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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
36
Citations
6628
World Ranking
1573
National Ranking
52

Best Publications

  • Analyses of pig genomes provide insight into porcine demography and evolution

    Martien A. M. Groenen;Alan L. Archibald;Hirohide Uenishi;Christopher K. Tuggle

  • Genetic load: genomic estimates and applications in non-model animals

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  • Linking rhizosphere microbiome composition of wild and domesticated Phaseolus vulgaris to genotypic and root phenotypic traits.

    Juan E. Pérez-Jaramillo;Víctor J. Carrión;Mirte Bosse;Luiz F.V. Ferrão

  • Evidence of long-term gene flow and selection during domestication from analyses of Eurasian wild and domestic pig genomes.

    Laurent A F Frantz;Laurent A F Frantz;Joshua G Schraiber;Ole Madsen;Hendrik-Jan Megens

  • Regions of homozygosity in the porcine genome: consequence of demography and the recombination landscape.

    Mirte Bosse;Hendrik Jan Megens;Ole Madsen;Yogesh Paudel

  • Runs of homozygosity and distribution of functional variants in the cattle genome

    Qianqian Zhang;Qianqian Zhang;Bernt Guldbrandtsen;Mirte Bosse;Mogens S Lund

  • Genomic analysis reveals selection for Asian genes in European pigs following human-mediated introgression

    Mirte Bosse;Hendrik-Jan Megens;Laurent A. F. Frantz;Ole Madsen

  • Recent natural selection causes adaptive evolution of an avian polygenic trait

    Mirte Bosse;Lewis G. Spurgin;Lewis G. Spurgin;Veronika N. Laine;Ella F. Cole

  • Genome sequencing reveals fine scale diversification and reticulation history during speciation in Sus

    Laurent A.F. Frantz;Joshua G. Schraiber;Ole Madsen;Hendrik Jan Megens

  • Deleterious alleles in the context of domestication, inbreeding, and selection

    Mirte Bosse;Hendrik‐Jan Megens;Martijn F. L. Derks;Ángeles M. R. de Cara

  • Evolutionary dynamics of copy number variation in pig genomes in the context of adaptation and domestication

    Yogesh Paudel;Ole Madsen;Hendrik-Jan Megens;Laurent A F Frantz

  • Genome-Wide Characterization of Selection Signatures and Runs of Homozygosity in Ugandan Goat Breeds

    Robert B Onzima;Robert B Onzima;Maulik R Upadhyay;Maulik R Upadhyay;Harmen P Doekes;Luiz F Brito

  • Conservation genomic analysis of domestic and wild pig populations from the Iberian Peninsula

    Juan Manuel Herrero-Medrano;Hendrik-Jan Megens;Martien A M Groenen;Guillermo Ramis

  • Copy number variation in the speciation of pigs: a possible prominent role for olfactory receptors

    Yogesh Paudel;Yogesh Paudel;Ole Madsen;Hendrik-Jan Megens;Laurent A F Frantz

  • Using genome-wide measures of coancestry to maintain diversity and fitness in endangered and domestic pig populations

    Mirte Bosse;Hendrik-Jan Megens;Ole Madsen;Richard P.M.A. Crooijmans

  • pCADD: SNV prioritisation in Sus scrofa

    Christian Groß;Martijn Derks;Hendrik Jan Megens;Mirte Bosse

  • Untangling the hybrid nature of modern pig genomes: a mosaic derived from biogeographically distinct and highly divergent Sus scrofa populations

    Mirte Bosse;Hendrik-Jan Megens;Ole Madsen;Laurent A. F. Frantz

  • A 12 kb multi-allelic copy number variation encompassing a GC gene enhancer is associated with mastitis resistance in dairy cattle.

    Young-Lim Lee;Haruko Takeda;Gabriel Costa Monteiro Moreira;Latifa Karim

  • The type of bottleneck matters: Insights into the deleterious variation landscape of small managed populations

    Chiara Bortoluzzi;Mirte Bosse;Martijn F.L. Derks;Richard P.M.A. Crooijmans

  • Whole-genome sequence analysis reveals differences in population management and selection of European low-input pig breeds

    Juan Manuel Herrero-Medrano;Hendrik-Jan Megens;Martien A M Groenen;Mirte Bosse

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