Recently a paper published in cell by Boyle et al. (2017) grabbed my attention. In this paper authors noted “for complex traits, association signals tend to be spread across most of the genome—including near many genes without an obvious connection to disease. We propose that gene regulatory networks are sufficiently interconnected such that all genes […]

Through an analysis of the posts published on my website (http://geneticz.ir/) and also my previous weblog (http://geneticz.blogfa.com/) from 2008 to 2019, I found that the top five terms most frequently used in the posts were animal, Genetics, Gene, Selection and practical. Using world cloud analysis, it is possible to visualize the frequency of specific words […]

I have recently given a talk at the Animal Genetics & Genomics seminar series at the University of Florida. The participants told me how much they enjoyed it. I hear that quite a bit. So, I concluded that I must leave the academia and move to the entertainment business. The title of my talk was […]

As you know, in dairy bull evaluation forms, we have a metric called Total Performance Index (TPI). TPI is a method of ranking bulls according to a linear function. It seeks to identify bulls who excel in three categories: production, health and conformation. TPI selects elite bulls who represent the best combination of desired traits. […]

واقعیتش چند مدتی هست که بحث های مربوط به تبادل نظر در ارتباط با وظایف دانشگاهها در زمینه اصلاح نژاد دام های بومی ایران را در کانال های تلگرام و سایر گروهای دنیای مجازی دنبال میکنم و انتقاداتی که در این زمینه به دانشگاه ها میشود را می بینم. ولی باید خدمت همه دوستان عرض […]

اخیراً گروهی از اساتید دانشگاهی از کشورهای آمریکا، انگلیس، سوئد مقاله ­ای در مورد ۵۰ سال آینده مزارع گاوهای شیری و صنعت گاو شیری در ژورنال Dairy Science منتشر کردند که علاقه مند شدم خلاصه­ ای از آن را به عنوان موضوع این ماه بنویسم. در سال ۲۰۶۷ جمعیت جهان به ۱۰٫۴ میلیار نفر خواهد […]