Optimum mating designs for exploiting dominance in genomic selection schemes for aquaculture species
  Genetics Selection Evolution | 53
  DOI: 10.1186/s12711-021-00610-9
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  The value of genomic relationship matrices for estimating inbreeding
  Genetics Selection Evolution | 53
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  Changes in allele frequencies when different genomic coancestry matrices are used for maintaining genetic diversity
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  Benign juvenile focal epilepsy in captive Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) in the ex situ conservation program (2005-2019)
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- López-García A, Benítez R, Núñez Y, Gómez-Izquierdo E, de Mercado E, García-Casco J, González-Recio O, López-Bote C, Estellé J and Óvilo C. (2021)
  Influence of genetic background and dietary oleic acid on gut microbiota composition in Duroc and Iberian pigs
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  Use of NIRS for the assessment of meat quality traits in open-air free-range Iberian pigs
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  A method to estimate effective population size from linkage disequilibrium when generations overlap
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  Runs of homozygosity provide a genome landscape picture of inbreeding and genetic history of European autochthonous and commercial pig breeds
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  Muscle Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Molecular Pathways Related to Oxidative Phosphorylation, Antioxidant Defense, Fatness and Growth in Mangalitsa and Moravka Pigs
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  Describing variability in pig genes involved in coronavirus infections for a One Health perspective in conservation of animal genetic resources
  Scientific reports | 11 : 1-14
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  Transcriptomic profiling of skeletal muscle reveals candidate genes influencing muscle growth and associated lipid composition on Portuguese local pig breeds
  Animals | 11
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- WM Rauw, JCM Dekkers, L Gomez-Raya (2021)
  Improving animal welfare using genetic and genomic tools
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  Vector space algebra for scaling and centering relationship matrices under non-Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium conditions
  Genetics Selection Evolution | 53
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- WM Rauw, L Gomez-Raya, M Martín Pedrosa, MA Sanz Calvo, E de Mercado de la Peña, JJ Ciruelos, E Gómez Izquierdo (2021)
  Replacing soybean meal with Narbon vetch (Vicia narbonensis L.) in pig diets: composition of subcutaneous fat and fresh loin, and sensory attributes of dry-cured product
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  Birchen and Blue Leonesa sperm cryopreservation: a new technique for evaluating the integrity of cockerel sperm membranes
  British Poultry Science
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  Research Note: Evaluation of two methods for adding cryoprotectant to semen and effects of bovine serum albumin on quality characteristics of cryopreserved rooster spermatozoa
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  Breeding Strategies for Weather Resilience in Small Ruminants in Atlantic and Mediterranean Climate
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  Measuring farmers’ attitude towards breeding tools, the Livestock Breeding Attitudinal Scale
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  Detection of Genomic Regions with Pleiotropic Effects for Growth and Carcass Quality Traits in the Rubia Gallega Cattle Breed
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  Genome-Wide Association Study Demonstrates the Role Played by the CD226 Gene in Rasa Aragonesa Sheep Reproductive Seasonality
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  Genome-Wide Association Studies of Somatic Cell Count in the Assaf Breed
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- Alejandro Saborío-Montero, Adrían López-García, Mónica Gutiérrez-Rivas, Raquel Atxaerandio, Idoia Goiri, Aser García-Rodriguez, José A. Jiménez-Montero, Carmen González, Javier Tamames, Fernando Puente-Sánchez, Luis Varona, Magdalena Serrano, Cristina Ovilo, Oscar González-Recio (2021)
  A dimensional reduction approach to modulate the core ruminal microbiome associated with methane emissions via selective breeding
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  Proteomic analysis of F1 hybrids and intermediate variants in a Littorina saxatilis hybrid zone
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  Benefits of genomic evaluation in aquaculture breeding programs with separate rearing of families
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  Genetic parameters for uniformity of harvest weight in Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)
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  Estimates of recent and historical effective population size in turbot, seabream, seabass and carp selective breeding programmes
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  Author Correction: Identification of loci associated with pathological outcomes in Holstein cattle infected with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis using whole-genome sequence data (Scientific Reports, (2021), 11, 1, (20177), 10.1038/s41598-021-9
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  A new allele in the BMP15 gene (FecXRA) that affects prolificacy co-segregates with FecXR and FecXGR in Rasa aragonesa sheep
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  Effect of supplementation of valine to chicken extender on sperm cryoresistance and post-thaw fertilization capacity
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  Author Correction: Whole rumen metagenome sequencing allows classifying and predicting feed efficiency and intake levels in cattle (Scientific Reports, (2019), 9, 1, (11), 10.1038/s41598-018-36673-w)
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  Genetic parameters of somatic cell scores using random regression test-day models with Legendre polynomials in Tunisian dairy cattle
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  Networks of inbreeding coefficients in a selected population of rabbits
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  Development of a 64 SNV panel for authentication of genetic origin in Iberian pigs and their derived meat products
