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Marcos Vinícius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva

Marcos Vinícius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
32
Citations
3976
World Ranking
2124
National Ranking
84

Overview

Marcos Vinícius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva is affiliated with the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular focus on Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The scientist's publication record reflects significant contributions to topics such as genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, animal genetics and reproduction, reproductive physiology in livestock, and the effects of environmental stressors on livestock. Additionally, their work touches on cancer-related molecular mechanisms research and animal behavior and welfare studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Livestock Science, PLoS ONE, Tropical Animal Health and Production, Mammalian Genome, and Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia.

Frequent coauthors in their research activities are:

  • Marco Antônio Machado
  • J. C. do C. Panetto
  • Pamela Itajara Otto
  • Marta Fonseca Martins
  • Simone Eliza Facioni Guimarães

The scientist's recent published papers include:

  • Single-step genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and post-GWAS analyses to identify genomic regions and candidate genes for milk yield in Brazilian Girolando cattle, 2020, Journal of Dairy Science
  • Genome-wide detection of signatures of selection in indicine and Brazilian locally adapted taurine cattle breeds using whole-genome re-sequencing data, 2020, BMC Genomics
  • Genes underlying genetic correlation between growth, reproductive and parasite burden traits in beef cattle, 2020, Livestock Science
  • Identification of copy number variations in the genome of Dairy Gir cattle, 2023, PLoS ONE
  • Genome-Wide Analyses Reveal the Genetic Architecture and Candidate Genes of Indicine, Taurine, Synthetic Crossbreds, and Locally Adapted Cattle in Brazil, 2021, Frontiers in Genetics

Best Publications

  • Runs of homozygosity: current knowledge and applications in livestock.

    E. Peripolli;D. P. Munari;D. P. Munari;M. V. G. B. Silva;M. V. G. B. Silva;A. L. F. Lima

  • Assessment of runs of homozygosity islands and estimates of genomic inbreeding in Gyr (Bos indicus) dairy cattle

    Elisa Peripolli;Nedenia Bonvino Stafuzza;Danísio Prado Munari;Danísio Prado Munari;André Luís Ferreira Lima

  • Genome-wide association study for birth weight in Nellore cattle points to previously described orthologous genes affecting human and bovine height

    Yuri T. Utsunomiya;Adriana S. do Carmo;Roberto Carvalheiro;Haroldo H.R. Neves

  • Identification of selection signatures in livestock species

    João José de Simoni Gouveia;João José de Simoni Gouveia;Marcos Vinicius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva;Samuel Rezende Paiva;Sônia Maria Pinheiro de Oliveira

  • Association of BoLA-DRB3.2 alleles with tick (Boophilus microplus) resistance in cattle.

    M L Martinez;M A Machado;C S Nascimento;M V G B Silva

  • Genome-Wide Association for Growth Traits in Canchim Beef Cattle

    Marcos E. Buzanskas;Daniela A. Grossi;Ricardo V. Ventura;Flávio S. Schenkel

  • Genomic clues of the evolutionary history of Bos indicus cattle

    Y T Utsunomiya;Y T Utsunomiya;M Milanesi;M Milanesi;M R S Fortes;L R Porto-Neto

  • Planos de nutrição para leitoas com alto potencial genético para deposição de carne magra dos 65 aos 105 kg

    João Luís Kill;Juarez Lopes Donzele;Rita Flávia Miranda de Oliveira;Aloízio Soares Ferreira

  • Accuracy of genomic predictions in Bos indicus (Nellore) cattle.

