23^rd International Colloquium on Animal Cytogenetics and Genomics (23 ICACG) June 9-12, 2018, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

ABSTRACT: In memory of Ingemar Gustavsson 23^rd International Colloquium on Animal Cytogenetics and Genomics (23 ICACG) took place in June 9-12, 2018 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Organized biennially, the Colloquium runs from 1970. From its very start this meeting is associated with the name of Ingemar Gustavsson to whom we dedicated the Colloquium 2018. The long and productive career of Ingemar Gustavsson had focused on chromosomes and their fundamental role in animal physiology, fertility, health and production in the context of agriculture and veterinary medicine. His meticulous analysis of breeding data performed back in 1964-69 resulted in the unequivocal identification of an association between heterozygosity for the 1/29 translocation in Swedish cattle and reduction in the fertility

SUBMITTER: Galkina S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6182297 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature