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Walling G.A., Wilson A.D., McTeir B.L., Visscher P.M., Simm G. and Bishop S.C. (2002)
A candidate region approach allows efficient QTL detection in UK Suffolk and Texel populations.
7th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (in press)
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Walling G.A., Wilson A.D., McTeir B.L., Visscher P.M., Simm G. and Bishop S.C. (2002)
QTL Detection in the UK Suffolk and Texel Sheep Sire Referencing Schemes.

Walling, G.A., Visscher, P.M., Simm, G. and Bishop, S.C. (2001)

Confirmed linkage for QTLs affecting muscling in Texel sheep on chromosomes 2 and 18.
Book of Abstracts of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production 7: 59 
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Other Publications Related to Sheep Genomics

Wilson, T., Wu, X-Y., Juengel, J.L., Ross, I.K., Lumsden, J.M., Lord, E.A., Dodds, K.G., Walling, G.A., McEwan, J.C., O'Connell, A.R., McNatty, K.P. & Montgomery, G.W. (2001)
Highly prolific sheep have a mutation in the Intracellular Kinase Domain of Bone Morphogenetic Protein 1B Receptor (ALK-6) that is expressed in both oocytes and granulosa cells.
Biology of Reproduction 64: 1225-1235.

 
Walling, G.A., Bishop, S.C., Pong-Wong, R., Gittus, G., Russel, A.J.F. and Rhind, S.M. (2001)
Confirmation of the presence of a major gene for fecundity in Thoka Cheviot sheep by segregation analyses.
Book of Abstracts of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production 7: 63
 
Walling, G.A., Bishop, S.C., Pong-Wong, R., Gittus, G., Russel, A.J.F. and Rhind, S.M. (2001)
Confirmation of the presence of a major gene for fecundity in Thoka Cheviot sheep by segregation analyses.
 
Walling, G.A., Dodds, K.G., Galloway, S.M., Beattie, A.E., Lord, E.A., Lumsden, J.M., Montgomery, G.W. and McEwan, J.C. (2000)
Characterisation and mapping of the Booroola (FecB) gene using regression analysis in sheep.
 
Walling, G.A., Dodds, K.G., Galloway, S.M., Beattie, A.E., Lord, E.A., Lumsden, J.M., Montgomery, G.W. and McEwan, J.C. (2000)
The consequences of carrying the Booroola fecundity (FecB) gene on sheep liveweight.