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Name:	Kirsten Kørup Sørensen
Position:	Scientist
Institution:	Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aarhus, Department of Genetics and Biotechnology
Address:	P.O. Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele
Phone:	+45 8999 1737
Email:	KirstenK.Sorensen@agrsci.dk
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Research interests: DNA-markers Linkage mapping Quantitative trait loci Fingerprinting Pigs or Sus scrofa Lung diseases Potatoes Cultivated and wild Solanum species Phytophthora infestans Late blight resistance Glycoalkaloids Fingerprinting
Involvement in research projects: (1) Modning af DNA-markører (2) QTLs for foliage late blight resistance from Solanum vernei (3) Glycoalkaloids in potatoes (4) DNA-markers for parental selection
Advisor for PhD students:

Key publications:

Sørensen KK, HG Kirk, K Olsson, R Labouriau, J Christiansen, 2008. A major QTL and an SSR marker associated with glycoalkaloid content in potato tubers from Solanum tuberosum x S. sparsipilum located on chromosome I. Theor Appl Genet 117: 1-9

Sørensen KK, MH Madsen, HG Kirk, DK Madsen, AM Torp, 2006. Linkage and quantitative trait locus mapping of foliage late blight resistance in the wild species Solanum vernei. Plant Breeding 125: 268-276.