List of works - Marcel Amills

A PCR-RFLP typing method for the caprine Mhc class II DRB gene.

scientific article published in December 1996

A bi-dimensional genome scan for prolificacy traits in pigs shows the existence of multiple epistatic QTL.

scientific article

A caprine dinucleotide repeat: microsatellite CHI AE54

scientific article published on 01 December 1996

A flexible bayesian model for testing for transmission ratio distortion

scientific article

A genome-wide analysis of copy number variation in Murciano-Granadina goats

scientific article published on 08 August 2020

A genome-wide association analysis for carcass traits in a commercial Duroc pig population.

scientific article published on 3 February 2017

A genome-wide association analysis for porcine serum lipid traits reveals the existence of age-specific genetic determinants.

scientific article

A genome-wide perspective about the diversity and demographic history of seven Spanish goat breeds.

scientific article published on 25 July 2016

A high throughput genotyping approach reveals distinctive autosomal genetic signatures for European and Near Eastern wild boar

scientific article

A mitochondrial analysis reveals distinct founder effect signatures in Canarian and Balearic goats

scientific article

About the existence of common determinants of gene expression in the porcine liver and skeletal muscle

scientific article published on 24 June 2019

Alternative splicing at exon 28 of the acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase α gene in adult pigs and embryos

article

An age-dependent association between a leptin C3469T single nucleotide polymorphism and intramuscular fat content in pigs

scientific article published in April 2009

An association analysis between a silent C558T polymorphism at the pig vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 locus and sow reproduction and piglet survivability traits.

scientific article published on 25 February 2008

An association analysis for 14 candidate genes mapping to meat quality quantitative trait loci in a Duroc pig population reveals that the ATP1A2 genotype is highly associated with muscle electric conductivity

scientific article published on 21 October 2019

Analysing the Expression of Eight Clock Genes in Five Tissues From Fasting and Fed Sows

article

Analyzing the genomic and transcriptomic architecture of milk traits in Murciano-Granadina goats

scientific article published on 11 March 2020

Ancient DNA sheds light on the ancestry of pre-hispanic Canarian pigs

scientific article

Appearance, flavor, and texture attributes of pig dry-cured hams have a complex polygenic genomic architecture

scientific article published on 07 January 2013

Application of the microarray technology to the transcriptional analysis of muscle phenotypes in pigs.

scientific article published on 27 March 2014

Assessing the levels of intraspecific admixture and interspecific hybridization in Iberian wild goats (<i>Capra pyrenaica</i>)

scientific article published on 29 September 2021

Assignment of the 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase (DECR) gene to porcine chromosome 4.

scientific article

Association analysis with lipid traits of 2 candidate genes (LRP12 and TRIB1) mapping to a SSC4 QTL for serum triglyceride concentration in pigs.

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

Association between the GHR, GHRHR, and IGF1 gene polymorphisms and milk yield and quality traits in Sarda sheep

scientific article published on 23 August 2018

Association between the polymorphism of the goat stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) gene and milk fatty acid composition in Murciano-Granadina goats.

scientific article published on September 2010

Association of CA repeat polymorphism at intron 1 of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) gene with circulating IGF-I concentration, growth, and fatness in swine

scientific article published on 19 June 2007

Associations between pig adiponectin (ADIPOQ) genotype and serum lipid levels are modulated by age-specific modifiers

scientific article published on 03 November 2014

Bayes factor analyses of heritability for serum and muscle lipid traits in Duroc pigs.

scientific article published on 23 April 2010

Bayesian analysis of quantitative trait loci for boar taint in a Landrace outbred population.

scientific article published in February 2005

Canine Leishmaniasis Progression is Associated with Vitamin D Deficiency.

scientific article

Characterization of the bovine BCL2L1 gene and related pseudogenes.

scientific article published in December 2003

Co-expression network analysis predicts a key role of microRNAs in the adaptation of the porcine skeletal muscle to nutrient supply

scientific article published on 17 January 2020

Comparing the diversity of the casein genes in the Asian mouflon and domestic sheep

scientific article published on 12 April 2020

Comparing the mRNA expression profile and the genetic determinism of intramuscular fat traits in the porcine gluteus medius and longissimus dorsi muscles

scientific article published on 04 March 2019

Copy number variation in the genomes of domestic animals

scientific article published on 06 March 2012

DECR1 and ME1 genotypes are associated with lipid composition traits in Duroc pigs

scientific article published on 10 April 2013

Detecting the existence of gene flow between Spanish and North African goats through a coalescent approach.

scientific article published on 14 December 2016

Detection of homozygous genotypes for a putatively lethal recessive mutation in the porcine argininosuccinate synthase 1 (ASS1) gene

scientific article published on 15 November 2019

Differential distribution of Y-chromosome haplotypes in Swiss and Southern European goat breeds.

scientific article published on 23 November 2017

Differential expression of mRNA isoforms in the skeletal muscle of pigs with distinct growth and fatness profiles.

