THE GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE (GRC) AND SEMINAR (GRS) ON QUANTITATIVE GENETICS AND GENOMICS WILL HEAR OF THE LATEST ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE ON THE GENETICS OF COMPLEX TRAITS, SUCH AS CROP YIELD IN MAIZE, MEAT QUALITY IN ANIMALS AND COMPLEX DISEASES, SUCH AS DIABETES IN HUMANS. THIS RESEARCH WILL LEAD TO NEW UNDERSTANDING OF THE GENES UNDERLYING QUANTITATIVE TRAITS AND THEIR EVOLUTION. PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THIS KNOWLEDGE WILL BENEFIT HUMAN MEDICINE AND AGRICULTURE.