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  Influence of the ovine genital tract microbiota on the species artificial insemination outcome. A pilot study in commercial sheep farms
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  Mitigation of greenhouse gases in dairy cattle via genetic selection: 2. Incorporating methane emissions into the breeding goal
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  Mitigation of greenhouse gases in dairy cattle via genetic selection: 1. Genetic parameters of direct methane using noninvasive methods and proxies of methane
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  The concept of effective population size loses its meaning in the context of optimal management of diversity using molecular markers
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  Genetic analysis of live weight of local kids to promote genetic evaluations in the arid areas of Tunisia
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  Evaluating different genomic coancestry matrices for managing genetic variability in turbot
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  The lepr gene is associated with reproductive seasonality traits in rasa aragonesa sheep
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  On the estimation of inbreeding depression using different measures of inbreeding from molecular markers
  Evolutionary Applications | 14 : 1-13
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  Impact of conservation measures on demography and genetic variability of livestock breeds
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  Structural equation models to disentangle the biological relationship between microbiota and complex traits: Methane production in dairy cattle as a case of study
  Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics | 137 : 36-48
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  Coancestry rate's estimate of effective population size for genetic variability monitoring
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  Discriminant analysis using fatty acids profile, stable carbon isotopes and tocopherols content as tool for feeding system prediction in Iberian pigs
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  Impact of genetic type, body weight and sex on the prenatal muscle transcriptome of Iberian pigs
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- Fernández-Barroso, M.Á.; Caraballo, C.; Silió, L.; Rodríguez, C.; Nuñez, Y.; Sánchez-Esquiliche, F.; Matos, G.; García-Casco, J.M.; Muñoz, M. (2020)
  Differences in the Loin Tenderness of Iberian Pigs Explained through Dissimilarities in Their Transcriptome Expression Profile
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  Genetic parameter estimation and gene association analyses for meat quality traits in open‐air free‐range Iberian pigs
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- Ortiz, A., Parrini, S., Tejerina, D., de Araújo, J.P.P., Candek-Potokar, M., Crovetti, A., Garcia-Casco, J.M, González, J., Hernández-García, F. I., Karolyi, D., Margeta, V., Martins, J. M., Nieto, R., Petig, M., Razmaite, V., Sirtori, F., Lebret, B. & Bozzi, R. (2020)
  Potential use of near-infrared spectroscopy to predict fatty acid profile of meat from different European autochthonous pig breeds
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  Genome-wide detection of copy number variants in European autochthonous and commercial pig breeds by whole-genome sequencing of DNA pools identified breed-characterising copy number states
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  Whole-genome sequencing of European autochthonous and commercial pig breeds allows the detection of signatures of selection for adaptation of genetic resources to different breeding and production systems
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  Differential effects of litter size and within-litter birthweight on postnatal traits of fatty pigs
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  Comparative transcriptomic analysis of subcutaneous adipose tissue from local pig breeds
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  Impact of environmental temperature on production traits in pigs
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  Prospects for sustainability of pig production in relation to climate change and novel feed resources
  Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture | 100 : 3575-3586
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- E Gómez Izquierdo, L Gomez-Raya, E de Mercado de la Peña, JJ Ciruelos, WM Rauw (2020)
  Feed efficiency can be sustained in pigs fed with locally produced Narbon vetch (Vicia narbonensis L.)
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  Feed efficiency and loin meat quality in Iberian pigs
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  Prospects for the analysis and reduction of damaging behaviour in group-housed livestock, with application to pig breeding
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  Genome-wide association studies for sperm traits in Assaf sheep breed
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  Estimation of the genetic parameters for semen traits in Spanish dairy sheep
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  Genetic differences in host infectivity affect disease spread and survival in epidemics
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  Whole rumen metagenome sequencing allows classifying and predicting feed efficiency and intake levels in cattle
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Jesús Fernández
Carrying out the genetic management of a selection programme in the population of Penaeus vannamei in Nicaragua - Bajamar Séptima, Sociedad Anónima (Grupo Pescanova)
2015 - 2016
Jesús Fernández
Carrying out the genetic management of a selection programme in the population of Penaeus vannamei in Ecuador - Bajamar Séptima, Sociedad Anónima (Grupo Pescanova)
2015 - 2016
Jesús Fernández
Design and development of a genetic selection plan to improve production in sole (Solea senagalensis) - Safiestela S.A.
2015 - 2016
Jesús Fernández
Implementation and management of genetic selection of the shrimp breeding programme of the National Aquaculture Group
2020 - 2023
Jesús Fernández
Management and analysis of diversity in structured populations in the fields of conservation of genetic resources and animal breeding: Theoretical studies - MICINN
2010 - 2012
Beatriz Villanueva
Use of genomic tools for the conservation of the Iberian pig - MICINN
2010 - 2014
Jesús Fernández
Genetic selection programme to improve the production of seabream and seabass at the ABSA S.A.U.
