Name UEMOTO Yoshinobu
Position Professor
Tel +81-22-757-4113
Fax +81-22-757-4117
Mail yoshinobu.uemoto.e7*tohoku.ac.jp（Please replace * with @）
Research Interest Animal Breeding and Genetics, Quantitative Genetics
Career B.S. in Agriculture, Tohoku University; M.S. in Agriculture, Tohoku University. Experience: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF); National Livestock Breeding Center (NLBC); Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh; Tohoku University.
Research map https://researchmap.jp/uemoto318
Research Projects

My research is to understand the genetic control of variation in quantitative traits and to apply the knowledge to livestock breeding by statistical methods. My research works are as follows:

1) Research on genetic improvement for quantitative traits such as meat production, meat quality, fertility, feed efficiency, and disease resistance in cattle and pigs.

2) Development of statistical methods to evaluate genetic abilities using genomic information.

3) Development of breeding strategies using new information obtained from next-generation sequencer (NGS) technology.

4) Search for DNA markers that can be useful for genetic selection by genome-wide association studies (GWAS).

Key words: BLUP, Genetic parameter, Genomic selection, GWAS, QTL, Quantitative genetics, SNP.