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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
35
Citations
3795
World Ranking
1784
National Ranking
148

Best Publications

  • Emerging infectious disease: what are the relative roles of ecology and evolution?

    Unknown

  • Resolving the evolution of extant and extinct ruminants with high-throughput phylogenomics

    Jared E. Decker;J. Chris Pires;Gavin C. Conant;Stephanie D. McKay

  • Signatures of diversifying selection in European pig breeds.

    Samantha Wilkinson;Zen H. Lu;Hendrik-Jan Megens;Alan L. Archibald

  • Association of selected SNP with carcass and taste panel assessed meat quality traits in a commercial population of Aberdeen Angus-sired beef cattle

    Jennifer L Gill;Stephen C Bishop;Caroline McCorquodale;John L Williams

  • Evaluation of approaches for identifying population informative markers from high density SNP Chips

    Samantha Wilkinson;Pamela Wiener;Alan L Archibald;Andy Law

  • Genetic variation in the bovine myostatin gene in UK beef cattle: allele frequencies and haplotype analysis in the South Devon.

    J. A. Smith;A.M. Lewis;Pam Wiener;J. L. Williams

  • Deciphering the genetic basis of animal domestication

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  • Genetic effects on coat colour in cattle: dilution of eumelanin and phaeomelanin pigments in an F2-Backcross Charolais × Holstein population

    Beatriz Gutiérrez-Gil;Pamela Wiener;John L Williams;John L Williams

  • An interpretive review of selective sweep studies in Bos taurus cattle populations: identification of unique and shared selection signals across breeds

    Unknown

  • The effects of a mutation in the myostatin gene on meat and carcass quality.

    P. Wiener;J.A. Woolliams;A. Frank-Lawale;A. Frank-Lawale;M. Ryan

  • Phylogeny of Streptomyces species and evidence for horizontal transfer of entire and partial antibiotic gene clusters

    S. Egan;P. Wiener;D. Kallifidas;E.M.H. Wellington

  • Search for quantitative trait loci affecting growth and carcass traits in a cross population of beef and dairy cattle.

    B. Gutierrez-Gil;J. L. Williams;D. Homer;D. Burton

  • Genetic Characterization of Dog Personality Traits

    Joanna Ilska;Marie J Haskell;Sarah C Blott;Enrique Sánchez-Molano

  • Muscle-related traits in cattle: The role of the myostatin gene in the South Devon breed

    Pamela Wiener;Judith Alexis Smith;Judith Alexis Smith;Alyson Margaret Lewis;Alyson Margaret Lewis;John Arthur Woolliams

  • Evidence for transfer of antibiotic-resistance genes in soil populations of streptomycetes.

    P Wiener;S Egan;A S Huddleston;E M Wellington

  • Detection of quantitative trait loci for meat quality traits in cattle.

    B. Gutiérrez-Gil;P. Wiener;G. R. Nute;D. Burton

  • The challenges of pedigree dog health: approaches to combating inherited disease

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  • Transfer of Streptomycin Biosynthesis Gene Clusters within Streptomycetes Isolated from Soil

    Sharon Egan;Pamela Wiener;Dimitrios Kallifidas;Elizabeth M. H. Wellington

  • Associations between the 11-bp deletion in the myostatin gene and carcass quality in Angus-sired cattle.

    J. L. Gill;Stephen Bishop;C. McCorquodale;J. L. Williams

  • Breed relationships and definition in British cattle: a genetic analysis.

    P Wiener;D Burton;J L Williams

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