Gill, Jennifer L, Bishop, Stephen C, McCorquodale, Caroline, Williams, John L, Wiener, Pamela
Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), previously associated with meat and milk quality traits in cattle, in a...
Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci Affecting Cattle Temperament (2008)
Gutiérrez-Gil, Beatriz, Ball, Nia, Burton, Deborah, Haskell, Marie, Williams, John L., Wiener, Pamela
In addition to its potential contribution to improving animal welfare, the study of the genetics of cattle behavior may provide more general insights into the genetic control of such complex traits....
Gutiérrez-Gil, Beatriz, Wiener, Pamela, Williams, John L
Abstract Background In cattle, the gene coding for the melanocortin receptor 1 ( MC1R ) is known to be the main regulator of the switch between the two coat colour pigments: eumelanin (black pigment)...
Wiener, Pamela, Burton, David, Ajmone-Marsan, Paolo, Dunner, Susana, Valentini, Alessio, Williams, John
This paper explores patterns of genetic diversity near a locus known to have been under selection. The myostatin gene (GDF-8) has been shown to be associated with double muscling, a phenotype...
Muscle-related traits in cattle: The role of the myostatin gene in the South Devon breed (2002)
Wiener, Pamela, Smith, Judith, Lewis, Alyson, Woolliams, John, Williams, John
Abstract In this paper, we examined the effects of an 11-bp mutation within the GDF -8 gene, originally identified in Belgian Blue cattle, in the South Devon breed. The mutation was found at moderate...
Models for the evolution of migration /--by Pamela Wiener. (1992)
Submitted to the Department of Biological Sciences.
Transfer of Streptomycin Biosynthesis Gene Clusters within Streptomycetes Isolated from Soil
Egan, Sharon, Wiener, Pamela, Kallifidas, Dimitrios, Wellington, Elizabeth M. H.
Streptomyces strains isolated from soil were found to possess various numbers of genes from the streptomycin biosynthesis cluster. The strains missing genes from the cluster also lacked the ability...
Mapping of multiple quantitative trait loci affecting bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Zhang, Chi, De Koning, Dirk-Jan, Hernández-Sánchez, Jules, Haley, Chris S, Williams, John L, Wiener, Pamela
A whole-genome scan was conducted to map quantitative trait loci (QTL) for BSE resistance or susceptibility. Cows from four half-sib families were included and 173 microsatellite markers were used to...
Transfer of Streptomycin Biosynthesis Gene Clusters within Streptomycetes Isolated from Soil
Egan, Sharon, Wiener, Pamela, Kallifidas, Dimitrios, Wellington, Elizabeth M. H.
Streptomyces strains isolated from soil were found to possess various numbers of genes from the streptomycin biosynthesis cluster. The strains missing genes from the cluster also lacked the ability...
Mapping of multiple quantitative trait loci affecting bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Zhang, Chi, De Koning, Dirk-Jan, Hernández-Sánchez, Jules, Haley, Chris S, Williams, John L, Wiener, Pamela
A whole-genome scan was conducted to map quantitative trait loci (QTL) for BSE resistance or susceptibility. Cows from four half-sib families were included and 173 microsatellite markers were used to...
Muscle-related traits in cattle: The role of the myostatin gene in the South Devon breed
Wiener, Pamela, Smith, Judith Alexis, Lewis, Alyson Margaret, Woolliams, John Arthur, Williams, John Lewis
In this paper, we examined the effects of an 11-bp mutation within the GDF-8 gene, originally identified in Belgian Blue cattle, in the South Devon breed. The mutation was found at moderate frequency...
Resolving the evolution of extant and extinct ruminants with high-throughput phylogenomics
Decker, Jared E., Pires, J. Chris, Conant, Gavin C., McKay, Stephanie D., Heaton, Michael P., Chen, Kefei, ...
The Pecorans (higher ruminants) are believed to have rapidly speciated in the Mid-Eocene, resulting in five distinct extant families: Antilocapridae, Giraffidae, Moschidae, Cervidae, and Bovidae. Due...