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Madsen, C. K., Hama, J., Nielsen, B., Janss, L., Ottosen, C.-O., Ramstein, G. & Brinch-Pedersen, H., (2026). Forædling af planter med forbedrede klimaeffekter, No. 2025-0896873, 24 p., Jan 09, 2026. Rådgivningsnotat fra DCA - Nationalt Center for Fødevarer og Jordbrug
Gao, Y., Yang, L., Kuhn, K., Li, W., Zanton, G., Bowman, M., Zhao, P., Zhou, Y., Fang, L., Cole, J. B., Rosen, B. D., Ma, L., Li, C., Baldwin, R. L., Van Tassell, C. P., Zhang, Z., Smith, T. P. L. & Liu, G. E. (2026). Long read and preliminary pangenome analyses reveal breed-specific structural variations and novel sequences in Holstein and Jersey cattle. Journal of Advanced Research, 79, 137-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2025.04.014
Liu, X., Wang, T., Zheng, Z., Dong, C., Liu, W., Niu, Z., Yang, Y., Wu, X., Qiu, Q., Yang, Y., Li, K., Lenstra, J. A., Yan, P., Kang, M., Li, B., Fang, L. & Liu, J. (2025). A 14-bp motif in the KIT active promoter region is critical for melanin accumulation in yaks, mice, and humans. BMC Biology, 23(1), Article 208. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02311-x
Lissner, E. S., Janns, L., Giannini-Kurina, F., Blicher-Mathiesen, G. & Thorsen, M. (2025). Abstract 154 Field-level nitrogen leadching and crop yield under extreme climate events. Abstract from LuWQ2025. Land Use and Water Quality: Agriculture and the Environment , Aarhus, Denmark.
Liu, H., Zhang, J., Cui, T., Zhang, X., Li, K., Wang, F., Luo, Q., Fei, S., Chen, B., Zhu, C., Chen, K., Zhu, X., Li, B., Zhao, J., Fang, L. & Ou, M. (2025). A chromosome-level genome assembly of the male darkbarbel catfish (Pelteobagrus vachelli) using PacBio HiFi and Hi-C data. Scientific Data, 12(1), Article 351. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04662-0
White, E. L. F., Kjetså, M., Peippo, J., Morgan, L., Kantanen, J., Comizzoli, P., Steffensen, L. L., Kargo, M., Matson, T., Mayer, I. & Honkatukia, M. (2025). Across borders – the status and future opportunities for long-term conservation of Nordic animal genetic resources. Genetic Resources, 6(11), 57-70. https://doi.org/10.46265/genresj.baiq2696
Han, B., Li, H., Zheng, W., Zhang, Q., Chen, A., Zhu, S., Shi, T., Wang, F., Zou, D., Song, Y., Ye, W., Du, A., Fu, Y., Jia, M., Bai, Z., Yuan, Z., Liu, W., Tuo, W., Hope, J. C. ... Sun, D. (2025). A multi-tissue single-cell expression atlas in cattle. Nature Genetics, 57(10), 2546-2561. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-025-02329-5
Zhu, S. L., Yan, Y. N., Jia, M. H., Li, H. C., Han, B., Shi, T., Xu, L. B., Wang, X. W., Zhang, Q., Zheng, W. J., Xu, J. H., Chen, L., Qi, W., Cai, S. J., Chen, X. P., Gu, F. F., Liu, J. X., Liu, G. E., Jiang, Y. ... Sun, H. Z. (2025). Antioxidants promote metabolic remodeling in cattle rumen epithelium revealed by single-cell resolution. iMeta, 4(6), Article e70100. https://doi.org/10.1002/imt2.70100
Stephansen, R. B., van Breukelen, A. E., Almasi, F., González-Recio, O., Teran, E., Milkevych, V., Miglior, F., Baes, C. F., Bakke, K. A., Benzoni, L., Finocchiaro, R., Frizzarin, M., Krattenmacher, N., Lassen, J., Pryce, J. E., Richardson, C. & Gredler-Grandl, B. (2025). Are methane sniffer phenotypes useful for genetic ranking of dairy cattle? In Book of Abstracts - ADSA 2025 Annual Meeting (pp. 143-144). Article 1513 https://www.adsa.org/Portals/0/SiteContent/Docs/Meetings/2025ADSA/Abstracts_BOOK_2025_20250624-1249.pdf
