A genome-wide association analysis for body weight at 35 days measured on 137,343 broiler chickens

Autor: Christos Dadousis, Adriana Somavilla, Joanna J. Ilska, Martin Johnsson, Lorena Batista, Richard J. Mellanby, Denis Headon, Paolo Gottardo, Andrew Whalen, David Wilson, Ian C. Dunn, Gregor Gorjanc, Andreas Kranis, John M. Hickey

Publikováno v: Genetics Selection Evolution, Vol 53, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2021)

Abstract Background Body weight (BW) is an economically important trait in the broiler (meat-type chickens) industry. Under the assumption of polygenicity, a “large” number of genes with “small” effects is expected to control BW. To detect su

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The usage of Mate Select, a web-based selection tool for pedigree dogs for promoting sustainable breeding

Autor: Mateja Janes, Thomas W. Lewis, Joanna J. Ilska, John A. Woolliams

Publikováno v: Canine Medicine and Genetics, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020)

Abstract Background Inbreeding is a phenomenon that accumulates through the mating of relatives within closed populations, such as pedigree dog breeds, and results in reduced genetic variation within breeds, and may lead to poorer health and fertilit

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Use and optimization of different sources of information for genomic prediction

Autor: Joanna J. Ilska, Theo H. E. Meuwissen, Andreas Kranis, John A. Woolliams

Publikováno v: Genetics Selection Evolution, Vol 49, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2017)

Abstract Background Molecular data is now commonly used to predict breeding values (BV). Various methods to calculate genomic relationship matrices (GRM) have been developed, with some studies proposing regression of coefficients back to the referenc

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Stranger in a strange land: genetic variation of native insect resistance biomarkers in UK Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis [Bong.] Carr.)

Autor: J Paul McLean, John Woolliams, Steve Lee, Hayley R. Tumas, Joan E Cottrell, Ziad Soufi, Joanna J. Ilska, John MacKay, Gustavo Lopez

Publikováno v: Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research. 94:734-744

Reforestation in the British Isles (UK and Ireland) has been dominated with the use of an exotic conifer tree species, Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis [Bong.] Carr.). Sitka breeding in the UK was developed from a single provenance, the Haida Gwaii Isl

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https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpab013

Telomere attrition rates are associated with weather conditions and predict productive lifespan in dairy cattle

Autor: Androniki Psifidi, Rebecca Holland, Daniel H. Nussey, Mike Coffey, Joanna J. Ilska, Bruce Whitelaw, Rachael V. Wilbourn, Luise A. Seeker, Jennifer Dorrens, Georgios Banos, Ainsley Bagnall, Hannah Froy, Sarah L. Underwood

Publikováno v: Scientific Reports
Seeker, L, Underwood, S, Wilbourn, R, Dorrens, J, Froy, H, Holland, R, Ilska, J J, Psifidi, A, Bagnall, A, Whitelaw, B, Nussey, D H, Coffey, M & Banos, G 2021, ' Telomere attrition rates are associated with weather conditions and predict productive lifespan in dairy cattle ', Scientific Reports, vol. 11, 5589 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84984-2
Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)

Telomere length is predictive of adult health and survival across vertebrate species. However, we currently do not know whether such associations result from among-individual differences in telomere length determined genetically or by early-life envi

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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3052487