Genetwister is an expert in identification and isolation of molecular markers for marker-assisted breeding, genetic modification and diagnostics using high throughput sequencing, expression profiling and functional genomics. Genetwister develops its own proprietary software for database management, data-analysis and data-mining. Genetwister is proud to have five internationally renowned breeding companies as its shareholders.
Appropriate experimental design and data analysis of breeding trials are essential. Genetwister offers assistance in the design of experiments, aware of breeding program’s practical considerations.
In Genetwister, tools are developed using distributed computing models and technologies like Spark and Hadoop.
Tailored marker selection allowing for genotyping regardless of species, genome size and ploidy level
Advanced statistical models are needed to increase the power to discover (new) associations between genetic and phenotypic variation.
Genomic selection (GS) is an alternative to marker assisted selection, which can accelerate the genetic gain through shorter breeding cycles. Genetwister is implementing new breeding schemes and methods that integrate GS for crop improvement.
Acceleration and cost reduction in plant breeding with improved genotype/phenotype relations utilizing linked variants
CROPaware – A web based software platform for breeding and genomics data management.
With the increasing demands for DNA molecule size and purity on the newest long read sequencing platforms comes the need for developing new protocols for DNA isolation from different biological sources in the laboratory at Genetwister.
Discovery of markers in all plant species by next-generation sequencing for accelerated plant breeding
With increasing sample numbers comes the need for automating the most valuable and applied protocols at Genetwister.