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Theo H. E. Meuwissen is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in agricultural and biological sciences.

Their work concentrates on genetics, with a focus on genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, genetic mapping and diversity in both plants and animals, genetics and plant breeding, genetic diversity and population structure, reproductive physiology in livestock, animal behavior and welfare studies, and animal genetics and reproduction.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Arne B. Gjuvsland, Anna K. Sonesson, L. S. Eikje, Maria Kjetså, and Øyvind Nordbø.

They have published extensively in specific venues such as the Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Frontiers in Genetics, Genetics Selection Evolution, animal, and the Journal of Dairy Science.

Recent papers include the following:

  • Management of Genetic Diversity in the Era of Genomics, 2020, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Genomic dissection of maternal, additive and non-additive genetic effects for growth and carcass traits in Nile tilapia, 2020, Genetics Selection Evolution
  • Removing data and using metafounders alleviates biases for all traits in Lacaune dairy sheep predictions, 2022, Journal of Dairy Science
  • Identification of Genomic Variants Causing Variation in Quantitative Traits: A Review, 2022, Agriculture
  • Accuracy of genomic prediction of host resistance to salmon lice in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) using imputed high-density genotypes, 2020, Aquaculture

Best Publications

  • Prediction of Total Genetic Value Using Genome-Wide Dense Marker Maps

    T. H. E. Meuwissen;B. J. Hayes;M. E. Goddard

  • Maximizing the response of selection with a predefined rate of inbreeding.

    T.H.E. Meuwissen

  • Fine-mapping inflammatory bowel disease loci to single-variant resolution

    Hailiang Huang;Hailiang Huang;Ming Fang;Luke Jostins;Maša Umićević Mirkov

  • Genomic selection: A paradigm shift in animal breeding

    Theo Meuwissen;Ben Hayes;Mike Goddard

  • Accuracy of Genomic Selection Using Different Methods to Define Haplotypes

    M P L Calus;T H E Meuwissen;A P W de Roos;R F Veerkamp

  • Accurate Prediction of Genetic Values for Complex Traits by Whole-Genome Resequencing

    Theo H.E. Meuwissen;Mike E. Goddard

  • Accelerating improvement of livestock with genomic selection.

    Theo Meuwissen;Ben Hayes;Mike Goddard

  • Fine mapping of quantitative trait loci using linkage disequilibria with closely linked marker loci.

    T.H.E. Meuwissen;M.E. Goddard

  • Accuracy of breeding values of 'unrelated' individuals predicted by dense SNP genotyping

    Theo H E Meuwissen

  • Genomic selection using different marker types and densities

    T R Solberg;A K Sonesson;John Woolliams;T H E Meuwissen

  • The use of marker haplotypes in animal breeding schemes

    ME Goddard

  • Prediction of identity by descent probabilities from marker-haplotypes

    Theo H.E. Meuwissen;Mike E. Goddard

  • Testing strategies for genomic selection in aquaculture breeding programs

    Anna K Sonesson;Theo H E Meuwissen

  • The Accuracy of Genomic Selection in Norwegian Red Cattle Assessed by Cross-Validation

    Tu Luan;John A Woolliams;Sigbjørn Lien;Matthew Kent

  • Fine mapping of a quantitative trait locus for twinning rate using combined linkage and linkage disequilibrium mapping.

    Theo H E Meuwissen;Astrid Karlsen;Sigbjørn Lien;Ingrid Olsaker

  • Genomic prediction in an admixed population of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Jørgen Ødegård;Thomas Moen;Nina Santi;Sven A. Korsvoll

  • Mapping multiple QTL using linkage disequilibrium and linkage analysis information and multitrait data

    Theo H.E. Meuwissen;Mike E. Goddard

  • Genomic selection requires genomic control of inbreeding

    Anna K Sonesson;John A Woolliams;Theo H E Meuwissen

  • Mating schemes for optimum contribution selection with constrained rates of inbreeding.

    Anna K. Sonesson;Theo H.E. Meuwissen

  • Assessing the contribution of breeds to genetic diversity in conservation schemes

    Herwin Eding;Richard P.M.A. Crooijmans;Martien A.M. Groenen;Theo H.E. Meuwissen

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna K. Sonesson
Anna K. Sonesson Marin Software
John Woolliams
John Woolliams University of Edinburgh
Jørgen Ødegård
Jørgen Ødegård Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Michael E. Goddard
Michael E. Goddard University of Melbourne
Sigbjørn Lien
Sigbjørn Lien Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Ben J. Hayes
Ben J. Hayes University of Queensland
Jörn Bennewitz
Jörn Bennewitz University of Hohenheim
Roel F. Veerkamp
Roel F. Veerkamp Wageningen University & Research
Peer Berg
Peer Berg Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Juha Kantanen
Juha Kantanen Natural Resources Institute Finland

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