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

Dissection of ancestral genetic contributions to Creole goat populations.

scientific article published on 8 January 2018

Donkey genomes provide new insights into domestication and selection for coat color

scientific article published on 08 December 2020

East African pigs have a complex Indian, Far Eastern and Western ancestry.

scientific article

Effect of αs1-casein ( CSN1S1) genotype on milk CSN1S1 content in Malagueña and Murciano-Granadina goats

scientific article published on 01 November 2008

Effects of α s1-casein (CSN1S1) and κ-casein (CSN3) genotypes on milk coagulation properties in Murciano-Granadina goats.

scientific article published in February 2011

Expression patterns and genetic variation of the ovine skeletal muscle transcriptome of sheep from five Spanish meat breeds.

scientific article published on 11 July 2018

Genetic variation at the caprine lactalbumin, alpha (LALBA) gene and its association with milk lactose concentration.

scientific article published on 9 April 2014

Genetics of serum and muscle lipids in pigs

scientific article published on 14 May 2013

Genome-wide patterns of homozygosity provide clues about the population history and adaptation of goats

scientific article published on 19 November 2018

Genomic analysis of the origins of extant casein variation in goats

scientific article published on 28 March 2019

Genomic patterns of homozygosity and inbreeding depression in Murciano-Granadina goats

scientific article published on 10 March 2022

Goat acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase alpha: molecular characterization, polymorphism, and association with milk traits

scientific article published on 01 February 2007

Goat domestication and breeding: a jigsaw of historical, biological and molecular data with missing pieces.

scientific article published on 4 September 2017

Identification of a single nucleotide polymorphism at intron 16 of the caprine Acyl-Coenzyme A: diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1) gene

article

Identification of carcass and meat quality quantitative trait loci in a Landrace pig population selected for growth and leanness.

scientific article published in February 2005

Identification of positively selected sites in the goat kappa casein (CSN3) gene

scientific article published on 26 November 2009

Identification of three single nucleotide polymorphisms in the chicken insulin-like growth factor 1 and 2 genes and their associations with growth and feeding traits

scientific article published on 01 October 2003

Identification of two paralogous caprine CD36 genes that display highly divergent mRNA expression profiles

scientific article published on 16 September 2012

Integrating Y-chromosome, mitochondrial, and autosomal data to analyze the origin of pig breeds

scientific article published on 17 June 2009

Investigating the genetic regulation of the expression of 63 lipid metabolism genes in the pig skeletal muscle.

scientific article

Isolation of genomic DNA from milk samples by using Chelex resin

scientific article published on 01 May 1997

Joint QTL mapping and gene expression analysis identify positional candidate genes influencing pork quality traits

scientific article published on 05 January 2017

Low diversity in the major histocompatibility complex class II DRB1 gene of the Spanish ibex, Capra pyrenaica

scientific article published in September 2004

Low genome-wide homozygosity in 11 Spanish ovine breeds

scientific article published on 08 August 2019

Low mitochondrial diversity in native Italian pig breeds is consistent with the occurrence of strong population bottlenecks.

scientific article published on 4 September 2017

Malic enzyme 1 genotype is associated with backfat thickness and meat quality traits in pigs.

scientific article

Mapping and tissue mRNA expression analysis of the pig solute carrier 27A (SLC27A) multigene family

scientific article published on 07 December 2012

Mapping of quantitative trait loci for cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and triglyceride serum concentrations in pigs.

scientific article published on 23 September 2008

Mapping of the porcine oestrogen receptor 2 gene and association study with litter size in Iberian pigs.

scientific article published in June 2004

Mining the pig genome to investigate the domestication process.

scientific article

Mitochondrial DNA diversity and origins of South and Central American goats.

