In 2009 Bejo Zaden B.V. and East-West Seed Group acquired shares of the company, and in 2011, Agribio, now named Dümmen Orange, joined as shareholder. In 2013 Known You Seed Co., Ltd joined as a shareholder and in January 2014, Sakata Seed Corporation became a shareholder of Genetwister.
Using state-of-the-art long read sequencing technologies, Genetwister builds high quality genome assemblies of novel species and obtains long-range genomic information such as haplotypes and structural variants.
Acceleration and cost reduction in plant breeding with improved genotype/phenotype relations, utilizing linked variants.
Advanced statistical models are needed to increase the power to discover (new) associations between genetic and phenotypic variation.
Genetwister investigates new precision phenotyping methods to integrate phenotypic data into genetic models to support breeding
Genomic selection (GS) accelerates achieving genetic gain through shorter breeding cycles and is an alternative to marker-assisted selection. Genetwister implements new breeding schemes and methods that integrate GS for crop improvement.
Discovery of markers in all plant species by next-generation sequencing for accelerated plant breeding
Appropriate experimental design and data analysis of breeding trials are essential. Genetwister offers assistance in the experimental design, taking into account all practical considerations of the breeding program.
CROPaware – A web based software platform for breeding and genomics data management.
Leafy - Our state-of-the-art lead dicovery platform.
High performance BLAST implementation adapted to run in Spark clusters.
With increasing sample numbers comes the need for automating the most valuable and most often applied protocols at Genetwister.