Shi, R., van der Linden, A., Ducro, B., Puillet, L. & Bouquet, A. (2025). Assessing future economic and environmental impacts of selecting resilient dairy cows using integrated mechanistic and genetic modelling. Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience, 19(12), Article 101716. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2025.101716
Morales Moreira, Z. P., Kak, K., Wei, Z. W., Yanez-Ortuno, D., Wang, N. R., Hedges, J. B., Chen, M. Y., Geissmann, Q., Zhang, W., Chatterton, S., Ryan, K. S. & Haney, C. H. (2025). Azomycin produced by Pseudomonas has both phytotoxic and anti-oomycete activity. Journal of Bacteriology, 207(12). https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00292-25
Teng, J., Duan, C., Zhang, X., Chen, Z., Ning, C., Li, R., Gao, Y., Gao, H., Liu, H., Li, J., Wang, X. & Zhang, Q. (2025). Bayesian fine-mapping and Mendelian randomization leveraging expression quantitative trait loci reveal novel candidate causal genes for body conformation traits in cattle. Journal of Dairy Science, 108(8), 8637-8647. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2025-26361
Sandrock, C., Generalovic, T. N., Paul, K., Petersen, G. E. L., Sellem, E., Smith, M. B., Tapio, M., Yakti, W., Beukeboom, L. W., Deruytter, D., Jiggins, C. D., Lefebvre, T., Librado, P., Pannebakker, B. A., Picard, C. J., Rhode, C., Sørensen, J. G., Bouwman, A. C., Hansen, L. S. & Obšteter, J. (2025). BugBook: Genetics of insects as food and feed. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 11(18), S397-S455. https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588-bja10260
Cantet, R. J. C. & Jensen, J. (2025). Causal inference and GWAS: Rubin, Pearl, and Mendelian randomization. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 142(2), 200-213. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12898
Zhou, H., Clark, E., Guan, D., Lagarrigue, S., Fang, L., Cheng, H., Tuggle, C. K., Kapoor, M., Wang, Y., Giuffra, E. & Egidy, G. (2025). Comparative Genomics and Epigenomics of Transcriptional Regulation. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 13(1), 73-98. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-animal-111523-102217
Dai, D., Si, J., Jiang, L., Han, B., Wang, K., Wang, X., Yan, S., Yin, Y., Chen, W., Mao, H., Pauciullo, A., Li, S. T., Fang, L. & Zhang, Y. (2025). Comparative Single-Cell Transcriptomic Landscape Reveals the Regulatory Mechanisms of Lactation during Selective Breeding in Asian Water Buffalo. Advanced Science, 12(37), Article e08847. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202508847
Si, J., Dai, D., Gorkhali, N. A., Wang, M., Wang, S., Sapkota, S., Kadel, R. C., Sadaula, A., Dhakal, A., Faruque, M. O., Omar, A. I., Sari, E. M., Ashari, H., Dagong, M. I. A., Yindee, M., Rushdi, H. E., Elregalaty, H., Amin, A., Radwan, M. A. ... Zhang, Y. (2025). Complete Genomic Landscape Reveals Hidden Evolutionary History and Selection Signature in Asian Water Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis). Advanced Science, 12(4), e2407615. Article 2407615. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202407615
Magnussen, M. G., Bouquet, A. E. R., Nielsen, H. M., Thomasen, J. R., Hjortø, L., Voergaard, J. L. & Kargo, M. (2025). Consequences of including CO2 taxes in the selection index of the Danish Blue line used for beef on dairy crossbreeding. In Book of Abstracts of the 76th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (pp. 583-583). EAAP.
