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.
Genetwister investigates new precision phenotyping methods to integrate phenotypic data into genetic models to support breeding
Discovery of markers in all plant species by next-generation sequencing for accelerated plant breeding
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-quality reference genome assemblies improve Genomic Selection and breeding
To interconnect different knowledge domains, we use different semantic web technologies.
Advanced statistical models are needed to increase the power to discover (new) associations between genetic and phenotypic variation.
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.
Tailored marker selection allowing for genotyping regardless of species, genome size and ploidy level.
With increasing sample numbers comes the need for automating the most valuable and most often applied protocols at Genetwister.
Acceleration and cost reduction in plant breeding with improved genotype/phenotype relations, utilizing linked variants.