In 2009, Bejo Zaden B.V. and East-West Seed Group acquired shares of the company, and in 2011, Agribio, now named Dummen Orange, joined as shareholder. In 2013 Known You Seed Co., Ltd joined as a shareholder, and from January 2014, Sakata Seed Corporation became a new shareholder.
Genetwister investigates new methods to integrate phenotypic data into genetic models to support breeding
Acceleration and cost reduction in plant breeding with improved genotype/phenotype relations, utilizing linked variants.
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.
With increasing sample numbers and marker panel sizes, it is valuable to increase the throughput of sequencing and genotyping procedures. Genetwister develops cost-effective methods and applies available methods for allowing high-throughput genomics.
High parallel computing version of a sequence alignment application.
To interconnect different knowledge domains, we use different semantic web technologies.
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.
Improved genomic selection and breeding utilizing high quality reference genomes
Advanced statistical models are needed to increase the power to discover (new) associations between genetic and phenotypic variation
Tailored marker selection allowing for genotyping regardless of species, genome size and ploidy level.