Merlyn K. Nielsen

Research.com Recognitions

• 2015 - ASAS Fellow: Teaching Category, American Society of Animal Science
• 1999 - The Rockefeller Prentice Memorial Award in Animal Breeding and Genetics, American Society of Animal Science

Overview

Best Publications

• Responses in ovulation rate, embryonal survival, and litter traits in swine to 14 generations of selection to increase litter size

  Rodger K. Johnson;Merlyn K. Nielsen;David S. Casey

  343
  Citations

• Energy requirements for maintenance of crossbred beef cattle with different genetic potential for milk.

  M Montaño-Bermudez;M K Nielsen;G H Deutscher

  231
  Citations

• Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), body fat, and apoptosis

  Jess L. Miner;Chris A. Cederberg;Merlyn K. Nielsen;Xiaoli Chen

  169
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• Environmental effects on neonatal mortality of beef calves.

  S. M. Azzam;J. E. Kinder;Merlyn K. Nielsen;L. A. Werth

  154
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• Estimates of genetic parameters for feed intake, feeding behavior, and daily gain in composite ram lambs

  K. M. Cammack;Kreg A. Leymaster;T. G. Jenkins;Merlyn K. Nielsen

  142
  Citations

• Effect of level of beef cow milk production on pre- and postweaning calf growth.

  A. C. Clutter;M. K. Nielsen

  133
  Citations

• Evaluation of the ovine callipyge locus: I. Relative chromosomal position and gene action.

  B. A. Freking;J. W. Keele;C. W. Beattie;S. M. Kappes

  127
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• Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci Influencing Traits Related to Energy Balance in Selection and Inbred Lines of Mice

  D. E. Moody;D. Pomp;M. K. Nielsen;L. D. Van Vleck

  122
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• Suckling behavior of calves with dams varying in milk production.

  M. L. Day;K. Imakawa;A. C. Clutter;P. L. Wolfe

  117
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• Extended grazing systems for improving economic returns from Nebraska sandhills cow/calf operations

  Don C. Adams;Richard T. Clark;Sean A. Coady;James B. Lamb

  115
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• Evaluation of the ovine callipyge locus: II. Genotypic effects on growth, slaughter, and carcass traits.

  B. A. Freking;J. W. Keele;Merlyn K. Nielsen;Kreg A. Leymaster

  115
  Citations

• Divergent selection for heat loss in mice. I. Selection applied and direct response through fifteen generations

  Merlyn K. Nielsen;L. D. Jones;B. A. Freking;J. A. DeShazer;J. A. DeShazer

  99
  Citations

• Partial-genome evaluation of postweaning feed intake and efficiency of crossbred beef cattle.

  W. M. Snelling;M. F. Allan;J. W. Keele;L. A. Kuehn

  92
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• Genetic and phenotypic parameter estimates for feed intake and other traits in growing beef cattle, and opportunities for selection

  K. M. Rolfe;W. M. Snelling;M. K. Nielsen;H. C. Freetly

  91
  Citations

• Biological efficiency to weaning and to slaughter of crossbred beef cattle with different genetic potential for milk.

  M Montaño-Bermudez;M K Nielsen

  90
  Citations

• Effects of sire, dam traits, calf traits, and environment on dystocia and subsequent reproduction of two-year-old heifers

  D. J. Colburn;Gene H. Deutscher;Merlyn K. Nielsen;Don C. Adams

  90
  Citations

• Divergent selection for heat loss in mice: II. Correlated responses in feed intake, body mass, body composition, and number born through fifteen generations.

  Merlyn K. Nielsen;B. A. Freking;L. D. Jones;S. M. Nelson;S. M. Nelson

  86
  Citations

• Genetic Parameters for Gestation Length, Birth Date and First Breeding Date in Beef Cattle

  Sara Melin Azzam;M. K. Nielsen

  80
  Citations

• Evaluation of the ovine callipyge locus: III. Genotypic effects on meat quality traits

  B A Freking;J W Keele;S D Shackelford;T L Wheeler

  73
  Citations

• Locomotor activity, core body temperature, and circadian rhythms in mice selected for high or low heat loss

  M. R. Mousel;Walter W. Stroup;Merlyn K. Nielsen

  70
  Citations

• Use of a simulation model to evaluate the influence of reproductive performance and management decisions on net income in beef production.

  L. A. Werth;S. M. Azzam;Merlyn K. Nielsen;J. E. Kinder

  67
  Citations

• Effects of zeranol on growth and ease of calf delivery in beef heifers.

  R. V. Anthony;R. J. Kittok;E. F. Ellington;M. K. Nielsen

  66
  Citations

• Alternative methods of selection for litter size in mice: I. Characterization of base population and development of methods.

  A. C. Clutter;Merlyn K. Nielsen;R. K. Johnson

  64
  Citations

• Markov chains as a shortcut method to estimate age distributions in herds of beef cattle under different culling strategies.

  S. M. Azzam;A. M. Azzam;M. K. Nielsen;J. E. Kinder

  32
  Citations

• Alternative methods of selection for litter size in mice: II. Response to thirteen generations of selection.

  J. M. Gion;A. C. Clutter;M. K. Nielsen

  31
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• Effects of breeding season length and calving season on range beef cow productivity.

  Gene H. Deutscher;J. A. Stotts;Merlyn K. Nielsen

  30
  Citations

• Reproductive performance and variation in body weight during annual cycles for crossbred beef cows with different genetic potential for milk.

  M Montaño-Bermudez;M K Nielsen

  27
  Citations

• Modelling reproductive management systems for beef cattle.

  Sara Melin Azzam;J.E. Kinder;M.K. Nielsen

  26
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• Sire by Environment Interactions in Beef Cattle Field Data

  D. S. Buchanan;M. K. Nielsen

  25
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• Genetic variation in liver mass, body mass, and liver:body mass in mice.

  L. D. Jones;Merlyn K. Nielsen;R. Britton

  25
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