Chen, L., Li, H., Teng, J., Wang, Z., Qu, X., Chen, Z., Cai, X., Zeng, H., Bai, Z., Li, J., Pan, X., Yan, L., Wang, F., Lin, L., Luo, Y., Sahana, G., Lund, M. S., Ballester, M., Crespo-Piazuelo, D. ... Yi, G. (2025). Construction of a Multitissue Cell Atlas Reveals Cell-Type-Specific Regulation of Molecular and Complex Phenotypes in Pigs. Advanced Science, Article e04961. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202504961
Chalabi, S., Loonen, L., Boekhorst, J., Li, H., Fang, L., Harrison, P. W., Lakhal, W., Lluch, J., Sokolov, A., Djebali, S., Rau, A., Giuffra, E. & Wells, J. (2025). Differences in maternal diet fiber content influence patterns of gene expression and chromatin accessibility in fetuses and piglets. Genomics, 117(2), Article 110995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2025.110995
Christensen, T., Denver, S., Lund, T. B., Olsen, S. B., Nielsen, H. M., Kargo, M. & Sandøe, P. (2025). Do consumers want specialized breeding goals for organic dairy cows – and how much are they willing to pay for individual breeding traits?. Abstract from The International Food Marketing Research Symposium (IFMRS) 2025, Athen, Greece.
Zhu, D., Shi, K., Li, C., Yan, Y., Li, H., Bai, Z., Tan, L., Guan, D., Zhao, Y., Wang, Y., Fan, B., Jiang, Z., Xu, Z., Feng, C., Fang, L., Hu, X. & ChickenGTEx Consortium (2025). Egg-laying ChickenGTEx resource deciphers context-specific regulatory effects on fertility traits. Nature Communications. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67245-y
Holur, P., Enevoldsen, K. C., Rajesh, S., Mboning, L., Georgiou, T., Bouchard, L. S., Pellegrini, M. & Roychowdhury, V. (2025). Embed-Search-Align: DNA sequence alignment using Transformer models. Bioinformatics, 41(3), Article btaf041. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btaf041
Ssemakula, F., Nawoya, S., Kunyanga, C. N., Akol, R., Nakimbugwe, D., Bett, R. C., Karstoft, H., Bjerge, K., Katumba, A., Mwikirize, C. & Gebreyesus, G. (2025). Emerging technologies for fast determination of nutritional quality and safety of insects for food and feed: A review. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 239, Article 111126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2025.111126
van der Heide, M. E. & Janss, L., (2025). Estimated usage of organic and non-organic feed and protein-rich feedstuff for organic pig and poultry in 2024, No. 2025-0830467, 22 p., Sept 10, 2025. Rådgivningsnotat fra DCA - Nationalt Center for Fødevarer og Jordbrug
Ramírez-Díaz, J., Bobbo, T., Guldbrandtsen, B., Schönherz, A. A., Cozzi, P., Kusza, S., Sahana, G., Stella, A. & Manunza, A. (2025). Exploring the complex population structure and admixture of four local Hungarian sheep breeds. Frontiers in Genetics, 16, Article 1507315. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2025.1507315
Tariku, H. G., Nielsen, H. M., Walusimbi, S., Hansen, L. S., Gebreyesus, G., Rugira-Kugonza, D., Bett , R. C., Nakimbugwe, D., Geoffrey, S. & Kassie, G. T. (2025). Farmers’ Preferences for Larval Traits in Small-Scale Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Production System [019]. 43-43. Poster session presented at BSFcon 2025, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
The FarmGTEx Consortium (2025). FarmGTEx TWAS-server: An Interactive Web Server for Customized TWAS Analysis. Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, 23(1), Article qzaf006. https://doi.org/10.1093/gpbjnl/qzaf006
Zaalberg, R. M., Williams, C. & Leishman, E. M. (2025). From debate to dialogue – improving collaboration between animal welfare and genetics. In J. E. Bolhuis, I. Reimert, M. V. D. Sluis, K. Visser & T. B. Rodenburg (Eds.), Proceedings of the 58th Congress of the ISAE 2025: A good life for all animals (pp. 122). ISAE, International Society for Applied Ethology. https://isae2025utrecht.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ISAE_Proceedings_6aug.pdf
