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Overview

Curtis P. Van Tassell is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on genetics and molecular biology within the agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, milk quality and mastitis in dairy cows, genomics and phylogenetic studies, genetic diversity and population structure, and reproductive physiology in livestock.

Van Tassell's published work includes notable papers such as:

  • De novo assembly of the cattle reference genome with single-molecule sequencing, 2020, GigaScience
  • A multi-tissue atlas of regulatory variants in cattle, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Comprehensive analyses of 723 transcriptomes enhance genetic and biological interpretations for complex traits in cattle, 2020, Genome Research
  • Assembly of a pangenome for global cattle reveals missing sequences and novel structural variations, providing new insights into their diversity and evolutionary history, 2022, Genome Research
  • Changes in genetic trends in US dairy cattle since the implementation of genomic selection, 2022, Journal of Dairy Science

Van Tassell frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Benjamin D. Rosen, George E. Liu, John B. Cole, Mahesh Neupane, and P.M. VanRaden.

Their work has been published in several frequent venues, including:

  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • JDS Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics

The main fields of study for Van Tassell cover biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, with an emphasis on agricultural and biological sciences. Subfields include genetics, molecular biology, agronomy and crop science, cancer research, and plant science.

Best Publications

  • Invited review: reliability of genomic predictions for North American Holstein bulls.

    P.M. VanRaden;C.P. Van Tassell;G.R. Wiggans;T.S. Sonstegard

  • 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

  • A whole-genome assembly of the domestic cow, Bos taurus

    Aleksey V Zimin;Arthur L Delcher;Liliana Florea;David R Kelley

  • Development and Characterization of a High Density SNP Genotyping Assay for Cattle

    Lakshmi K. Matukumalli;Lakshmi K. Matukumalli;Cynthia T. Lawley;Robert D. Schnabel;Jeremy F. Taylor

  • Genome-Wide Survey of SNP Variation Uncovers the Genetic Structure of Cattle Breeds

    Richard A. Gibbs;Jeremy F. Taylor;Curtis P. Van Tassell

  • De novo assembly of the cattle reference genome with single-molecule sequencing.

    Benjamin D Rosen;Derek M Bickhart;Robert D Schnabel;Sergey Koren

  • Design of a High Density SNP Genotyping Assay in the Pig Using SNPs Identified and Characterized by Next Generation Sequencing Technology

    António M Ramos;Richard P M A Crooijmans;Nabeel A Affara;Andreia J. Amaral

  • SNP discovery and allele frequency estimation by deep sequencing of reduced representation libraries

    Curtis P Van Tassell;Timothy P L Smith;Lakshmi K Matukumalli;Lakshmi K Matukumalli;Jeremy F Taylor

  • Changes in genetic selection differentials and generation intervals in US Holstein dairy cattle as a result of genomic selection

    Adriana García-Ruiz;John B. Cole;Paul M. VanRaden;George R. Wiggans

  • Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Soybean

    Y. L. Zhu;Y. L. Zhu;Q. J. Song;Q. J. Song;D. L. Hyten;C. P. Van Tassell

  • Single-molecule sequencing and chromatin conformation capture enable de novo reference assembly of the domestic goat genome

    Derek M Bickhart;Benjamin D Rosen;Sergey Koren;Brian L Sayre

  • Genome-wide association analysis of thirty one production, health, reproduction and body conformation traits in contemporary U.S. Holstein cows

    John B Cole;George R Wiggans;Li Ma;Tad S Sonstegard

  • Multi-Platform Next-Generation Sequencing of the Domestic Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo): Genome Assembly and Analysis

    Rami A. Dalloul;Julie A Long;Aleksey V. Zimin;Luqman Aslam

  • A soybean transcript map: gene distribution, haplotype and single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis.

    Ik Young Choi;David L. Hyten;Lakshmi K. Matukumalli;Qijian Song

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for cattle stature identifies common genes that regulate body size in mammals.

    Aniek C. Bouwman;Hans D. Daetwyler;Amanda J. Chamberlain;Carla Hurtado Ponce

  • Detection of quantitative trait loci affecting milk production, health, and reproductive traits in Holstein cattle.

    M.S. Ashwell;D.W. Heyen;T.S. Sonstegard;C.P. Van Tassell

  • Analysis of copy number variations among diverse cattle breeds

    George E. Liu;Yali Hou;Yali Hou;Bin Zhu;Maria Francesca Cardone

  • Copy number variation of individual cattle genomes using next-generation sequencing

    Derek M. Bickhart;Yali Hou;Steven G. Schroeder;Can Alkan

  • Distribution and location of genetic effects for dairy traits

    J.B. Cole;P.M. VanRaden;J.R. O’Connell;C.P. Van Tassell

  • Whole genome linkage disequilibrium maps in cattle

    Stephanie D McKay;Robert D Schnabel;Brenda M Murdoch;Lakshmi K Matukumalli;Lakshmi K Matukumalli

Frequent Co-Authors

Tad S. Sonstegard
Tad S. Sonstegard Recombinetics (United States)
Derek M. Bickhart
Derek M. Bickhart Agricultural Research Service
George E. Liu
George E. Liu Agricultural Research Service
John B. Cole
John B. Cole United States Department of Agriculture
Johann Sölkner
Johann Sölkner BOKU University
Robert D. Schnabel
Robert D. Schnabel University of Missouri
Timothy P. L. Smith
Timothy P. L. Smith Agricultural Research Service
Paul M. VanRaden
Paul M. VanRaden United States Department of Agriculture
Marcos Vinícius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva
Marcos Vinícius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Roberto Carvalheiro
Roberto Carvalheiro Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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