Information theoretical methods in animal and plant breeding

Dr Mehmet Gültas from the Breeding Informatics lab of the University of Goettingen about "Information theoretical methods in animal and plant breeding". The probability functions and calculations of entropy from information theory can be applied to marker identification in genomics. Gültas presents his approach of application of relative entropy and Shannon’s communication system in GWAS and epistasis analysis.

The conference "Plants and Animals: Bridging the Gap in Breeding Research" (10/11 Oct 2018) aims to highlight commonalities and differences between plant and animal breeding. Innovative research fields will be presented. The added vaue of intergrated breeding research across crops, trees, and livestock will be discussed.

The Center for Integrated Breeding Research at the University of Göttingen brings together the expertise of plant and animal breeding with findings from natural and social sciences in order to establish an internationally visible position in this field.

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