Richard Spelman

Best Publications

• Positional candidate cloning of a QTL in dairy cattle: identification of a missense mutation in the bovine DGAT1 gene with major effect on milk yield and composition.

  Bernard Grisart;Wouter Coppieters;Frédéric Farnir;Latifa Karim

  1312
  Citations

• Genome-Wide Survey of SNP Variation Uncovers the Genetic Structure of Cattle Breeds

  Richard A. Gibbs;Jeremy F. Taylor;Curtis P. Van Tassell

  1029
  Citations

• Linkage disequilibrium and persistence of phase in Holstein-Friesian, Jersey and Angus cattle

  A. P. W. De Roos;Ben John. Hayes;R. Spelman;M. E. Goddard

  617
  Citations

• Molecular dissection of a quantitative trait locus: a phenylalanine-to-tyrosine substitution in the transmembrane domain of the bovine growth hormone receptor is associated with a major effect on milk yield and composition.

  Sarah Blott;Jong-Joo Kim;Sirja Moisio;Anne Schmidt-Küntzel

  425
  Citations

• Variants modulating the expression of a chromosome domain encompassing PLAG1 influence bovine stature

  Latifa Karim;Haruko Takeda;Li Lin;Tom Druet

  365
  Citations

• Characterization of the DGAT1 gene in the New Zealand dairy population

  R.J. Spelman;C.A. Ford;P. McElhinney;G.C. Gregory

  299
  Citations

• Quantitative trait loci analysis for five milk production traits on chromosome six in the Dutch Holstein-Friesian population.

  R.J. Spelman;W. Coppieters;L. Karim;J.A.M. van Arendonk

  294
  Citations

• Sequence-based Association Analysis Reveals an MGST1 eQTL with Pleiotropic Effects on Bovine Milk Composition.

  Mathew D. Littlejohn;Mathew D. Littlejohn;Kathryn Tiplady;Tania A. Fink;Klaus Lehnert

  200
  Citations

• Accuracy of genomic predictions of residual feed intake and 250-day body weight in growing heifers using 625,000 single nucleotide polymorphism markers.

  J.E. Pryce;J. Arias;P.J. Bowman;S.R. Davis

  198
  Citations

• Profitabilities of Some Mating Systems for Dairy Herds in New Zealand

  N. Lopez-Villalobos;D.J. Garrick;C.W. Holmes;H.T. Blair

  196
  Citations

• Functionally reciprocal mutations of the prolactin signalling pathway define hairy and slick cattle.

  Mathew D. Littlejohn;Kristen M. Henty;Kathryn Tiplady;Thomas Johnson

  172
  Citations

• A high density linkage map of the bovine genome

  Juan A Arias;Mike Keehan;Paul Fisher;Wouter Coppieters

  151
  Citations

• NGS-based reverse genetic screen for common embryonic lethal mutations compromising fertility in livestock.

  Carole Charlier;Wanbo Li;Chad Harland;Mathew Littlejohn

  120
  Citations

• Mutation in Bovine β-Carotene Oxygenase 2 Affects Milk Color

  S. D. Berry;S. R. Davis;E. M. Beattie;N. L. Thomas

  118
  Citations

• Coding and noncoding variants in HFM1, MLH3, MSH4, MSH5, RNF212, and RNF212B affect recombination rate in cattle

  Naveen Kumar Kadri;Chad Harland;Pierre Faux;Nadine Cambisano

  109
  Citations

• Genetic variation in PLAG1 associates with early life body weight and peripubertal weight and growth in Bos taurus

  M. Littlejohn;T. Grala;K. Sanders;C. Walker

  101
  Citations

• Holstein-Friesian calves selected for divergence in residual feed intake during growth exhibited significant but reduced residual feed intake divergence in their first lactation.

  K.A. Macdonald;J.E. Pryce;J.E. Pryce;R.J. Spelman;S.R. Davis

  83
  Citations

• Expression variants of the lipogenic AGPAT6 gene affect diverse milk composition phenotypes in Bos taurus.

  Mathew D. Littlejohn;Kathryn Tiplady;Thomas Lopdell;Tania A. Law

  75
  Citations

• DNA and RNA-sequence based GWAS highlights membrane-transport genes as key modulators of milk lactose content

  Thomas J. Lopdell;Thomas J. Lopdell;Kathryn Tiplady;Maksim Struchalin;Thomas J. J. Johnson

  67
  Citations

• Moving from QTL experimental results to the utilization of QTL in breeding programmes

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  67
  Citations