Byron Rogers
A couple of interesting papers
Three interesting papers have come across my desk that I thought were worth commenting on: The first is a genome wide study on height and...
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Byron Rogers
- May 9, 2012
- 1 min
Scientific American examines the state of play in Thoroughbred Genomics
Jenni Laidman examines the current state of play in Scientific American. The four page article is a very interesting take on who the...
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Byron Rogers
- May 1, 2012
- 2 min
Genomic Estimated Breeding Values
In our opinion there are two papers on what is wrong with thoroughbred breeding in terms of breed improvement that are really "must...
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Byron Rogers
- Apr 24, 2012
- 1 min
The Pandora's Box
With the result of the artificial insemination case in Australia just a few weeks away from being handed down, with significant worldwide...
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Byron Rogers
- Apr 4, 2012
- 2 min
How Much Mitochondria
We have previously discussed how there are variations within Mitochondrial DNA that can indicate athletic performance but that if the...
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Byron Rogers
- Apr 1, 2012
- 2 min
Examining the Airway
We have previously discussed the genetics behind “roaring” and how science is starting to get to the point of being able to identify the...
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Byron Rogers
- Mar 29, 2012
- 2 min
Facing the Breeze
Generally speaking owners, trainers and handicappers/punters don't want to hear a race caller say a horse is "three wide and facing the...
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Byron Rogers
- Mar 28, 2012
- 2 min
Response to Exercise
One of the first indications that truly discerns the elite from the non-elite is response to exercise. You hear it from the trainer...
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Byron Rogers
- Mar 20, 2012
- 3 min
Natural Blood Doping
Circulatory capacity has been shown to be positively related to athletic performance in the thoroughbred and the equine heart and spleen...
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Byron Rogers
- Feb 22, 2012
- 5 min
The Will to Win
The concept of VO2 max was first introduced by Nobel Prize-winning physiologist A.V. Hill in 1923, who found that the amount of oxygen...
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Byron Rogers
- Feb 20, 2012
- 1 min
A Racing Post Viewpoint
We were asked to provide a viewpoint for Europe's largest racing paper in the Racing Post, talking about our services and how they can be...
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Byron Rogers
- Feb 14, 2012
- 3 min
The 2YO Death Spiral
A death spiral is potentially awaiting us. Internationally, there has been a decline in the annual thoroughbred crop with thoroughbred...
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Byron Rogers
- Feb 14, 2012
- 5 min
Black Caviar...not that fast?
Black Caviar, not that fast? That’s a seemingly bizarre statement to make about a sprinter who has just notched her 18th straight win,...
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Byron Rogers
- Feb 13, 2012
- 3 min
Mitochondria and Elite Performance
A paper on humans was released last week that outlined some variations in the control region of mitochondrial DNA associated with elite...
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Byron Rogers
- Feb 9, 2012
- 3 min
The Equine SNP Chip
In the middle of January on PLOS One, the paper that outlined the development of the Equine 50K SNP chip was released. The chip, or...
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Byron Rogers
- Feb 5, 2012
- 2 min
The Optimal Distance Test
Performance Genetics is pleased to announce the launch of its “Optimal Distance Test”, a genetic test that uses multiple variations in...
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Byron Rogers
- Feb 1, 2012
- 7 min
Speed is not Class
A lot has been written in the last week in regards to the concept of the ‘speed gene’ and exactly how and when this variant (change or...
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Byron Rogers
- Jan 30, 2012
- 3 min
The Mitochondrial Eve
The concept of a 'mitochondrial eve' is a concept that has been around in human terms for some time. The idea is that we as humans all...
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Byron Rogers
- Jan 26, 2012
- 1 min
Heaves - narrowing the focus
Previously we had posted how a group of researchers had started to work down towards identifying the exact changes in genetic code...
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Byron Rogers
- Jan 16, 2012
- 2 min
If only we would do this in the Thoroughbred industry.
Often when we see what is going on in terms of genetics in other fields we utter the words "if only..." as in "if only we would do this...
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