Researchers and technic staff developing the projects belong to different research centres and institutions:
ABOUT IRTA
(https://www.irta.cat/en/)
 | IRTA is a Research Centre created in 1985 and supported by the Government of Catalonia. We are 20 centres with 859 people. |
IRTA Main Objectives
- To promote research and technological development in the area of agri-food.
- To facilitate the transfer of scientific advances.
- To evaluate its own technological advances whilst seeking coordination and collaboration between the public and private sectors.
Animal Breeding and Genetics Programme from IRTA
(https://www.irta.cat/en/grup/animal-breeding-genetics/)
The programme addresses the improvement of animal genetics resources for more sustainable livestock systems and has developed expertise in quantitative genetics, genomics, metagenomics, statistics and data management systems.
The team is a multidisciplinary group with expertise and relevant contributions in genomics, quantitative genetics, biostatistics, and bioinformatics, and recognized by the Department of Universities, Research, and Information Society (Generalitat de Catalunya) as the Consolidated Research Group named “Management and Improvement of Animal Genetic Resources” since 2014.
Main research lines focus on genetic and microbial determinism of animal robustness and production efficiency. The generated understanding is applied to developing and implementing new selection methods and strategies in pigs and rabbits.
ABOUT CRAG
(https://www.irta.cat/en/)
The Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) is a Consortium of four main research institutions: the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), and University of Barcelona (UB). The Consortium includes, therefore, research groups working in animals and/or plants, and explores the genetic and genomic determinants that are common for both of them.
Animal Genomics from CRAG
The group studies the genomic architecture of traits of economic interest in pigs (fatness, intramuscular fat and composition, prolificacy, sperm quality, etc.) and goats (milk yield and quality and body and udder conformation traits). More information about the teams can be found at https://www.cragenomica.es/research-groups/animal-genomics.