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• Berger, S., Pérez-Rodríguez, P., Veturi, Y., Simianer, H., de los Campos, G. (2015) Effectiveness of Shrinkage and Variable Selection Methods for the Prediction of Complex Human Traits using Data from Distantly Related Individuals. Annals of Human Genetics, 00,1-14.
• Berger, S., Schlather, M., de los Campos, G., Weigend, S., Preisinger, R., Erbe, M., Simianer, H., (2015)A Scale-Corrected Comparison of Linkage Disequilibrium Levels between Genic and Non-Genic Regions. PLoS One, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141216.
• Bergfelder-Drüing, S., Grosse-Brinkhaus, C., Lind, B., Erbe, M., Schellander, K., Simianer, H., Tholen, E. (2015) A genome-wide association study in large white and landrace pig populations for number piglets born alive. PLoS One, 10, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117468.
• Fangmann, A., Bergfelder-Drüing, S., Tholen, E., Simianer, H., Erbe, M. (2015) Can multi-subpopulation reference sets improve the genomic predictive ability for pigs? J Anim Sci, doi:10.2527/jas2015-9508.
• Fechner, K., Schäfer, J., Wiegel, C., Ludwig, J., Münster, P., Sharifi, A.R., Wemheuer, W., Czerny, C.P. (2015) Distribution of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in a Subclinical Naturally Infected German Fleckvieh Bull. Transbound Emerg Dis, doi: 10.1111/tbed.12459.
• Forro, A., Tsousis, G., Beindorff, N., Sharifi, A.R., Brozos, C., Bollwein, H. (2015) Factors affecting the success of resynchronization protocols with or without progesterone supplementation in dairy cows. J. Vet. Sci., 16, 121-126.
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• Gholami, M., Reimer, C., Erbe, M., Preisinger, R., Weigend, A., Weigend, S., Servin, B., Simianer, H. (2015) Genome Scan for Selection in Structured Layer Chicken Populations Exploiting Linkage Disequilibrium Information. PLOS One, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130497.
• Ha, N.-T., Gross, J.J., Van Dorland, A., Tetens, J., Thaller, G., Schlather, M., Bruckmaier, R., Simianer, H. (2015) Gene-Based Mapping and Pathway Analysis of Metabolic Traits in Dairy Cows. PLoS One, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122325.
• Heise, J., Liu, Z., Stock, K. F., Rensing, S., Reinhardt, F., Simianer, H. (2015) The genetic structure of longevity in dairy cows. J Dairy Sci. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2015-10163
• Janisch, S., Sharifi, A.R., Wicke, M., Krischek, C. (2015) Changing the incubation temperature during embryonic myogenesis influences the weight performance and meat quality of male and female broilers. Poult. Sci., 94:2581-2588.
• Khan, D-R., Wecke, C., Sharifi, A.R., Liebert, F. (2015) Evaluating the Age-Dependent Potential for Protein Deposition in Naked Neck Meat Type Chicken. Animals, 5, 56-70.
• Lyimo, C.M., Weigend, A., Msoffe, P.L., Hocking, P.M., Simianer, H., Weigend, S. (2015) Maternal genealogical patterns of chicken breeds sampled in Europe. Anim. Genet., doi: 10.1111/age.12304.
• Ma, Y., Ding, X., Qanbari, S., Weigend, S., Zhang, Q., Simainer, H. (2015) Properties of different selection signature statistics and a new strategy for combining them. Heredity, 1-11.
• Ni, G., Strom, T.M., Pausch, H., Reimer, C., Preisinger, R., Simianer, H., Erbe, M. (2015) Comparison among three variant callers and assessment of the accuracy of imputation from SNP array data to whole-genome sequence level in chicken. BMC Genom., 16:824, doi:10.1186/s12864-015-2059-2.
• Ober, U., Huang, W., Magwire, M., Schlather, M., Simianer, H., Mackay, T.F.C. (2015) Accounting for Genetic Architecture Improves Sequence Based Genomic Prediction for a Drosophila Fitness Trait. PLOS One, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126880.
• Qanbari, S., Seidel, M., Strom, T.M., Mayer, K.F., Preisinger, R., Simianer, H. (2015) Parallel selection revealed by population sequencing in chicken. Genom Biol Evol, doi:10.1093/gbe/evv222.
• Santos, L., Brügemann, K., Simianer, H., König, S. (2015) Alternative strategies for genetic analysis of milk flow in dairy cattle. J Dairy Sci., doi:10.3168/jds.2015-9821.
• Schön, C.C., Simianer, H. (2015) Resemblance between two relatives - animal and plant breeding. J. Anim. Breed. Genet. ,132:1-2.
• Yin, T., Pinent, T., Brügemann, K., Simianer, H., König, S. (2015) Simulation, prediction, and genetic analyses of daily methane emissions in dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci, doi:10.3168/jds.2014-8618.
• Zhang, Z., Erbe, M., He, J., Ober, U., Gao, N., Zhang, H., Simianer, H., Li, J. (2015) Accuracy of Whole Genome Prediction Using a Genetic Achitecture Enhanced Variance-Covariance Matrix. Genes, Genomes, Genetics, doi: 10.1534/g3.114.016261.