Nice to be given the opportunity to highlight my research work in this way!

Would you like to work at wur_abg? We currently have 2 positions in animal breeding. Will you be my new colleague? Let me know!

We are looking for a researcher, with a background in quantitative genetics and genomics. Most of the research projects will be linked to applied international aquaculture breeding programs #WUR_ABG, please rt wur.nl/en/vacancy/Res… via Wageningen U&R

Great to see examples of researchers successfully using their Publons profile for #grant and #tenure applications in this Wageningen U&R blog post bit.ly/2mmIn2u ✨

For anyone interested, it is still possible to apply for a scholarship for the European master in animal breeding and genetics (#EMABG)! Visit the website (emabg.eu) for the full description and the link for the application database! Please RT.

How do #dominance and #epistasis affect genetic correlations between populations? Find out in our latest paper published in G3, which is also the fourth chapter of my PhD thesis! Yvonne Wientjes Mario Calus Julius van der Werf #wur_abg Breed4Food NWO-domein TTW (inactief) g3journal.org/content/early/…

Check our latest paper in Genetics Society of America: Breeding Top Genotypes and Accelerating Response to Recurrent Selection by Selecting Parents with Greater Gametic Variance. Piter Bijma Yvonne Wientjes Mario Calus #wur_abg Breed4Food. genetics.org/content/214/1/…

Day 1 of GxE course WUR Animal Sciences, Han Mulder is introducing the topic for a very diverse and international audience

Yesterday Pascal Duenk successfully defended his PhD thesis. #wur_abg WUR Animal Sciences Breed4Food NWO-domein TTW (inactief) He made a very good thesis with a very nice cover. It was a joy to supervise him together with Piter Bijma & Yvonne Wientjes His thesis is freely available: edepot.wur.nl/509783

Verdorie, gaat niet goed in ons dorpske. Steeds meer meldingen van ook familie en vrienden met besmetting. Neem dit serieus mensen! #corona Vier doden: Erp zwaar getroffen door coronavirus | Coronavirus | bd.nl bd.nl/uden-veghel-e-…

Happy to share our work just out in GSE. We developed a prediction equation for the accuracy of multi-population, multi-GRMs (MPMG) genomic prediction model. Have a good read! Roel Veerkamp @bouwman_aniek Yvonne Wientjes CRV Breed4Food #wur_abg NWO-domein TTW (inactief) doi.org/10.1186/s12711…

Very happy with the publication of our paper on optimizing genomic reference populations to improve crossbred performance in GSE (gsejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…). With Mario Calus and Piter Bijma. Breed4Food #wur_abg

Is genomic selection able to maintain long-term genetic gain and genetic variance? And what are the effects of genomic selection on genetic architecture of traits? If you’re getting curious, then check our new preprint #wur_abg Mario Calus Zulma Vitezica biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

New position #WUR_ABG: wur.nl/en/vacancy/Res… Do you have affinity with genomic prediction and programming? Are you a pro-active, collaborative, client and result-oriented person? Let us know if you want to join our team and work with e.g. Jan ten Napel Vandenplas Jérémie Mario Calus

Abstract submission for #WCGALP2022 is open!

Are you working on genetics of multiple species or breeds? Join #WCGALP2022 (wcgalp.com) and submit an abstract to the session ‘Across-species and breed genetics’ that will be chaired by Ben Hayes, Irene van den Berg and myself. Looking forward to your submissions!

Job alert 2 PhD candidates: automated detection and genetics of social behaviours pigs / laying hens. To develop new tools for automated phenotyping of individual animals in group housing with computer vision, sensors and AI #WUR_ABG wur.nl/en/vacancy/Two…

Very proud with the publication of this paper! It describes the long-term effects of genomic versus traditional selection on genetic variance, gain and architecture, and how it is affected by non-additive effects. #wur_abg Mario Calus Zulma Vitezica gsejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

#Genomics | Genomic selection is used in most #animalbreeding programmes nowadays. Together with partners, we're trying to unravel the long-term effects. #wur_abg Yvonne Wientjes Mario Calus INRAE Génétique Animale wur.nl/en/Research-Re…

Do you want to know the impact of different selection strategies in breeding on allele frequency change? And the impact of selection on the fixation of favorable and unfavorable alleles? Then check our new preprint! Mario Calus Zulma Vitezica #wur_abg biorxiv.org/content/10.110…