Furtado, B. U., Nagy, I., Tyburski, J., Roulund, N., Asp, T. & Hrynkiewicz, K. (2025). Functional Analysis of Lolium perenne L. in Response to Fungal Endophyte Inoculation and Salinity Stress. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 44(9), 5593-5615. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-025-11782-9
Zhu, D., Wang, Y., Qu, H., Feng, C., Zhang, H., Sheng, Z., Jiang, Y., Nie, Q., Chu, S., Shu, D., Jiang, Z., Zhang, D., Fang, L., Li, H., Xu, Z., Zhao, Y., Wang, Y. & Hu, X. (2025). GCRP: Integrated Global Chicken Reference Panel from 11,951 Chicken Genomes. Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, 23(3), Article qzaf032. https://doi.org/10.1093/gpbjnl/qzaf032
Berg, J. A., Sævik, B. K., Trangerud, C., Madsen, P. & Lingaas, F. (2025). Genetic analyses of lumbosacral transitional vertebra and hip dysplasia in nine dog breeds in Norway. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 67(1), Article 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-025-00810-z
Zaalberg, R. M., Chu, T. T., Jensen, J. & Villumsen, T. M. (2025). Genetic analysis of number of functional teats, piglet survival, and piglet weight in organic pigs. In Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP) (pp. 361-364). Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_78
Hastrup, R. L., Buitenhuis, A. J., Christensen, O. F. & Sørensen, A. C. (2025). Genetic correlations between slaughter loss and other economically important traits measured on live pigs in DanBred Yorkshire. In Book of abstracts of the 76th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) (pp. 799). EAAP. https://docs.eaap.org/boa/2025_Innsbruck_EAAP_Book_Abstracts.pdf
Zhou, J., Xu, L., Liu, Q., Ma, J., He, J., Casey, D. S., Zhong, L., Su, G., Huang, R., Li, P. & Zhao, Q. (2025). Genetic parameters of vulva traits and impact of vulva scores on gilts culling in Large White pigs. ANIMAL, 19(4), Article 101472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2025.101472
ChickenGTEx Consortium (2025). Genetic regulation of gene expression across multiple tissues in chickens. Nature Genetics, 57(5), 1298-1308. Article 1821. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-025-02155-9
Epi25 Collaborative (2025). Genome-wide association meta-analyses of drug-resistant epilepsy. EBioMedicine, 115, 105675. Article 105675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2025.105675
Henry, A., Mo, X., Finan, C., Chaffin, M. D., Speed, D., Issa, H., Denaxas, S., Ware, J. S., Zheng, S. L., Malarstig, A., Gratton, J., Bond, I., Roselli, C., Miller, D., Chopade, S., Schmidt, A. F., Abner, E., Adams, L., Andersson, C. ... Ghouse, J. (2025). Genome-wide association study meta-analysis provides insights into the etiology of heart failure and its subtypes. Nature Genetics, 57(4), 815-828. Article 163. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-024-02064-3
Li, X., Wang, Z., Zhu, M., Wang, B., Teng, S., Yan, J., Wang, H., Yuan, P., Cao, S., Qu, X., Wang, Z., Zhan, K., Choudhury, M. P., Yang, X., Bao, Q., He, S., Liu, L., Zhao, P., Jiang, J. ... Yi, G. (2025). Genomic Insights into Post-Domestication Expansion and Selection of Body Size in Ponies. Advanced Science, 12(16), Article 2413023. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202413023
Johansen, N. H., Bellucci, A., Hansen, P. B., Marum, P., Amdahl, H., Gylstrøm, K. H., Rognli, O. A., Kemešytė, V., Brazauskas, G., Greve, M., Persson, C., Isolahti, M., Helgadóttir, Á., Aavola, R., Asp, T. & Ramstein, G. P. (2025). Genomic prediction of agronomic traits in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and genotype x environment interactions at the limit of the species distribution. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 138(11), Article 281. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-025-05064-x