scientific article published on 9 March 2009

Mitochondrial DNA variation in Ukrainian wild boars

scientific article published on 30 August 2017

Muscle transcriptomic profiles in pigs with divergent phenotypes for fatness traits.

scientific article

Nested PCR allows the characterization of TaqI and PstI RFLPs in the second exon of the caprine MHC class II DRB gene.

scientific article

Nucleotide sequence and polymorphism of the caprine major histocompatibility complex class II DQA1 (Cahi-DQA1) gene.

scientific article published on February 2005

Nucleotide sequence and polymorphism of the pig acyl coenzyme A synthetase long-chain 1 (ACSL1) gene.

scientific article published in January 2007

Nutrient supply affects the mRNA expression profile of the porcine skeletal muscle.

scientific article published on 10 August 2017

Patterns of homozygosity in insular and continental goat breeds

Pig melatonin receptor 1a (MTNR1A) genotype is associated with seasonal variation of sow litter size

scientific article published on 24 December 2008

Plasma leptin levels in pigs with different leptin and leptin receptor genotypes

scientific article published on 01 August 2008

Pleiotropic effects of the goat prolactin receptor genotype on milk fatty acid composition.

scientific article published on 26 March 2010

Polymorphism of the caprine malic enzyme 1 ( ME1) gene and its association with milk quality traits in Murciano-Granadina goats.

scientific article published on December 2010

Polymorphism of the goat agouti signaling protein gene and its relationship with coat color in Italian and Spanish breeds

scientific article published on 5 March 2011

Polymorphism of the pig 2,4-dienoyl CoA reductase 1 gene (DECR1) and its association with carcass and meat quality traits

scientific article published in March 2005

Polymorphism of the pig acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase alpha gene is associated with fatty acid composition in a Duroc commercial line.

scientific article published on 18 March 2009

Polymorphisms of the cryptochrome 2 and mitoguardin 2 genes are associated with the variation of lipid-related traits in Duroc pigs.

scientific article published on 21 June 2019

Population structure of eleven Spanish ovine breeds and detection of selective sweeps with BayeScan and hapFLK

scientific article published on 07 June 2016

Porcine Y-chromosome variation is consistent with the occurrence of paternal gene flow from non-Asian to Asian populations.

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

Porcine intramuscular fat content and composition are regulated by quantitative trait loci with muscle-specific effects.

scientific article published on 13 May 2011

Positive selection on mammalian MHC-DQ genes revisited from a multispecies perspective

scientific article published on 7 August 2008

Primer-directed synthesis of a molecular weight marker

scientific article published on 01 December 1996

QTL mapping for teat number in an Iberian-by-Meishan pig intercross

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

Quantitative trait loci analysis of a Duroc commercial population highlights differences in the genetic determination of meat quality traits at two different muscles

scientific article published on 11 March 2012

Quantitative trait loci for fatness at growing and reproductive stages in Iberian × Meishan F(2) sows

scientific article published on 25 January 2011

RNA-seq based detection of differentially expressed genes in the skeletal muscle of Duroc pigs with distinct lipid profiles.

scientific article published on 14 February 2017

Red and blond Mangalitza pigs display a signature of divergent directional selection in the SLC45A2 gene

scientific article published on 14 December 2020

Reduced IL-2 and IL-4 mRNA expression in CD4+ T cells from bovine leukemia virus-infected cows with persistent lymphocytosis.

scientific article published in December 2002

Role of AMPK signalling pathway during compensatory growth in pigs

scientific article published on 17 September 2018

Romanian wild boars and Mangalitza pigs have a European ancestry and harbour genetic signatures compatible with past population bottlenecks

scientific article published on 15 July 2016

Segregation of regulatory polymorphisms with effects on the gluteus medius transcriptome in a purebred pig population

scientific article

Sequence analysis of goat major histocompatibility complex class I genes.

scientific article published on February 2008

Short communication: Effect of alphaS1-casein (CSN1S1) and kappa-casein (CSN3) genotypes on milk composition in Murciano-Granadina goats.

scientific article published in June 2009

Short communication: Identification of two polymorphisms in the goat lipoprotein lipase gene and their association with milk production traits

scientific article published on 01 June 2007

Short communication: genetic variability in the predicted microRNA target sites of caprine casein genes

scientific article published in April 2010

Signatures of selection and environmental adaptation across the goat genome post-domestication

scientific article published on 19 November 2018

Structural characterization of the caprine major histocompatibility complex class II DQB1 (Cahi-DQB1) gene.

