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Johanna Vilkki

Johanna Vilkki

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Animal Science and Veterinary
Finland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
38
Citations
7993
World Ranking
1348
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Finland Leader Award

Best Publications

  • A new mtDNA mutation associated with Leber hereditary optic neuroretinopathy.

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  • A medium density genetic linkage map of the bovine genome

    W. Barendse;D. Vaiman;S. J. Kemp;Y. Sugimoto

  • Molecular dissection of a quantitative trait locus: a phenylalanine-to-tyrosine substitution in the transmembrane domain of the bovine growth hormone receptor is associated with a major effect on milk yield and composition.

    Sarah Blott;Jong-Joo Kim;Sirja Moisio;Anne Schmidt-Küntzel

  • A heritable subset of the core rumen microbiome dictates dairy cow productivity and emissions

    R. John Wallace;Goor Sasson;Philip C. Garnsworthy;Ilma Tapio

  • 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

  • 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

  • Evaluation of genetic variability and genetic distances between eight chicken lines using microsatellite markers

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

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

  • The Role of the Bovine Growth Hormone Receptor and Prolactin Receptor Genes in Milk, Fat and Protein Production in Finnish Ayrshire Dairy Cattle

    Sirja Viitala;Joanna Szyda;Sarah Blott;Nina Schulman

  • Mapping of quantitative trait loci affecting quality and production traits in egg layers

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  • Quantitative trait loci affecting milk production traits in Finnish Ayrshire dairy cattle.

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  • A 660-Kb deletion with antagonistic effects on fertility and milk production segregates at high frequency in Nordic Red cattle: additional evidence for the common occurrence of balancing selection in livestock.

    Naveen Kumar Kadri;Goutam Sahana;Carole Charlier;Terhi Iso-Touru

  • Quantitative trait loci affecting clinical mastitis and somatic cell count in dairy cattle.

    Helge Klungland;Ayman Sabry;Bjørg Heringstad;Hanne Gro Olsen

  • Maternal and paternal genealogy of Eurasian taurine cattle (Bos taurus)

    Juha Kantanen;C. J. Edwards;D. G. Bradley;H. Viinalass

  • Simultaneous mining of linkage and linkage disequilibrium to fine map quantitative trait loci in outbred half-sib pedigrees: revisiting the location of a quantitative trait locus with major effect on milk production on bovine chromosome 14.

    Frédéric Farnir;Bernard Grisart;Wouter Coppieters;Juliette Riquet

  • Quantitative trait loci with parent-of-origin effects in chicken

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  • Fishy taint in chicken eggs is associated with a substitution within a conserved motif of the FMO3 gene

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  • Quantitative Trait Loci for Health Traits in Finnish Ayrshire Cattle

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  • Plant oil supplements reduce methane emissions and improve milk fatty acid composition in dairy cows fed grass silage-based diets without affecting milk yield

    Ali R. Bayat;Ilma Tapio;Johanna Vilkki;Kevin Shingfield

  • Oral Samples as Non-Invasive Proxies for Assessing the Composition of the Rumen Microbial Community.

    Ilma Tapio;Kevin J. Shingfield;Nest McKain;Aurélie Bonin

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