Androniki Psifidi

TL;DR: Four methods, comprising three modified silica based commercial kits and an in-house developed magnetic beads based protocol, were most appropriate for extracting high quality and quantity DNA suitable for large-scale microarray genotyping and also for long-term DNA storage as demonstrated by their successful application to 600 individuals.

TL;DR: Chicken breed-specific variation in bacterial occurrence, correlation between genera and clustering of operational taxonomic units indicate scope for quantitative genetic analysis and the possibility of selective breeding of chickens for defined enteric microbiota.

TL;DR: Six different DNA extraction methods were optimized, evaluated and compared for the isolation of DNA from ovine milk samples and suggested that methods 1-4 were considered suitable for molecular downstream applications and performed better than methods 5 and 6.

TL;DR: The results confirmed the presence of animal genetic variability in mastitis resistance and identified genomic regions associated with specific mastitis traits in the Chios sheep.

TL;DR: Results underpin the feasibility of concomitant genetic improvement for enhanced antibody response, resistance to parasitism and productivity within and across indigenous chicken ecotypes.