scientific article published on July 2004

Structural characterization of the porcine pyruvate carboxylase (PC) gene

scientific article published in October 2003

Technical note: Advantages and limitations of authenticating Palmera goat dairy products by pyrosequencing the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene.

scientific article published on 6 September 2014

The Southwestern fringe of Europe as an important reservoir of caprine biodiversity

scientific article published on 5 November 2015

The footprint of recent and strong demographic decline in the genomes of Mangalitza pigs

scientific article published on 04 April 2019

The major histocompatibility complex of ruminants

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

VarGoats project: a dataset of 1159 whole-genome sequences to dissect Capra hircus global diversity

publication published on 08 November 2021

Variability in porcine microRNA genes and its association with mRNA expression and lipid phenotypes

scientific article published on 04 May 2021

Variation at the 3'-UTR of the goat αS2 - and β-casein genes is not associated with milk protein and dry matter contents in Murciano-Granadina goats

scientific article published on 13 November 2014

Variations at regulatory regions of the milk protein genes are associated with milk traits and coagulation properties in the Sarda sheep

scientific article published on 20 July 2016

List of works by Marcel Amills

A PCR-RFLP typing method for the caprine Mhc class II DRB gene.

A bi-dimensional genome scan for prolificacy traits in pigs shows the existence of multiple epistatic QTL.

A caprine dinucleotide repeat: microsatellite CHI AE54

A flexible bayesian model for testing for transmission ratio distortion

A genome-wide analysis of copy number variation in Murciano-Granadina goats

A genome-wide association analysis for carcass traits in a commercial Duroc pig population.

A genome-wide association analysis for porcine serum lipid traits reveals the existence of age-specific genetic determinants.

A genome-wide perspective about the diversity and demographic history of seven Spanish goat breeds.

A high throughput genotyping approach reveals distinctive autosomal genetic signatures for European and Near Eastern wild boar

A mitochondrial analysis reveals distinct founder effect signatures in Canarian and Balearic goats

About the existence of common determinants of gene expression in the porcine liver and skeletal muscle

Alternative splicing at exon 28 of the acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase α gene in adult pigs and embryos

An age-dependent association between a leptin C3469T single nucleotide polymorphism and intramuscular fat content in pigs

An association analysis between a silent C558T polymorphism at the pig vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 locus and sow reproduction and piglet survivability traits.

An association analysis for 14 candidate genes mapping to meat quality quantitative trait loci in a Duroc pig population reveals that the ATP1A2 genotype is highly associated with muscle electric conductivity

Analysing the Expression of Eight Clock Genes in Five Tissues From Fasting and Fed Sows

Analyzing the genomic and transcriptomic architecture of milk traits in Murciano-Granadina goats

Ancient DNA sheds light on the ancestry of pre-hispanic Canarian pigs

Appearance, flavor, and texture attributes of pig dry-cured hams have a complex polygenic genomic architecture

Application of the microarray technology to the transcriptional analysis of muscle phenotypes in pigs.

Assessing the levels of intraspecific admixture and interspecific hybridization in Iberian wild goats (<i>Capra pyrenaica</i>)

Assignment of the 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase (DECR) gene to porcine chromosome 4.

Association analysis with lipid traits of 2 candidate genes (LRP12 and TRIB1) mapping to a SSC4 QTL for serum triglyceride concentration in pigs.

Association between the GHR, GHRHR, and IGF1 gene polymorphisms and milk yield and quality traits in Sarda sheep

Association between the polymorphism of the goat stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) gene and milk fatty acid composition in Murciano-Granadina goats.

Association of CA repeat polymorphism at intron 1 of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) gene with circulating IGF-I concentration, growth, and fatness in swine

Associations between pig adiponectin (ADIPOQ) genotype and serum lipid levels are modulated by age-specific modifiers

Bayes factor analyses of heritability for serum and muscle lipid traits in Duroc pigs.

Bayesian analysis of quantitative trait loci for boar taint in a Landrace outbred population.

Canine Leishmaniasis Progression is Associated with Vitamin D Deficiency.

Characterization of the bovine BCL2L1 gene and related pseudogenes.

