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Sheep: Within breed selection systems (Work package 2.1)

Work package 2.1 'Development of WITHIN BREED SELECTION systems to improve abiotic and biotic stress resistance and performance traits; comparing marker assisted and traditional quantitative-genetic selection for functional traits' has the following sub work packages:

  • WP 2.1.0: Management
  • WP2.1.1 STAGE 1 Phenotyping of Sfakiano sheep for biotic and abiotic stress resistance
  • WP2.1.2 STAGE 2 Genotyping of sheep breeds used in different macro-climatic zones of Europe (Greece, France and Switzerland)

Contact: Dr. Smaragda Sotiraki; NAGREF, Greece