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José Bento Sterman Ferraz

José Bento Sterman Ferraz

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
43
Citations
6742
World Ranking
922
National Ranking
20

Overview

José Bento Sterman Ferraz is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The scientist's work spans several subfields, notably Genetics, Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Cancer Research, and Molecular Biology.

Their research covers a range of topics including genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, meat and animal product quality, reproductive physiology in livestock, animal nutrition and physiology, cancer-related molecular mechanisms, and the effects of environmental stressors on livestock.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Livestock Science, Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, SSRN Electronic Journal, Animals, and BMC Genomics.

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, notably Joanir Pereira Eler, E. C. Mattos, Fernando Bussiman, Fernando Baldi, and Rafael Espigolan.

Representative recent papers by José Bento Sterman Ferraz include:

  • Genetic Architecture of Carcass and Meat Quality Traits in Montana Tropical® Composite Beef Cattle, 2020, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Characterization of runs of homozygosity, heterozygosity-enriched regions, and population structure in cattle populations selected for different breeding goals, 2022, BMC Genomics
  • Predicting the shear value and intramuscular fat in meat from Nellore cattle using Vis-NIR spectroscopy, 2020, Meat Science
  • Genetic Parameters and Genome-Wide Association Studies for Anti-Müllerian Hormone Levels and Antral Follicle Populations Measured After Estrus Synchronization in Nellore Cattle, 2020, Animals
  • Metafounders May Reduce Bias in Composite Cattle Genomic Predictions, 2021, Frontiers in Genetics

Best Publications

  • Production systems – An example from Brazil

    José Bento Sterman Ferraz;Pedro Eduardo de Felício

  • Estimation of Variances Due to Direct and Maternal Effects for Growth Traits of Nelore Cattle

    J. P. Eler;L. D. Van Vleck;J. B. S. Ferraz;R. B. Lobo

  • Liver transcriptomic networks reveal main biological processes associated with feed efficiency in beef cattle

    Pamela A. Alexandre;Pamela A. Alexandre;Lisette J. A. Kogelman;Miguel H. A. Santana;Danielle Passarelli

  • Heritability and Genetic Correlation Estimates for Performance and Carcass and Body Composition Traits in a Male Broiler Line

    L G Gaya;J B S Ferraz;F M Rezende;G B Mourão

  • Genetic evaluation of the probability of pregnancy at 14 months for Nellore heifers.

    Joanir Pereira Eler;Josineudson A Ii de Silva;José Bento Sterman Ferraz;F Dias

  • Genetic correlation between scrotal circumference and some reproductive traits in Nellore cattle.

    Evandro Pereira;Joanir Pereira Eler;José Bento Sterman Ferraz

  • Genotypic and allelic frequencies of gene polymorphisms associated with meat tenderness in Nellore beef cattle.

    Minos Esperândio Carvalho;Joanir Pereira Eler;Marina de Nadai Bonin;Fernanda Marcondes de Rezende

  • Population structure and inbreeding effects on growth traits of Santa Inês sheep in Brazil.

    V.B. Pedrosa;M.L. Santana;P.S. Oliveira;J.P. Eler

  • POPREP: a generic report for population management

    Eildert Groeneveld;B.V.D. Westhuizen;A. Maiwashe;F. Voordewind

  • Análise genética de características reprodutivas na raça Nelore

    Evandro Pereira;Joanir Pereira Eler;José Bento Sterman Ferraz

  • Additive genetic relationships between scrotal circumference, heifer pregnancy, and stayability in Nellore cattle.

    M. H. Van Melis;J. P. Eler;G. J. M. Rosa;J. B. S. Ferraz

  • Genome-wide association analysis of feed intake and residual feed intake in Nellore cattle

    Miguel H. A. Santana;Yuri T. Utsunomiya;Haroldo H. R. Neves;Rodrigo C. Gomes

  • Parâmetros genéticos para peso, avaliaçäo visual e circunferência escrotal na raça Nelore, estimados por modelo animal

    J. P Eler;J. B. S Ferraz;P. R Silva

  • Parâmetros genéticos de longevidade e produtividade de fêmeas da raça Nelore

    Rodrigo Possa Bertazzo;Rilke Tadeu Fonseca de Freitas;Tarcísio de Moraes Gonçalves;Idalmo Garcia Pereira

  • COMPARAÇÃO DE DIFERENTES MÉTODOS DE AVALIAÇÃO DA ÁREA DE OLHO DE LOMBO E COBERTURA DE GORDURA EM BOVINOS DE CORTE

    Cristiano Sales Prado;João Teodoro Pádua;Marilma Pacheco Chediak Corrêa;José Bento Sterman Ferraz

  • Genome-wide CNV analysis reveals variants associated with growth traits in Bos indicus

    Yang Zhou;Yang Zhou;Yuri T. Utsunomiya;Lingyang Xu;El Hamidi abdel Hay

  • Análise de alguns critérios de seleção para características de crescimento na raça Nelore

    C.R. Marcondes;J.A.G. Bergmann;J.P. Eler;J.B.S. Ferraz

  • Genetic characterization of European-Zebu composite bovine using RFLP markers.