Co-expression network analysis predicts a key role of microRNAs in the adaptation of the porcine skeletal muscle to nutrient supply

Comparing the diversity of the casein genes in the Asian mouflon and domestic sheep

Comparing the mRNA expression profile and the genetic determinism of intramuscular fat traits in the porcine gluteus medius and longissimus dorsi muscles

Copy number variation in the genomes of domestic animals

DECR1 and ME1 genotypes are associated with lipid composition traits in Duroc pigs

Detecting the existence of gene flow between Spanish and North African goats through a coalescent approach.

Detection of homozygous genotypes for a putatively lethal recessive mutation in the porcine argininosuccinate synthase 1 (ASS1) gene

Differential distribution of Y-chromosome haplotypes in Swiss and Southern European goat breeds.

Differential expression of mRNA isoforms in the skeletal muscle of pigs with distinct growth and fatness profiles.

Dissection of ancestral genetic contributions to Creole goat populations.

Donkey genomes provide new insights into domestication and selection for coat color

East African pigs have a complex Indian, Far Eastern and Western ancestry.

Effect of αs1-casein ( CSN1S1) genotype on milk CSN1S1 content in Malagueña and Murciano-Granadina goats

Effects of α s1-casein (CSN1S1) and κ-casein (CSN3) genotypes on milk coagulation properties in Murciano-Granadina goats.

Expression patterns and genetic variation of the ovine skeletal muscle transcriptome of sheep from five Spanish meat breeds.

Genetic variation at the caprine lactalbumin, alpha (LALBA) gene and its association with milk lactose concentration.

Genetics of serum and muscle lipids in pigs

Genome-wide patterns of homozygosity provide clues about the population history and adaptation of goats

Genomic analysis of the origins of extant casein variation in goats

Genomic patterns of homozygosity and inbreeding depression in Murciano-Granadina goats

Goat acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase alpha: molecular characterization, polymorphism, and association with milk traits

Goat domestication and breeding: a jigsaw of historical, biological and molecular data with missing pieces.

Identification of a single nucleotide polymorphism at intron 16 of the caprine Acyl-Coenzyme A: diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1) gene

Identification of carcass and meat quality quantitative trait loci in a Landrace pig population selected for growth and leanness.

Identification of positively selected sites in the goat kappa casein (CSN3) gene

Identification of three single nucleotide polymorphisms in the chicken insulin-like growth factor 1 and 2 genes and their associations with growth and feeding traits

Identification of two paralogous caprine CD36 genes that display highly divergent mRNA expression profiles

Integrating Y-chromosome, mitochondrial, and autosomal data to analyze the origin of pig breeds

Investigating the genetic regulation of the expression of 63 lipid metabolism genes in the pig skeletal muscle.

Isolation of genomic DNA from milk samples by using Chelex resin

Joint QTL mapping and gene expression analysis identify positional candidate genes influencing pork quality traits

Low diversity in the major histocompatibility complex class II DRB1 gene of the Spanish ibex, Capra pyrenaica

Low genome-wide homozygosity in 11 Spanish ovine breeds

Low mitochondrial diversity in native Italian pig breeds is consistent with the occurrence of strong population bottlenecks.

Malic enzyme 1 genotype is associated with backfat thickness and meat quality traits in pigs.

Mapping and tissue mRNA expression analysis of the pig solute carrier 27A (SLC27A) multigene family

Mapping of quantitative trait loci for cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and triglyceride serum concentrations in pigs.

Mapping of the porcine oestrogen receptor 2 gene and association study with litter size in Iberian pigs.

Mining the pig genome to investigate the domestication process.

Mitochondrial DNA diversity and origins of South and Central American goats.

Mitochondrial DNA variation in Ukrainian wild boars

Muscle transcriptomic profiles in pigs with divergent phenotypes for fatness traits.

Nested PCR allows the characterization of TaqI and PstI RFLPs in the second exon of the caprine MHC class II DRB gene.

Nucleotide sequence and polymorphism of the caprine major histocompatibility complex class II DQA1 (Cahi-DQA1) gene.

Nucleotide sequence and polymorphism of the pig acyl coenzyme A synthetase long-chain 1 (ACSL1) gene.

Nutrient supply affects the mRNA expression profile of the porcine skeletal muscle.

Patterns of homozygosity in insular and continental goat breeds

Pig melatonin receptor 1a (MTNR1A) genotype is associated with seasonal variation of sow litter size