What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
His scientific interests lie mostly in Heritability, Animal science, Statistics, Breed and Dairy cattle.
His research investigates the connection between Heritability and topics such as Genetic correlation that intersect with issues in Energy balance.
His work deals with themes such as Biotechnology, Genetic variation and Heterosis, which intersect with Animal science.
In general Statistics, his work in Restricted maximum likelihood is often linked to Disequilibrium linking many areas of study.
His Breed research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Single-nucleotide polymorphism and Crossbreed.
His research in Dairy cattle tackles topics such as Ice calving which are related to areas like Weight gain.
His most cited work include:
- Genetic and statistical properties of residual feed intake (267 citations)
- Genetic correlation between days until start of luteal activity and milk yield, energy balance, and live weights. (217 citations)
- The Use of Covariance Functions and Random Regressions for Genetic Evaluation of Milk Production Based on Test Day Records (168 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary areas of investigation include Animal science, Heritability, Biotechnology, Genetics and Statistics.
He has included themes like Reproduction and Flock in his Animal science study.
The concepts of his Heritability study are interwoven with issues in Genetic correlation, Genetic variation, Weaning, Restricted maximum likelihood and Breed.
His research integrates issues of Genetic marker, Genetic gain, Animal breeding and Beef cattle in his study of Biotechnology.
J. H. J. van der Werf works mostly in the field of Statistics, limiting it down to concerns involving Best linear unbiased prediction and, occasionally, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and SNP genotyping.
His research in Linkage disequilibrium intersects with topics in Genome-wide association study and Genetic association.
He most often published in these fields:
- Animal science (38.97%)
- Heritability (30.05%)
- Biotechnology (29.58%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?
- Animal science (38.97%)
- Flock (15.02%)
- Genetic gain (15.96%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His scientific interests lie mostly in Animal science, Flock, Genetic gain, Heritability and Biotechnology.
His Animal science study combines topics in areas such as Lactation and Ultrasound.
His work in Flock addresses issues such as Genetic variation, which are connected to fields such as Heterosis, Mixed model, Accounting, Dominance and Purebred.
J. H. J. van der Werf studied Genetic gain and Statistics that intersect with Reproduction, Litter and Revenue.
His studies deal with areas such as Body weight, Genetic correlation and Beef cattle as well as Heritability.
His studies in Biotechnology integrate themes in fields like Hanwoo and Mating.
Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Genomic estimation of additive and dominance effects and impact of accounting for dominance on accuracy of genomic evaluation in sheep populations. (14 citations)
- Genomic estimation of additive and dominance effects and impact of accounting for dominance on accuracy of genomic evaluation in sheep populations. (14 citations)
- Genetic parameters for wool traits, live weight, and ultrasound carcass traits in Merino sheep (10 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Animal science, Biotechnology, Heritability, Breeding program and Genetic gain.
His study ties his expertise on Flock together with the subject of Animal science.
The various areas that J. H. J. van der Werf examines in his Flock study include Live weight and Ultrasound.
His Genetic variation research extends to the thematically linked field of Biotechnology.
His study connects Genetic correlation and Heritability.
His Genetic correlation research incorporates elements of Herd, Animal breeding and Beef cattle.
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