Per Jensen

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Sweden Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Sweden Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Sweden Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Whole-genome resequencing reveals loci under selection during chicken domestication

  Carl-Johan Rubin;Michael C. Zody;Michael C. Zody;Jonas Eriksson;Jennifer R. S. Meadows

  1250
  Citations

• Gene expression across mammalian organ development

  Margarida Cardoso-Moreira;Margarida Cardoso-Moreira;Jean Halbert;Delphine Valloton;Britta Velten

  868
  Citations

• Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken

  Jonas K Eriksson;Greger Larson;Ulrika Gunnarsson;Bertrand Bed’hom

  666
  Citations

• Observations on the maternal behaviour of free-ranging domestic pigs

  Per Jensen

  504
  Citations

• Genetics of adaptation and domestication in livestock

  Sandrine Mignon-Grasteau;Alain Boissy;Jacques Bouix;Jean-Michel Faure

  344
  Citations

• Who needs 'behavioural needs'? Motivational aspects of the needs of animals

  P. Jensen;F.M. Toates

  325
  Citations

• A global search reveals epistatic interaction between QTL for early growth in the chicken.

  Örjan Carlborg;Susanne Kerje;Karin Schütz;Lina Jacobsson

  301
  Citations

• The Dominant white, Dun and Smoky Color Variants in Chicken Are Associated With Insertion/Deletion Polymorphisms in the PMEL17 Gene

  Susanne Kerje;Preety Sharma;Ulrika Gunnarsson;Hyun Kim

  297
  Citations

• Melanocortin 1‐receptor (MC1R) mutations are associated with plumage colour in chicken

  Susanne Kerje;Jenny Lind;Karin Schütz;Per Jensen

  279
  Citations

• When to wean — Observations from free-ranging domestic pigs

  Per Jensen;Boel Recén

  278
  Citations

• The twofold difference in adult size between the red junglefowl and White Leghorn chickens is largely explained by a limited number of QTLs.

  Susanne Kerje;Örjan Carlborg;Lina Jacobsson;Karin Schütz

  275
  Citations

• Effects of Resource Allocation on Behavioural Strategies: A Comparison of Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus) and Two Domesticated Breeds of Poultry

  Karin E. Schutz;Per Jensen

  256
  Citations

• Mutations in SLC45A2 Cause Plumage Color Variation in Chicken and Japanese Quail

  Ulrika Gunnarsson;Anders R. Hellström;Michele Tixier-Boichard;Francis Minvielle

  219
  Citations

• The Ethology of Domestic Animals: an Introductory Text

  Per Jensen

  212
  Citations

• Domestication effects on foraging strategy, social behaviour and different fear responses: a comparison between the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) and a modern layer strain

  Karin E Schütz;Björn Forkman;Per Jensen

  209
  Citations

• Omnivores Going Astray: A Review and New Synthesis of Abnormal Behavior in Pigs and Laying Hens

  Emma Ida Brunberg;T. Bas Rodenburg;Lotta Rydhmer;Joergen B Kjaer

  209
  Citations

• Maternal behaviour and mother—Young interactions during lactation in free-ranging domestic pigs

  Per Jensen

  204
  Citations

• Personality, coping patterns, and aggression in piglets

  B. Forkman;I.L. Furuhaug;P. Jensen

  200
  Citations

• The effects of weight asymmetry and resource distribution on aggression in groups of unacquainted pigs.

  Inger Lise Andersen;Hilde Andenæs;Knut Egil Bøe;Per Jensen

  199
  Citations

• An analysis of agonistic interaction patterns in group-housed dry sows — Aggression regulation through an “avoidance order”

  Per Jensen

  199
  Citations

• A comparison of brain gene expression levels in domesticated and wild animals

  Frank W. Albert;Mehmet Somel;Miguel Carneiro;Ayinuer Aximu-Petri

  163
  Citations

• Heritable genome-wide variation of gene expression and promoter methylation between wild and domesticated chickens

  Daniel Nätt;Carl-Johan Rubin;Dominic Wright;Martin Johnsson

  161
  Citations

• Transgenerational effects of early experience on behavioral, hormonal and gene expression responses to acute stress in the precocial chicken.

  Vivian C. Goerlich;Daniel Nätt;Magnus Elfwing;Barry Macdonald

  159
  Citations

• QTL analysis of a red junglefowl x White Leghorn intercross reveals trade-off in resource allocation between behavior and production traits.

  Karin Schütz;Susanne Kerje;Örjan Carlborg;Lina Jacobsson

  157
  Citations

• Domestication—From behaviour to genes and back again §

  Per Jensen

  152
  Citations

• Fearfulness in red junglefowl and domesticated White Leghorn chickens.

  Magnus Campler;Markus Jöngren;Per Jensen

  152
  Citations

• Chicken genomics: feather-pecking and victim pigmentation.

  Linda Keeling;Leif Andersson;Leif Andersson;Karin E. Schütz;Karin E. Schütz;Susanne Kerje;Susanne Kerje

  133
  Citations

• Transmission of Stress-Induced Learning Impairment and Associated Brain Gene Expression from Parents to Offspring in Chickens

  Christina Lindqvist;Andrew M. Janczak;Daniel Nätt;Izabella Baranowska

  130
  Citations

• Feather pecking in chickens is genetically related to behavioural and developmental traits

  Per Jensen;L. Keeling;K. Schutz;L. Andersson;L. Andersson

  125
  Citations

• Heritability and genetic correlations of fear-related behaviour in Red Junglefowl--possible implications for early domestication.

  Beatrix Agnvall;Markus Jöngren;Erling Strandberg;Per Jensen

  113
  Citations

• Human‐directed social behaviour in dogs shows significant heritability

  Mia Persson;Lina Roth;Martin Johnsson;Dominic Wright

  107
  Citations

• Inheritance of acquired behaviour adaptations and brain gene expression in chickens.

  Daniel Nätt;Niclas Lindqvist;Henrik Stranneheim;Joakim Lundeberg

  102
  Citations

• Behaviour and experiences of dogs during the first year of life predict the outcome in a later temperament test

  Pernilla Foyer;Pernilla Foyer;Nathalie Bjällerhag;Erik Wilsson;Per Jensen

  101
  Citations

• Behavior Genetics and the Domestication of Animals

  Per Jensen

  97
  Citations

• Domestication effects on behavioural and hormonal responses to acute stress in chickens

  Maria Ericsson;Amir Fallahsharoudi;Jonas Bergquist;Mark M. Kushnir;Mark M. Kushnir;Mark M. Kushnir

  96
  Citations