Dirk‐Jan de Koning

This study examines bone properties in laying hens under different housing systems, finding environmental effects on bone strength but limited genetic associations.

This study estimates the genetic parameters of antibody levels in colostrum and calf serum in Swedish dairy cattle and finds positive genetic correlations with IgG and negative correlations with somatic cell score.

This study estimates recombination rate variation in pigs using multiocus iterative peeling across 150,000 pigs, identifies heritability, and finds three genomic regions associated with recombination.

This study simulates genome editing and selection strategies to reduce deleterious load in animal breeding, finding that editing multiple recessive variants is more effective than selection against carriers.