    Haroldo H R Neves;Roberto Carvalheiro;Ana M Pérez O'Brien;Yuri T Utsunomiya

  • A sentinel function for teat tissues in dairy cows: dominant innate immune response elements define early response to E. coli mastitis

    Manuela Rinaldi;Robert W. Li;Douglas D. Bannerman;Douglas D. Bannerman;Kristy M. Daniels

  • Linkage disequilibrium levels in Bos indicus and Bos taurus cattle using medium and high density SNP chip data and different minor allele frequency distributions

    Ana M. Pérez O’Brien;Gábor Mészáros;Yuri T. Utsunomiya;Tad S. Sonstegard

  • Genome-Wide Mapping of Loci Explaining Variance in Scrotal Circumference in Nellore Cattle

    Yuri T. Utsunomiya;Adriana S. Carmo;Haroldo H. R. Neves;Roberto Carvalheiro

  • Linkage disequilibrium and haplotype block structure in a composite beef cattle breed

    Fabiana Barichello Mokry;Marcos Eli Buzanskas;Maurício de Alvarenga Mudadu;Daniela do Amaral Grossi

  • Genome wide scan for quantitative trait loci affecting tick resistance in cattle ( Bos taurus × Bos indicus )

    Marco Antonio Machado;Ana Luisa S Azevedo;Roberto L Teodoro;Maria A Pires

  • Single nucleotide variants and InDels identified from whole-genome re-sequencing of Guzerat, Gyr, Girolando and Holstein cattle breeds

    Nedenia Bonvino Stafuzza;Adhemar Zerlotini;Francisco Pereira Lobo;Michel Eduardo Beleza Yamagishi

  • Identification of quantitative trait loci affecting resistance to gastrointestinal parasites in a double backcross population of Red Maasai and Dorper sheep

    M V B Silva;M V B Silva;T S Sonstegard;O Hanotte;O Hanotte;J M Mugambi

  • Mapping of quantitative trait loci controlling tick [Riphicephalus (Boophilus) microplus] resistance on bovine chromosomes 5, 7 and 14.

    G. Gasparin;M. Miyata;L. L. Coutinho;M. L. Martinez

  • Physiological parameters for thermal stress in dairy cattle

    Vanessa Calderaro Dalcin;Vivian Fischer;Darlene dos Santos Daltro;Evelyn Priscila München Alfonzo

  • Genome-wide association studies for tick resistance in Bos taurus × Bos indicus crossbred cattle: A deeper look into this intricate mechanism.

    Pamela I. Otto;Simone E.F. Guimarães;Lucas L. Verardo;Ana Luísa S. Azevedo

  • Infrared thermography as a method for evaluating the heat tolerance in dairy cows

    Darlene dos Santos Daltro;Vivian Fischer;Evelyn Priscila München Alfonzo;Vanessa Calderaro Dalcin

  • Genome-wide search for signatures of selection in three major Brazilian locally adapted sheep breeds

    João José de Simoni Gouveia;Samuel Rezende Paiva;Concepta M. McManus;Alexandre Rodrigues Caetano

  • Genetic parameters of milk production and reproduction traits of Girolando cattle in Brazil

    Ali William Canaza-Cayo;Paulo Sávio Lopes;Jaime Araújo Cobuci;Marta Fonseca Martins

  • Genetic trend estimates for milk yield production and fertility traits of the Girolando cattle in Brazil

    Ali William Canaza-Cayo;Jaime Araújo Cobuci;Paulo Sávio Lopes;Robledo de Almeida Torres

  • Association of MYF5 gene allelic variants with production traits in pigs

    Fausto Moreira da Silva Carmo;Simone Eliza Facioni Guimarães;Paulo Sávio Lopes;Aldrin Vieira Pires

  • The development of genomics applied to dairy breeding

    Marcos V. B. Silva;Daniel Jordan de Abreu Santos;Solomon A. Boison;Adam Taiti Harth Utsunomiya

  • Parentage assignment using SNP markers, inbreeding and population size for the Brazilian Red Sindhi cattle

    João Cláudio do C. Panetto;Marco Antonio Machado;Marcos Vinicius G.B. da Silva;Rosangela Silveira Barbosa

  • Genetic diversity, population structure, and correlations between locally adapted zebu and taurine breeds in Brazil using SNP markers

