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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
31
Citations
4456
World Ranking
2242
National Ranking
633

Best Publications

  • Worldwide Patterns of Ancestry, Divergence, and Admixture in Domesticated Cattle

    Jared E. Decker;Stephanie D. McKay;Megan M. Rolf;Jae Woo Kim

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Gene expression differences in Longissimus muscle of Nelore steers genetically divergent for residual feed intake

    Polyana C. Tizioto;Luiz L. Coutinho;Priscila S. N. Oliveira;Aline S. M. Cesar

  • Resolving the evolution of extant and extinct ruminants with high-throughput phylogenomics

    Jared E. Decker;J. Chris Pires;Gavin C. Conant;Stephanie D. McKay

  • Accuracies of genomic breeding values in American Angus beef cattle using K-means clustering for cross-validation

    Mahdi Saatchi;Mathew C. McClure;Mathew C. McClure;Stephanie D. McKay;Megan M. Rolf

  • New World cattle show ancestry from multiple independent domestication events

    Emily Jane McTavish;Jared E. Decker;Robert D. Schnabel;Jeremy F. Taylor

  • Genome-wide association study for feed efficiency and growth traits in U.S. beef cattle

    Christopher M. Seabury;David L. Oldeschulte;Mahdi Saatchi;Jonathan E. Beever

  • Genome scan for meat quality traits in Nelore beef cattle.

    Polyana Cristine Tizioto;Jared E Decker;Jeremy F Taylor;Robert D Schnabel

  • Global liver gene expression differences in Nelore steers with divergent residual feed intake phenotypes

    Polyana Cristine Tizioto;Polyana Cristine Tizioto;Luiz Lehmann Coutinho;Jared E. Decker;Robert D. Schnabel

  • Early cave art and ancient DNA record the origin of European bison

    Julien Soubrier;Graham Gower;Kefei Chen;Stephen M. Richards

  • Gene expression differences in Longissimus muscle of Nelore steers genetically divergent for residual feed intake.

    Polyana C. Tizioto;Luiz L. Coutinho;Priscila S. N. Oliveira;Aline S. M. Cesar

  • QTLs associated with dry matter intake, metabolic mid-test weight, growth and feed efficiency have little overlap across 4 beef cattle studies.

    Mahdi Saatchi;Jonathan E. Beever;Jared E. Decker;Dan B. Faulkner

  • Genome-wide association analysis for quantitative trait loci influencing Warner-Bratzler shear force in five taurine cattle breeds.

    M. C. McClure;M. C. McClure;H. R. Ramey;M. M. Rolf;S. D. McKay

  • Powerful detection of polygenic selection and evidence of environmental adaptation in US beef cattle

    Troy N. Rowan;Harly J. Durbin;Christopher M. Seabury;Robert D. Schnabel

  • A multi-breed reference panel and additional rare variants maximize imputation accuracy in cattle

    Troy N. Rowan;Jesse L. Hoff;Tamar E. Crum;Jeremy F. Taylor

  • Genome-wide association and genotype by environment interactions for growth traits in U.S. Red Angus cattle

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  • Genome-wide association and genotype by environment interactions for growth traits in U.S. Gelbvieh cattle.

    Johanna L. Smith;Miranda L. Wilson;Sara M. Nilson;Troy N. Rowan

  • Candidate lethal haplotypes and causal mutations in Angus cattle.

    Jesse L. Hoff;Jared E. Decker;Robert D. Schnabel;Jeremy F. Taylor

  • Applications and efficiencies of the first cat 63K DNA array

    Barbara Gandolfi;Hasan Alhaddad;Mona Abdi;Leslie H. Bach;Leslie H. Bach

  • Insight into the genetic composition of South African Sanga cattle using SNP data from cattle breeds worldwide

    Sithembile O. Makina;Lindsey K. Whitacre;Jared E. Decker;Jeremy F. Taylor

  • Comparison of Bayesian models to estimate direct genomic values in multi-breed commercial beef cattle

    Megan M Rolf;Dorian J Garrick;Tara Fountain;Holly R Ramey

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