    Erica Perez Marson;José Bento Sterman Ferraz;Flávio Vieira Meirelles;Júlio César de Carvalho Balieiro

  • Genetic Architecture of Carcass and Meat Quality Traits in Montana Tropical® Composite Beef Cattle.

    Laís Grigoletto;Laís Grigoletto;José B. S. Ferraz;Hinayah R. Oliveira;Joanir P. Eler

  • Additive genetic relationships between heifer pregnancy and scrotal circumference in Nellore cattle.

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  • Copy number variations and genome-wide associations reveal putative genes and metabolic pathways involved with the feed conversion ratio in beef cattle

    Miguel Henrique de Almeida Santana;Miguel Henrique de Almeida Santana;Gerson Antônio Oliveira Junior;Aline Silva Mello Cesar;Mateus Castelani Freua

  • Association of SNPs on CAPN1 and CAST genes with tenderness in Nellore cattle

    L. F. B. Pinto;J. B. S. Ferraz;F. V. Meirelles;J. P. Eler

  • Identification of a metabolomic signature associated with feed efficiency in beef cattle

    Francisco José Novais;Pedro Ratto Lisboa Pires;Pâmela Almeida Alexandre;Robert A Dromms

  • Phenotypic plasticity of composite beef cattle performance using reaction norms model with unknown covariate

    M. L. Santana;J. P. Eler;F. F. Cardoso;L. G. Albuquerque

  • Genetic parameter estimates for feed efficiency and dry matter intake and their association with growth and carcass traits in Nellore cattle

    M.H.A. Santana;G.A. Oliveira;R.C. Gomes;S.L. Silva

  • Liver proteomics unravel the metabolic pathways related to Feed Efficiency in beef cattle.

    Leydiana D. Fonseca;Joanir P. Eler;Mikaele A. Pereira;Alessandra F. Rosa

  • Genomic regions and pathways associated with gastrointestinal parasites resistance in Santa Inês breed adapted to tropical climate

    Mariana Piatto Berton;Rafael Medeiros de Oliveira Silva;Elisa Peripolli;Nedenia Bonvino Stafuzza

  • Heritability estimate for stayability in nelore cows

    J.A.Ii.V. Silva;J.P. Eler;J.B.S. Ferraz;B.L. Golden

  • Genomic study and Medical Subject Headings enrichment analysis of early pregnancy rate and antral follicle numbers in Nelore heifers

    G. A. Oliveira Junior;B. C. Perez;J. B. Cole;M. H. A. Santana

  • Genetic relationship among stayability, scrotal circumference and post-weaning weight in Nelore cattle

    J.A. Ii V. Silva;I.B. Formigoni;J.P. Eler;J.B.S. Ferraz

  • New molecular variants of hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis genes and their association with early puberty phenotype in Bos taurus indicus (Nellore)

    M. P. Milazzotto;Paula Rahal;M. Nichi;T. Miranda-Neto

  • Effects of polymorphisms of LHR and FSHR genes on sexual precocity in a Bos taurus x Bos indicus beef composite population.

    E.P. Marson;J.B.S. Ferraz;F.V. Meirelles;J.C.C. Balieiro

  • Opportunities and challenges from the use of genomic selection for beef cattle breeding in Latin America

    Hugo H. Montaldo;Eduardo Casas;José Bento Sterman Ferraz;Vicente E. Vega-Murillo

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanir Pereira Eler
Joanir Pereira Eler Universidade de São Paulo
Gerson Barreto Mourão
Gerson Barreto Mourão Universidade de São Paulo
Júlio Cesar de Carvalho Balieiro
Júlio Cesar de Carvalho Balieiro Universidade de São Paulo
Saulo da Luz e Silva
Saulo da Luz e Silva Universidade de São Paulo
Fernando Baldi
Fernando Baldi Sao Paulo State University
Annaiza Braga Bignardi
Annaiza Braga Bignardi Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis
Paulo Roberto Leme
Paulo Roberto Leme Universidade de São Paulo
Henrique Nunes de Oliveira
Henrique Nunes de Oliveira Sao Paulo State University
Luiz Lehmann Coutinho
Luiz Lehmann Coutinho Universidade de São Paulo
Fabyano Fonseca e Silva
Fabyano Fonseca e Silva Universidade Federal de Viçosa

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