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Christopher K. Tuggle

Christopher K. Tuggle

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
55
Citations
12101
World Ranking
442
National Ranking
157

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Christopher K. Tuggle is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States and has a research portfolio focused on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology. Their work spans various subfields including molecular biology, immunology, genetics, cancer research, and animal science and zoology.

The scientist's recent research contributions include papers published in prominent journals across genetics and animal science disciplines. Notable works include: "An improved pig reference genome sequence to enable pig genetics and genomics research" (2020) in GigaScience; "Pig genome functional annotation enhances the biological interpretation of complex traits and human disease" (2021) in Nature Communications; "A compendium of genetic regulatory effects across pig tissues" (2024) in Nature Genetics; "From FAANG to fork: application of highly annotated genomes to improve farmed animal production" (2020) in Genome Biology; and "Reference Transcriptomes of Porcine Peripheral Immune Cells Created Through Bulk and Single-Cell RNA Sequencing" (2021) in Frontiers in Genetics.

Tuggle's research primarily addresses themes such as genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, T-cell and B-cell immunology, animal genetics and reproduction, immune cell function and interaction, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, and animal virus infection studies. These topics reflect a strong focus on the intersection of genomics and immunology within agricultural animals.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Christopher K. Tuggle include Crystal L. Loving, Kristen A. Byrne, Jack C. M. Dekkers, Júber Herrera-Uribe, and Jayne E. Wiarda. This network of collaborators supports a research environment engaged in advancing understanding in genetics and immunology related to livestock.

Tuggle's publications appear regularly in several key scientific journals. The most frequent venues include:

  • Journal of Animal Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Nature Genetics

This distribution illustrates involvement in intersecting fields of animal science, immunology, and genetics research platforms.

Among awards received, Christopher K. Tuggle was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014, recognizing contributions within their scientific disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Analyses of pig genomes provide insight into porcine demography and evolution

    Martien A. M. Groenen;Alan L. Archibald;Hirohide Uenishi;Christopher K. Tuggle

  • The estrogen receptor locus is associated with a major gene influencing litter size in pigs

    M. Rothschild;C. Jacobson;D. Vaske;C. Tuggle

  • The PiGMaP consortium linkage map of the pig (Sus scrofa).

    A L Archibald;C S Haley;J F Brown;S Couperwhite

  • Effect of the estrogen receptor locus on reproduction and production traits in four commercial pig lines

    T. H. Short;Max F. Rothschild;O. I. Southwood;D. G. McLaren

  • An improved pig reference genome sequence to enable pig genetics and genomics research

    Amanda Warr;Nabeel Affara;Bronwen Aken;Hamid Beiki

  • 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

  • Functional annotations of three domestic animal genomes provide vital resources for comparative and agricultural research

    Colin Kern;Ying Wang;Xiaoqin Xu;Zhangyuan Pan

  • A compendium of genetic regulatory effects across pig tissues

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  • Pig genome functional annotation enhances the biological interpretation of complex traits and human disease.

    Zhangyuan Pan;Yuelin Yao;Hongwei Yin;Zexi Cai

  • The Prolactin Receptor Gene is Associated with Increased Litter Size In Pigs

    A. L. Vincent;C. K. Tuggle;Max F. Rothschild;G. Evans

  • Structural and functional annotation of the porcine immunome

    Harry D. Dawson;Jane E. Loveland;Géraldine Pascal;James G R Gilbert

  • Association of PIT1 polymorphisms with growth and carcass traits in pigs.

    T. P. Yu;Christopher K. Tuggle;C. B. Schmitz;Max F. Rothschild

  • Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes (FAANG): Current Achievements and Roadmap

    Elisabetta Giuffra;Christopher K. Tuggle

  • Control of growth hormone synthesis

    C.K. Tuggle;A. Trenkle

  • From FAANG to fork: application of highly annotated genomes to improve farmed animal production.

    Emily L. Clark;Alan L. Archibald;Hans D. Daetwyler;Martien A. M. Groenen

  • A gene expression atlas of the domestic pig

    Tom C Freeman;Alasdair Ivens;J Kenneth Baillie;Dario Beraldi;Dario Beraldi

  • A major gene for litter size in pigs.

    Max F. Rothschild;C. Jacobson;D. A. Vaske;C. K. Tuggle

  • A directed search for quantitative trait loci on chromosomes 4 and 7 in pigs

    L. Wang;T. P. Yu;Christopher K. Tuggle;H. C. Liu

  • Mapping of the melatonin receptor 1a (MTNR1A) gene in pigs, sheep, and cattle

    Lori A. Messer;Lizhen Wang;Christopher K. Tuggle;Martine Yerle

  • Pig Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages Resemble Human Macrophages in Their Response to Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide

    Ronan Kapetanovic;Lynsey Fairbairn;Dario Beraldi;David P Sester

  • Spatial regulation of homeobox gene fusions in the embryonic central nervous system of transgenic mice.

    Jozsef Zakany;Christopher K. Tuggle;Mayuri D. Patel;M. Chi Nguyen-Huu

  • Comparative Analysis of Monocyte Subsets in the Pig

    Lynsey Fairbairn;Ronan Kapetanovic;Dario Beraldi;David P Sester

  • Identification of a putative quantitative trait nucleotide in guanylate binding protein 5 for host response to PRRS virus infection

    James Eugene Koltes;Eric R. Fritz-Waters;Christopher J. Eisley;Igseo Choi

  • Identification of differential gene expression during porcine conceptus rapid trophoblastic elongation and attachment to uterine luminal epithelium.

    Jason W. Ross;Morgan D. Ashworth;Daniel R. Stein;Oliver P. Couture

  • Profiling the gastrointestinal microbiota in response to Salmonella: low versus high Salmonella shedding in the natural porcine host.

    Shawn M.D. Bearson;Heather K. Allen;Bradley L. Bearson;Torey Looft

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack C. M. Dekkers
Jack C. M. Dekkers Iowa State University
Max F. Rothschild
Max F. Rothschild Iowa State University
Joan K. Lunney
Joan K. Lunney Agricultural Research Service
James M. Reecy
James M. Reecy Iowa State University
Dan Nettleton
Dan Nettleton Iowa State University
Alan Archibald
Alan Archibald University of Edinburgh
Graham Plastow
Graham Plastow University of Alberta
Jason W. Ross
Jason W. Ross Iowa State University
Raymond R. R. Rowland
Raymond R. R. Rowland University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David A. Hume
David A. Hume University of Queensland

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