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Wouter Coppieters

Wouter Coppieters

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47
Citations
10574
World Ranking
4110
National Ranking
56

Overview

Wouter Coppieters is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a total of 52 publications noted in this area. Subfields of their work include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Cancer Research, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse aspects such as Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, and Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wouter Coppieters include Michel Georges, Latifa Karim, Carole Charlier, Gabriel Costa Monteiro Moreira, and Tom Druet.

Wouter Coppieters has published papers in several journals, with notable venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Genome Research, PLoS Genetics, Genetics Selection Evolution, and BMC Genomics.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Wouter Coppieters include:

  • Transcriptome analysis reveals tumor microenvironment changes in glioblastoma, 2023, Cancer Cell
  • ABO genotype alters the gut microbiota by regulating GalNAc levels in pigs, 2022, Nature
  • Single-cell RNA sequencing of human liver reveals hepatic stellate cell heterogeneity, 2021, JHEP Reports
  • A 12 kb multi-allelic copy number variation encompassing a GC gene enhancer is associated with mastitis resistance in dairy cattle, 2021, PLoS Genetics
  • Sequenced-based GWAS for linear classification traits in Belgian Blue beef cattle reveals new coding variants in genes regulating body size in mammals, 2023, Genetics Selection Evolution

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

  • An imprinted QTL with major effect on muscle mass and fat deposition maps to the IGF2 locus in pigs

    Carine Nezer;Laurence Moreau;Benoît Brouwers;Wouter Coppieters

  • Genetic and functional confirmation of the causality of the DGAT1 K232A quantitative trait nucleotide in affecting milk yield and composition

    Bernard Grisart;Frédéric Farnir;Latifa Karim;Nadine Cambisano

  • Extensive Genome-wide Linkage Disequilibrium in Cattle

    Frédéric Farnir;Wouter Coppieters;Juan-José Arranz;Paulette Berzi

  • Highly effective SNP-based association mapping and management of recessive defects in livestock

    Carole Charlier;Wouter Coppieters;Frédéric Rollin;Daniel Desmecht

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

    Latifa Karim;Haruko Takeda;Li Lin;Tom Druet

  • Gigantism and Acromegaly Due to Xq26 Microduplications and GPR101 Mutation

    Giampaolo Trivellin;Adrian F. Daly;Fabio R. Faucz;Bo Yuan

  • Whole genome linkage disequilibrium maps in cattle

    Stephanie D McKay;Robert D Schnabel;Brenda M Murdoch;Lakshmi K Matukumalli;Lakshmi K Matukumalli

  • 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

  • The mh gene causing double-muscling in cattle maps to bovine chromosome 2.

    Carole Charlier;Wouter Coppieters;Frédéric Farnir;L. Grobet

  • Fine-mapping of quantitative trait loci by identity by descent in outbred populations: Application to milk production in dairy cattle

    Juliette Riquet;Wouter Coppieters;Nadine Cambisano;Juan-José Arranz

  • Whole genome scan to detect quantitative trait loci for conformation and functional traits in dairy cattle

    C. Schrooten;H. Bovenhuis;W. Coppieters;J.A.M. Van Arendonk

  • A QTL WITH MAJOR EFFECT ON MILK YIELD AND COMPOSITION MAPS TO BOVINE CHROMOSOME 14

    Wouter Coppieters;Juliette Riquet;Juan-José Arranz;Paulette Berzi

  • Resequencing of positional candidates identifies low frequency IL23R coding variants protecting against inflammatory bowel disease

    Yukihide Momozawa;Myriam Mni;Kayo Nakamura;Wouter Coppieters

  • Serial translocation by means of circular intermediates underlies colour sidedness in cattle

    Keith Durkin;Wouter Coppieters;Cord Drögemüller;Naima Ahariz

  • A comprehensive linkage map of the pig based on a wild pig ‐ Large White intercross

    L. Marklund;M Johansson Moller;R. K. Juneja;P. Mariani

  • Genetical metabolomics of flavonoid biosynthesis in Populus: a case study

    Kris Morreel;Geert Goeminne;Véronique Storme;Lieven Sterck

  • Polymorphic miRNA-mediated gene regulation: contribution to phenotypic variation and disease.

    Michel Georges;Wouter Coppieters;Carole Charlier

  • An assessment of population structure in eight breeds of cattle using a whole genome SNP panel

    Stephanie D McKay;Stephanie D McKay;Robert D Schnabel;Brenda M Murdoch;Lakshmi K Matukumalli;Lakshmi K Matukumalli

  • Chromosome Research : An International Journal on the Molecular, Supramolecular and Evolutionary Aspects of Chromosome Biology

    Keith Durkin;Nadine Cambisano;Naïma Ahariz;Corinne Fasquelle

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Georges
Michel Georges University of Liège
Carole Charlier
Carole Charlier University of Liège
Richard Spelman
Richard Spelman Livestock Improvement Corporation
Didier Boichard
Didier Boichard University of Paris-Saclay
Jeremy F. Taylor
Jeremy F. Taylor University of Missouri
Fabienne Collette
Fabienne Collette University of Liège
Peter M. Visscher
Peter M. Visscher University of Oxford
Robert D. Schnabel
Robert D. Schnabel University of Missouri
Nadine Buys
Nadine Buys KU Leuven
Loic Yengo
Loic Yengo University of Queensland

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