John C. McEwan

Overview

Best Publications

• 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

  1451
  Citations

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

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

  1029
  Citations

• Genome-wide analysis of the world's sheep breeds reveals high levels of historic mixture and strong recent selection.

  James W. Kijas;Johannes A. Lenstra;Ben Hayes;Simon Boitard

  1014
  Citations

• Highly Prolific Booroola Sheep Have a Mutation in the Intracellular Kinase Domain of Bone Morphogenetic Protein IB Receptor (ALK-6) That Is Expressed in Both Oocytes and Granulosa Cells

  Theresa Wilson;Xi-Yang Wu;Jennifer L. Juengel;Ian K. Ross

  753
  Citations

• The sheep genome illuminates biology of the rumen and lipid metabolism

  Yu Jiang;Yu Jiang;Yu Jiang;Min Xie;Wenbin Chen;Richard Talbot

  572
  Citations

• Understanding the relationship between the inbreeding coefficient and multilocus heterozygosity: theoretical expectations and empirical data.

  J Slate;P David;K G Dodds;B A Veenvliet

  474
  Citations

• Methane yield phenotypes linked to differential gene expression in the sheep rumen microbiome

  Weibing Shi;Christina D. Moon;Sinead C. Leahy;Dongwan Kang;Dongwan Kang

  445
  Citations

• A genome wide survey of SNP variation reveals the genetic structure of sheep breeds.

  James W. Kijas;David Townley;Brian P. Dalrymple;Michael P. Heaton

  427
  Citations

• 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

  378
  Citations

• Two different bacterial community types are linked with the low-methane emission trait in sheep.

  Sandra Kittelmann;Cesar S. Pinares-Patiño;Henning Seedorf;Michelle R. Kirk

  309
  Citations

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

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

  288
  Citations

• Genomic scan of selective sweeps in thin and fat tail sheep breeds for identifying of candidate regions associated with fat deposition.

  Mohammad Hossein Moradi;Ardeshir Nejati-Javaremi;Mohammad Moradi-Shahrbabak;Ken G Dodds

  272
  Citations

• Evidence for the Presence of a Major Gene Influencing Ovulation Rate on the X Chromosome of Sheep

  G H Davis;J C McEwan;P F Fennessy;K G Dodds

  270
  Citations

• Genome-wide association mapping identifies the genetic basis of discrete and quantitative variation in sexual weaponry in a wild sheep population.

  Susan E. Johnston;John C. McEWAN;Natalie K. Pickering;James W. Kijas

  260
  Citations

• Heritability estimates of methane emissions from sheep

  C. S. Pinares-Patiño;S. M. Hickey;E. A. Young;K. G. Dodds

  249
  Citations

• The sheep genome reference sequence: a work in progress

  A. L. Archibald;N. E. Cockett;B. P. Dalrymple

  244
  Citations

• Linkage disequilibrium in domestic sheep.

  A F McRae;J C McEwan;K G Dodds;T Wilson

  233
  Citations

• Fatty acid synthase effects on bovine adipose fat and milk fat

  Chris A. Morris;Neil G. Cullen;Belinda C. Glass;Dianne L. Hyndman

  210
  Citations

• Neural control of the sequence of expression of myosin heavy chain isoforms in foetal mammalian muscles.

  A.J. Harris;R.B. Fitzsimons;J.C. McEwan

  186
  Citations

• Infertility due to bilateral ovarian hypoplasia in sheep homozygous (FecXI FecXI) for the Inverdale prolificacy gene located on the X chromosome.

  G H Davis;J C McEwan;P F Fennessy;K G Dodds

  184
  Citations