    Bárbara Machado Campos;Adriana Santana do Carmo;Andrea Alves do Egito;Arthur Silva da Mariante

  • Bayesian Models combining Legendre and B-spline polynomials for genetic analysis of multiple lactations in Gyr cattle

    Hinayah Rojas de Oliveira;Fabyano Fonseca e Silva;Marcos Vinícius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva;Marcos Vinícius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva;Otávio Henrique Gomes Barbosa Dias de Siqueira

  • Retelling the recent evolution of genetic diversity for Guzerá: Inferences from LD decay, runs of homozygosity and Ne over the generations

    Pablo Augusto de Souza Fonseca;Fernanda Caroline dos Santos;Izinara Cruz Rosse;Ricardo Vieira Ventura

  • Use of infrared thermography to estimate enteric methane production in dairy heifers

    Alexandre M. Gabbi;Giovani J. Kolling;Vivian Fischer;Luiz Gustavo R. Pereira

  • Heterosis in the lactation curves of Girolando cows with emphasis on variations of the individual curves

    Darlene dos Santos Daltro;Alessandro Haiduck Padilha;Marcos Vinícius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva;Elisandra Lurdes Kern

  • Genes underlying genetic correlation between growth, reproductive and parasite burden traits in beef cattle

    Virgínia Mara Pereira Ribeiro;Gabriela Canabrava Gouveia;Mariana Mamedes de Moraes;Andresa Eva Melo de Araújo

  • Estimates of genetic and crossbreeding parameters for 305-day milk yield of Girolando cows

    Darlene dos Santos Daltro;Marcos Vinícius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva;Luís Telo da Gama;Juliana Dementshuck Machado

  • Identification of artificial selection signatures in Caracu breed lines selected for milk production and meat production

    Bárbara Machado Campos;Adriana Santana do Carmo;Thiago Bruno Ribeiro da Silva;Lucas Lima Verardo

  • Genomic selection in multi-breed dairy cattle populations

    John Bruce Cole;Marcos Vinicius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva

  • Elevated temperature-humidity index induces physiological, blood and milk alterations in Holstein cows in a more pronounced manner than in 1/2 and 3/4 Holstein × Gir

    Marcelo Tempel Stumpf;Giovani Jacob Kolling;Vivian Fischer;Darlene dos Santos Daltro

  • Análise genética de características produtivas e reprodutivas em populações multirraciais de bovinos leiteiros

    Virginia Mara Pereira Ribeiro;Fernanda Albuquerque Merlo;Gabriela Canabrava Gouveia;Larissa Kretli Winkelstroter

  • Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping for growth traits on bovine chromosome 14

    Marcelo Miyata;Gustavo Gasparin;Luiz Lehmann Coutinho;Mario Luiz Martinez

  • Implementation of DNA markers to produce genomically - Enhanced EPDs in nellore cattle

    R. B. Lôbo;D. Nkrumah;D. do A. Grossi;P. S. de Barros

  • Breed, heterosis, and recombination effects for lactation curves in Brazilian cattle

    Darlene dos Santos Daltro;Alessandro Haiduck Padilha;Luís Telo da Gama;Marcos Vinícius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva

Frequent Co-Authors

Tad S. Sonstegard
Tad S. Sonstegard Recombinetics (United States)
Luciana Correia de Almeida Regitano
Luciana Correia de Almeida Regitano Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Danísio Prado Munari
Danísio Prado Munari Sao Paulo State University
Paulo Sávio Lopes
Paulo Sávio Lopes Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Simone Eliza Facioni Guimarães
Simone Eliza Facioni Guimarães Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Curtis P. Van Tassell
Curtis P. Van Tassell Agricultural Research Service
Flavio S Schenkel
Flavio S Schenkel University of Guelph
John B. Cole
John B. Cole United States Department of Agriculture
Concepta McManus
Concepta McManus University of Brasília
Luiz Lehmann Coutinho
Luiz Lehmann Coutinho Universidade de São Paulo

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