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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
26
Citations
3762
World Ranking
2856
National Ranking
100

Best Publications

  • A Mutation in PRKAG3 Associated with Excess Glycogen Content in Pig Skeletal Muscle

    Denis Milan;Jin-Tae Jeon;Christian Looft;Valerie Amarger

  • Economic values in dairy cattle breeding, with special reference to functional traits. Report of an EAAP-working group

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  • Quantitative trait loci mapping of functional traits in the German Holstein cattle population

    Ch. Kühn;J. Bennewitz;N. Reinsch;N. Xu

  • Genetic correlations of growth, backfat thickness and exterior with stayability in Large White and Landrace sows.

    M López-Serrano;N Reinsch;H Looft;E Kalm

  • The DGAT1 K232A Mutation Is Not Solely Responsible for the Milk Production Quantitative Trait Locus on the Bovine Chromosome 14

    J. Bennewitz;N. Reinsch;S. Paul;C. Looft

  • Combined analysis of data from two granddaughter designs: A simple strategy for QTL confirmation and increasing experimental power in dairy cattle

    Jörn Bennewitz;Norbert Reinsch;Cécile Grohs;Hubert Levéziel

  • ECONOMIC VALUES IN DAIRY CATTLE BREEDING, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO FUNCTIONAL TRAITS

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  • A QTL for the degree of spotting in cattle shows synteny with the KIT locus on chromosome 6

    Norbert Reinsch;H. Thomsen;N. Xu;M. Brink

  • Characterization of the DGAT1 mutations and the CSN1S1 promoter in the german angeln dairy cattle population

    K. Sanders;J. Bennewitz;N. Reinsch;G. Thaller

  • Optimising multistage dairy cattle breeding schemes including genomic selection using decorrelated or optimum selection indices

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  • The number of ribs and vertebrae in a Piétrain cross: variation, heritability and effects on performance traits

    N. Borchers;N. Reinsch;E. Kalm

  • A mammary gland EST showing linkage disequilibrium to a milk production QTL on bovine Chromosome 14

    Christian Looft;Norbert Reinsch;Christina Karall-Albrecht;Sven Paul

  • Mapping of quantitative trait loci for lactation persistency traits in German Holstein dairy cattle.

    B Harder;J Bennewitz;N Reinsch;G Thaller

  • Comparison of estimated breeding values, daughter yield deviations and de-regressed proofs within a whole genome scan for QTL

    H. Thomsen;N. Reinsch;N. Xu;C. Looft

  • Evidence for parent-of-origin effects on genetic variability of beef traits1

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  • Investigating associations between milk metabolite profiles and milk traits of Holstein cows.

    Nina Melzer;Dörte Wittenburg;S Hartwig;S Jakubowski

  • Multiple quantitative trait loci mapping with cofactors and application of alternative variants of the false discovery rate in an enlarged granddaughter design.

    Jörn Bennewitz;Norbert Reinsch;Volker Guiard;Sebastien Fritz

  • Parent-of-origin effects cause genetic variation in pig performance traits

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  • Including non-additive genetic effects in Bayesian methods for the prediction of genetic values based on genome-wide markers

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  • Mendelian sampling covariability of marker effects and genetic values

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