2011 - 2013
Beatriz Villanueva
Productive characterization and conservation in Uruguayan Creole sheep - FAO
2013 - 2015
Beatriz Villanueva
Estimation of the impact of selection and inbreeding on genetic diversity using genomic tools: Applications in animal breeding and conservation - MINECO
2013 - 2015
Jesús Fernández
Biotechnological advances in the reproduction, genetics and health of sole - CDTI
2015 - 2018
María Saura
Optimal design of the Galician Atlantic salmon conservation programme using genomic tools - MINECO
2013 - 2016
Jesús Fernández
Genetic selection programme for the improvement of growth in seabream (Sparus aurata, L.); evaluation of genetic progress achieved
2014 - 2017
Beatriz Villanueva
Improving European aquaculture by advancing selective breeding to the next level for the six main finfish species - Unión Europea (FP7)
2014 - 2019
Jesús Fernández
Analysis and control of molecular inbreeding and coancestry in the management of genetic resources for conservation and animal breeding - MINECO
2017 - 2020
Beatriz Villanueva
Mediterranean Aquaculture Integrated Development - Unión Europea (H2020)
2017 - 2021

Miriam Ayuso Hernando
Efectos nutricionales y genéticos sobre la adipogénesis en el cerdo ibérico (2015)
Dirección: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Angel Mario Martínez Montes
Aplicación de métodos de secuenciación paralela masiva y genómica al estudio de variantes génicas que regulan: crecimiento, conformación y calidad de carne en cerdo (2017)
Dirección: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Marta Vázquez Gómez
Strategies to mitigate within-litter birth-weight variation and its deletereous consequences on developmental pattern and meat production in Iberian pigs (2018)
Dirección: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Rita Benítez Yañez
Nutrigenómica en cerdo ibérico. Influencia de factores nutricionales sobre la expresión génica y la composición tisular en cerdo ibérico (2019)
Dirección: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Consolación García Contreras
Structural and functional genomic factors influencing prenatal growth, postnatal development and meat production in Iberian pigs (2020)
Dirección: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Miguel Ángel Fernández Barroso
Aplicación de nuevas tecnologías ómicas y de fenotipado en programas de selección para calidad de carne en cerdos Ibéricos de montanera
Dirección: Universidad de Extremadura
Adrián López García
Incorporación de la información metagenómica para explicar la expresión fenotípica de los caracteres productivos y su interacción con el animal hospedador (En curso)
Dirección: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Ana de las Heras
Factores individuales y nutricionales que determinan la homogeneidad y los rendimientos productivos en porcino ibérico (En curso)
Dirección: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Alejandro Saborio Montero
Estudio del control genético del hospedador sobre la microbiota ruminal en vacuno lechero
Dirección: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (defensa Julio 2021)
Edgar Reinoso
Estimación del impacto de la consanguinidad del huésped sobre la diversidad y abundancia de la microbiota de los tractos reproductivos en ovino
Dirección: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (en curso)
Adrián López Garcia
Uso de datos de microbioma para explicar la expresión de caracteres productivos en especies domésticas
Dirección:
Judit Salces Ortiz
Estudio de la función y regulación del gen ovino HSP90AA1. Pulling the DNA thread: exploring in depth the regulation and role of the ovine HSP90AA1 gene. Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas
Dirección: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (CC. Biológicas)
Ane Marcos Carcavilla
Estudio estructural y funcional de genes candidatos, alternativos al PRNP, como posibles moduladores de la respuesta a scrapie en ovino. Facultad de Biología
Dirección: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Silvia García-Ballesteros García
Optimisation of aquaculture improvement programmes, using genomic tools (in progress)
Dirección: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Elisabeth Morales González
Analysis and control of genomic coancestry for the management of genetic resources in conservation and genetic improvement programmes (in progress)
Dirección: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Edgar L Reinoso Peláez
Study of the metagenome of the reproductive tracts and determination of its role in the reproductive efficiency of the ovine species (in progress)
Dirección: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Daniel Kleinman Ruiz
From genetics to genomics in the conservation of the Iberian lynx (2020)
Dirección: Universidad de Sevilla
Tiago Fernandes
Optimisation of selection programmes in aquaculture (2020)
Dirección: Universidad de Cádiz
Fernando Gómez Romano
Managing genetic diversity in conservation programmes using high density marker panels (2015)
Dirección: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Lara Covelo
Role of DNA methylation in the control of development and genomic stability in two anadromous fish species (Petromyzus marinus y Salmo trutta) (2015)
Dirección: Universidad de Vigo
Carmen Amador Arranz
Population management strategies to reverse exogenous gene introgression (2012)
Dirección: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Jean Paul Lhorente
Evaluation of specific and joint genetic resistance to pathogens Caligus rogercresseyi and Piscirickettsia salmonis in Atlantic salmon (2012)
Dirección: Universidad de Chile

Procedimiento de utilización del alelo Rasa oviaragón del gen Bone Morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP15) para le mejora de la prolificidad y la detección de infertilidades en ovino
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Procedimiento de Predicción de Dureza de la Carne de Ganado Bovino
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Services and Resources

Parrafo 5
- Asesoramiento sobre el diseño y gestión de programas de mejora genética en especies ganaderas y de acuicultura
- Asesoramiento sobre el diseño y gestión de programas de conservación en poblaciones animales amenazadas
- Trazabilidad de origen racial (Ibérico, Duroc) en animales y productos porcinos mediante marcadores genéticos
- Caracterización del microbioma animal
- Suministro de ejemplares de un día de razas autóctonas de gallinas

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Mejora Genética Animal