About this episode

Mark Ferguson interviews Dan Garrick about genomic data management and its implications for breeding values.

What does it take to build the data systems that sit behind your genetic evaluations? This week on the podcast, Ferg catches up with Dan Garrick from Helical. Dan grew up on a sheep, beef and venison farm in the Manawatu before moving to the US at 13, where he went on to complete a PhD in aerospace engineering at Iowa State University. He's the son of Professor Dorian Garrick, one of New Zealand's most respected animal breeding geneticists, and his grandfather was one of the world's leading e...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Ferguson

Guest: Dan Garrick

Topics covered

• genomic data management
• breeding values
• genetic evaluations
• animal breeding
• data systems
• aerospace engineering

Keywords

• genomic data
• breeding values
• genetic evaluations
• animal breeding
• data systems
• aerospace engineering

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Helical, Iowa State University

Places: Manawatu, US

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