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Stephen J. G. Hall is affiliated with the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom. Their research spans across several fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. Within these broad categories, Hall specializes particularly in Genetics, Ecology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, as well as Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their main research topics focus on genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, genetic diversity and population structure, rangeland management and livestock ecology, rangeland and wildlife management, and wildlife ecology and conservation.

Hall has contributed to the scientific literature with several recent papers, including:

  • "On the origin of European sheep as revealed by the diversity of the Balkan breeds and by optimizing population-genetic analysis tools," 2020, published in Genetics Selection Evolution
  • "Local adaptations of Mediterranean sheep and goats through an integrative approach," 2021, published in Scientific Reports
  • "Genetic Differentiation among Livestock Breeds-Values for Fst," 2022, published in Animals
  • "History and genetic diversity of African sheep: Contrasting phenotypic and genomic diversity," 2024, published in Animal Genetics
  • "Sheep in Species-Rich Temperate Grassland: Combining Behavioral Observations with Vegetation Characterization," 2020, published in Animals

They frequently publish in venues such as Animals, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Genetics Selection Evolution, Scientific Reports, and Animal Genetics.

Hall commonly collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Elena Ciani
  • Johannes A. Lenstra
  • Anne Da Silva
  • Salvatore Mastrangelo
  • Bruno Serranito

Best Publications

  • Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

    Viktoriia Radchuk;Thomas Reed;Céline Teplitsky;Martijn van der Pol

  • Fishing and the Ground-Fish Assemblage Structure in the North-Western North Sea: An Analysis of Long-Term and Spatial Trends

    Simon P.R. Greenstreet;Stephen J. Hall

  • Conserving livestock breed biodiversity

    Stephen J.G Hall;Daniel G Bradley

  • Hormonal and physiological effects of a15 hour road journey in sheep: Comparison with the responses to loading, handling and penning in the absence of transport

    D.M. Broom;J.A. Goode;S.J.G. Hall;D.M. Lloyd

  • Livestock Breeds and Their Conservation: A Global Overview

    Stephen J. G. Hall;John Ruane

  • On the origin of European sheep as revealed by the diversity of the Balkan breeds and by optimizing population-genetic analysis tools

    Elena Ciani;Salvatore Mastrangelo;Anne Da Silva;Fabio Marroni

  • Taxonomic distinctness and diversity measures: Responses in marine fish communities

    Stephen J. Hall;Simon P. Greenstreet

  • Compartments and predation in an estuarine food web

    David Raffaelli;Stephen J. Hall

  • LIVESTOCK BIODIVERSITY: GENETIC RESOURCES FOR THE FARMING OF THE FUTURE

    Stephen J. G. Hall

  • A viable herd of genetically uniform cattle.

    P. M. Visscher;D. Smith;Stephen J. G. Hall;J. L. Williams

  • Effects of vehicle movements during transport on the stress responses and meat quality of sheep.

    J.L. Ruiz-de-la-Torre;A. Velarde;A. Diestre;M. Gispert

  • Behavioural and cortisol response of pigs and sheep during transport.

    R. H. Bradshaw;S. J. G. Hall;D. M. Broom

  • Welfare Aspects of the Transport by Road of Sheep and Pigs

    Stephen J.G. Hall;R. Harry Bradshaw

  • Prospects and challenges for the conservation of farm animal genomic resources, 2015-2025

    Michael W. Bruford;Catarina Ginja;Catarina Ginja;Irene Hoffmann;Stéphane Joost

  • Canine epilepsy: a genetic counselling programme for keeshonds

    Stephen Hall;Margaret Wallace

  • Chillingham cattle: social and maintenance behaviour in an ungulate that breeds all year round

    Stephen J.G. Hall

  • Heart rate and stress hormone responses of sheep to road transport following two different loading procedures

    R.F. Parrott;S.J.G. Hall;D.M. Lloyd

  • Local adaptations of Mediterranean sheep and goats through an integrative approach.

    Bruno Serranito;Marco Cavalazzi;Pablo Vidal;Dominique Taurisson-Mouret

  • Inbreeding and purging at the genomic Level: the Chillingham cattle reveal extensive, non-random SNP heterozygosity.

    J. L. Williams;S. J.G. Hall;M. Del Corvo;K. T. Ballingall

  • Effect of transportation on plasma cortisol and packed cell volume in different genotypes of sheep

    S.J.G Hall;D.M Broom;G.N.S Kiddy

  • Effective population sizes in cattle, sheep, horses, pigs and goats estimated from census and herdbook data

    S. J. G. Hall

  • The Influence of Ingestive Conditioning on the Prey Species Selection in Aeolidia papillosa (Mollusca: Nudibranchia)

    Stephen J. Hall;Christopher D. Todd;Allan D. Gordon

  • Working with Fishers to Reduce By-catches

    Martin A. Hall;Hideki Nakano;Shelley Clarke;Simon Thomas

  • Gender equality, resilience to climate change, and the design of livestock projects for rural livelihoods

    Nicola J.C. Chanamuto;Stephen J.G. Hall

  • Breeding for disease resistance in farm animals

    Stephen Hall

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald M. Broom
Donald M. Broom University of Cambridge
Johannes A. Lenstra
Johannes A. Lenstra Utrecht University
Michael William Bruford
Michael William Bruford Cardiff University
Stephen J. Thackeray
Stephen J. Thackeray Lancaster University
Stephanie Kramer-Schadt
Stephanie Kramer-Schadt Leibniz Association
Sarah Wanless
Sarah Wanless Natural Environment Research Council
Catarina Ginja
Catarina Ginja University of Lisbon
Paolo Ajmone-Marsan
Paolo Ajmone-Marsan Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
John L. Williams
John L. Williams University of Adelaide
François Pompanon
François Pompanon Grenoble Alpes University

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