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Brian P. Dalrymple is affiliated with the University of Western Australia and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work focuses extensively on genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, exploring areas such as ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, meat and animal product quality, animal nutrition and physiology, lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, as well as microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction.

The scientist has published in a variety of academic venues, with frequent contributions appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science China Life Sciences
  • Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics

Selected recent papers demonstrate a focus on genetic adaptations and developmental gene expression in livestock, including:

  • "Modes of genetic adaptations underlying functional innovations in the rumen" (2020) published in Science China Life Sciences
  • "Tracing the origin of a new organ by inferring the genetic basis of rumen evolution" (2020) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "A Developmental Gene Expression Atlas Reveals Novel Biological Basis of Complex Phenotypes in Sheep" (2025) published in Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics
  • "A multi-tissue developmental gene expression atlas towards understanding the biological basis of phenotypes in sheep" (2024) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaborations are an integral part of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Xiangyu Pan
  • Zongjun Li
  • Xianqing Chen
  • Rasmus Heller
  • Nini Wang

The scope of Dalrymple's research bridges multiple subfields such as genetics, animal science and zoology, agronomy and crop science, biochemistry, and molecular biology. The scientist's work in genetics has been particularly prominent, with studies often addressing complex biological mechanisms influencing livestock traits and physiological processes.

Best Publications

  • The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome

    P. Carninci;T. Kasukawa;S. Katayama;J. Gough

  • The Genome Sequence of Taurine Cattle: A Window to Ruminant Biology and Evolution

    Christine G. Elsik;Christine G. Elsik;Christine G. Elsik;Ross L. Tellam;Kim C. Worley;Kim C. Worley;Richard A. Gibbs

  • Genome-wide analysis of the world's sheep breeds reveals high levels of historic mixture and strong recent selection.

    James W. Kijas;Johannes A. Lenstra;Ben Hayes;Simon Boitard

  • The sheep genome illuminates biology of the rumen and lipid metabolism

    Yu Jiang;Yu Jiang;Yu Jiang;Min Xie;Wenbin Chen;Richard Talbot

  • A genome wide survey of SNP variation reveals the genetic structure of sheep breeds.

    James W. Kijas;David Townley;Brian P. Dalrymple;Michael P. Heaton

  • A microRNA catalog of the developing chicken embryo identified by a deep sequencing approach

    Evgeny A. Glazov;Pauline A. Cottee;Wesley C. Barris;Robert J. Moore

  • Coordinated international action to accelerate genome-to-phenome with FAANG, the Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes project

    Leif Andersson;Leif Andersson;Alan L. Archibald;Cynthia D. Bottema;Rudiger Brauning

  • A universal protein-protein interaction motif in the eubacterial DNA replication and repair systems.

    Brian Paul Dalrymple;Kritaya Kongsuwan;Gene Wijffels;Nicholas Dixon

  • Conservation of the regulatory subunit for the Clp ATP-dependent protease in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

    S Gottesman;C Squires;E Pichersky;M Carrington

  • A differential wiring analysis of expression data correctly identifies the gene containing the causal mutation

    Nicholas J. Hudson;Antonio Reverter;Brian P. Dalrymple

  • The sheep genome reference sequence: a work in progress

    A. L. Archibald;N. E. Cockett;B. P. Dalrymple

  • Regulatory impact factors

    Antonio Reverter;Nicholas J. Hudson;Shivashankar H. Nagaraj;Miguel Pérez-Enciso

  • Origin, Evolution, and Biological Role of miRNA Cluster in DLK-DIO3 Genomic Region in Placental Mammals

    Evgeny A. Glazov;Sean McWilliam;Wesley C. Barris;Brian P. Dalrymple

  • Three Neocallimastix patriciarum esterases associated with the degradation of complex polysaccharides are members of a new family of hydrolases

    Dalrymple Bp;Cybinski Dh;Layton I;McSweeney Cs

  • An analysis of the organization and evolution of type 4 fimbrial mephe subunit proteins

    Brian Dalrymple;John S. Mattick

  • Morphogenetic expression of Bacteroides nodosus fimbriae in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    J S Mattick;M M Bills;B J Anderson;B Dalrymple

  • Using comparative genomics to reorder the human genome sequence into a virtual sheep genome.

    Brian P Dalrymple;Ewen F Kirkness;Mikhail Nefedov;Sean McWilliam

  • Beyond differential expression: the quest for causal mutations and effector molecules

    Nicholas J Hudson;Brian P Dalrymple;Antonio Reverter

  • A physical map of the bovine genome.

    Warren M Snelling;Readman Chiu;Jacqueline E Schein;Matthew Hobbs

  • An interactive bovine in silico SNP database (IBISS).

    Rachel J. Hawken;Wesley C. Barris;Sean M. McWilliam;Brian P. Dalrymple

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Reverter
Antonio Reverter Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
John C. McEwan
John C. McEwan AgResearch
Paul L. Greenwood
Paul L. Greenwood University of New England
John S. Mattick
John S. Mattick University of New South Wales
Alan Archibald
Alan Archibald University of Edinburgh
Ross L. Tellam
Ross L. Tellam Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Frank W. Nicholas
Frank W. Nicholas University of Sydney
I.G. Wright
I.G. Wright Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Gang-Ping Xue
Gang-Ping Xue Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Kim C. Worley
Kim C. Worley Baylor College of Medicine

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