Oswald Matika

The paper identifies a 10 bp deletion in PRICKLE1 causing skeletal dysplasia in Cheviot sheep and develops a DNA test to eliminate the mutation.

This study compares genomic selection accuracy and bias between pedigree-based and marker-based models in Pekin ducks, finding higher accuracy and lower bias with genomic methods for traits with low heritability.

The paper identifies genetic variants associated with antibody responses to infectious diseases in Tanzanian dairy cattle using genome-wide association studies.

This paper compares Genomic Informational Field Theory (GIFT) to GWAS in genotype-phenotype mapping, showing GIFT provides greater investigative power by overcoming limitations of category-based data grouping.

The paper identifies a genetic locus associated with tolerance to Theileria parva infection in cattle, showing a strong heritability and replication across cohorts.

The paper identifies a recessive leg weakness syndrome in pigs caused by a premature stop mutation in the MSTN gene, showing balancing selection due to heterozygous advantage.

The paper identifies a missense variant in OLFML3 as a candidate for severe goniodysgenesis and glaucoma in Border Collies.

This study identifies a genomic region associated with resistance to Ostreid Herpesvirus in Pacific oysters using a genome-wide association study and linkage mapping.