Dai, S., Zhao, P., Li, W., Peng, L., Jiang, E., Du, Y., Zhang, W., Dai, X., Yang, L., Li, Z., Xu, L., Lan, X., Lyu, W., Yang, L., Fang, L., Liu, G. E. & Zhou, Y. (2025). Global Pangenome Analysis Highlights the Critical Role of Structural Variants in Cattle Improvement and Identifies a Unique Event as a Novel Enhancer in IGFBP7+ Cells. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 42(9), Article msaf205. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf205
Gautason, E., Þórarinsdóttir, Þ. & Sahana, G. (2025). Haplotypes affecting stillbirth and fertility in Icelandic Dairy Cattle. Journal of Applied Genetics, 66(4), 1053-1064. Article e65550. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13353-025-00978-0
Tabrizi, F., Rosén, J., Grönvall, H., William-Olsson, V. R., Arner, E., Magnusson, P. K., Palm, C., Larsson, H., Viktorin, A., Bernhardsson, J., Björkdahl, J., Jansson, B., Sundin, Ö., Zhou, X., Speed, D. & Åhs, F. (2025). Heritability and polygenic load for comorbid anxiety and depression. Translational Psychiatry, 15(1), 98. Article 98. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-025-03325-3
Kunduru, B., Bokros, N. T., Tabaracci, K., Kumar, R., Brar, M. S., Stubbs, C. J., Oduntan, Y., DeKold, J., Bishop, R., Woomer, J., Verges, V., McDonald, A. G., McMahan, C. S., DeBolt, S., Robertson, D. J. & Sekhon, R. S. (2025). High-density Phenotype Data of Intermediate Phenotypes Associated with Stalk Lodging Resistance in Maize. Scientific Data, 12(1), Article 1721. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06008-2
Eiríksson, J. H., Þórarinsdóttir, Þ., Gautason, E., Thomasen, J. R. & Liu, H. (2025). Icelandic dairy cattle: successful conservation but how can the breed keep profitable? In Book of Abstracts of the 76th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Vol. 39, pp. 331)
Thomasen, J. R., Clasen, J., Fogh, A., Østergaard, S., Nielsen, H. M. & Kargo, M. (2025). Improved competitiveness of dairy producers through systematic crossbreeding – a holistic view. In Book of Abstracts of the 76th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Vol. 39, pp. 581)
Wang, X., Yuan, Y., Pei, F., Yang, J., Wang, C., Bao, P., Zhao, X., Liu, H., Gao, H., Hou, M., Gao, Y., Li, J., Hao, D. & Li, R. (2025). Integrated Analysis of Proteomics and Metabolomics for Heat Stress in Chinese Holstein Cows. Animals, 15(20), Article 3049. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15203049
Xu, Z., Lin, Q., Cai, X., Zhong, Z., Teng, J., Li, B., Zeng, H., Gao, Y., Cai, Z., Wang, X., Shi, L., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Zhang, Z., Lin, Y., Liu, S., Yin, H., Bai, Z., Wei, C. ... Zhang, Z. (2025). Integrating large-scale meta-GWAS and PigGTEx resources to decipher the genetic basis of 232 complex traits in pigs. National Science Review, 12(5), Article nwaf048. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaf048
Liu, P., An, B., Zheng, J., Wang, Q., Yang, Z., Li, Z., Liu, D., Ying, F., Wen, J., Fang, L. & Zhao, G. (2025). Integrative Omics Defines Metabolic Biomarkers and Genetic Regulatory Mechanisms of Mortality Risk. Advanced Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202514464
Chen, J., Huang, R., Ma, J., Su, G., Huang, M., Zhou, W., Liu, C., Liu, Q., Li, P. & Zhao, Q. (2025). Investigating the genetic imprint of long body length, high lean meat rate, high fertility and long gestation period in Danish Landrace pigs. BMC Genomics, 26(1), Article 869. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-12092-w
Gensemer, C., Petrucci, T., Beck, T., Daylor, V., Griggs, M., Griggs, C., Weintraub, A., Byerly, K., Guo, L., Morningstar, J., Kornblau, I., Biggs, R., Moore, K., Koren, N., Hastings, C., Oberlies, E., Zientara, E. R., Devey, E., Dooley, S. ... Norris, R. A. (2025). KLK15 alters connective tissues in hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. iScience, 28(9), Article 113343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.113343