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List of works by Jon G. H. Hickford

A 57-bp deletion in the ovine KAP6-1 gene affects wool fibre diameter.

scientific article published on 17 March 2015

A nucleotide substitution in the ovine KAP20-2 gene leads to a premature stop codon that affects wool fibre curvature

scientific article published on 22 June 2018

A polymorphic marker for the human cathepsin B gene

scientific article published on 01 August 2001

A premature stop codon in the ADAMTS2 gene is likely to be responsible for dermatosparaxis in Dorper sheep.

scientific article published on 18 October 2011

A two-step procedure for extracting genomic DNA from dried blood spots on filter paper for polymerase chain reaction amplification.

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Allelic polymorphism of the caprine calpastatin (CAST) gene identified by PCR-SSCP.

scientific article published on 22 October 2007

Allelic variation in ovine fatty acid-binding protein (FABP4) gene.

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Allelic variation in the porcine MYF5 gene detected by PCR-SSCP.

scientific article published on 20 November 2008

Allelic variation of the ovine Toll-like receptor 4 gene

scientific article published on 16 June 2006

An association between lifespan and variation in insulin-like growth factor I receptor in sheep

scientific article published on 01 August 2012

An effective method for silver-staining DNA in large numbers of polyacrylamide gels

scientific article published on 25 October 2008

An updated nomenclature for keratin-associated proteins (KAPs)

scientific article published on 12 January 2012

Association between alleles of the ovine major histocompatibility complex and resistance to footrot.

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Association between variation in faecal egg count for a mixed field-challenge of nematode parasites and IGHA gene polymorphism.

scientific article published on 6 December 2008

Association between variation in faecal egg count for a mixed field-challenge of nematode parasites and ovine MHC-DQA2 polymorphism

scientific article published on 26 August 2011

Association between variation in faecal egg count for a natural mixed field-challenge of nematode parasites and TLR4 variation.

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Association of the ADRB3 gene with birth weight and growth rate to weaning in New Zealand Romney sheep.

scientific article published on 24 November 2008

Associations between the Bovine Myostatin Gene and Milk Fatty Acid Composition in New Zealand Holstein-Friesian × Jersey-Cross Cows

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

Characterisation of an Ovine Keratin Associated Protein (KAP) Gene, Which Would Produce a Protein Rich in Glycine and Tyrosine, but Lacking in Cysteine

scientific article published on 26 October 2019

Characterization of genetic variation in the Forkhead box class O3 gene (FOXO3) in sheep

scientific article published on 01 June 2011

Clonal polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformational polymorphism analysis: an effective approach for identifying cloned sequences.

scientific article published on 7 April 2008

Convenient anaerobic techniques, science from the supermarket shelf

scientific article published on 12 September 2005

Detection of Fusobacterium necrophorum and Dichelobacter nodosus in lame cattle on dairy farms in New Zealand.

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Detection of sequence variation and genotyping of polymorphic genes using polymerase chain reaction stem-loop conformational polymorphism analysis.

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Development of a simple typing method for the ovine Toll-like receptor 4 gene.

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Differences in mitochondrial DNA inheritance and function align with body conformation in genetically lean and fat sheep

scientific article published on 01 May 2015

Differential expression of a gene homologous to a G-alpha protein gene in neonatal mouse skin during development of hair follicles.

scientific article published in January 2001

Effect of DGAT1 variant (K232A) on milk traits and milk fat composition in outdoor pasture-grazed dairy cattle

scientific article published in 2019

Effect of variation in ovine WFIKKN2 on growth traits appears to be gender-dependent.

scientific article published on 22 July 2015

Effects of bovine leptin gene variation on milk traits in New Zealand Holstein-Friesian × Jersey-cross dairy cows

scientific article published in 2020

Emerging issues with the current keratin-associated protein nomenclature.

scientific article published on July 2010

Erratum to “Rapid and accurate typing of Dichelobacter nodosus using PCR amplification and reverse dot-blot hybridisation” [Vet. Microbiol. 80 (2001) 149–162]

scholarly article published in Veterinary Microbiology

Evolution of the ovine MHC DQA region

scientific article published on 01 June 2000

Extended haplotype analysis of ovine ADRB3 using polymerase chain reaction single strand conformational polymorphism on two regions of the gene

scientific article published on 24 February 2011

Extensive diversity in New Zealand Dichelobacter nodosus strains from infected sheep and goats

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Extensive diversity of the ADRB3 gene in Chinese sheep identified by PCR-SSCP.

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Frequency of PRNP genotypes in common New Zealand sheep breeds

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Fusobacterium necrophorum variants present on the hooves of lame pigs

scientific article published on 11 September 2009

Genetic diversity of selected genes that are potentially economically important in feral sheep of New Zealand

scientific article

Genetic variation in the 5'UTR of the KRT2.13 gene of sheep.

scientific article published on 16 August 2011

Genetic variation in the ovine uncoupling protein 1 gene: association with carcass traits in New Zealand (NZ) Romney sheep, but no association with growth traits in either NZ Romney or NZ Suffolk sheep.

scientific article published on 9 June 2014

Genetic variations in the myostatin gene (MSTN) in New Zealand sheep breeds.

scientific article published on October 2013

Glycosylation of type-IV fimbriae of Dichelobacter nodosus

scientific article published on 17 June 2007

Halplotypes of the ovine ADRB3 gene (ADRB3) and their association with post-weaning growth in New Zealand Suffolk sheep.

scientific article published on 8 May 2013

Haplotype analysis of the DQA genes in sheep: evidence supporting recombination between the loci

scientific article published on 22 November 2006

Haplotypes and Sequence Variation in the Ovine Adiponectin Gene (ADIPOQ)

scientific article published on 23 November 2015

Haplotypes of the Ovine Adiponectin Gene and Their Association with Growth and Carcass Traits in New Zealand Romney Lambs.

scientific article

Haplotypic diversity within the ovine calpastatin (CAST) gene.

scientific article

Haplotypic variation in the UCP1 gene is associated with milk traits in dairy cows

scientific article published on 3 October 2016

Haplotyping using a combination of polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformational polymorphism analysis and haplotype-specific PCR amplification.

scientific article

Identification and sequence analysis of the keratin-associated protein 24-1 (KAP24-1) gene homologue in sheep.

scientific article

Identification of Caprine KRTAP28-1 and Its Effect on Cashmere Fiber Diameter

scientific article published on 22 January 2020

Identification of a Fusobacterium necrophorum isolate that contains a new variant of the leukotoxin gene (lktA) from the hoof of a sheep with ovine footrot.

scientific article published on 19 November 2010

Identification of a leukotoxin sequence from Fusobacterium equinum.

scientific article published on 25 July 2008

Identification of allelic polymorphism in the caprine IGHA gene.

scientific article published on 22 November 2005

Identification of allelic polymorphism in the ovine leptin gene.

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Identification of four new gene members of the KAP6 gene family in sheep.

scientific article published on 5 April 2016

Identification of more than two paternal haplotypes of the ovine fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) gene in half-sib families: evidence of intragenic meiotic recombination

scientific article

Identification of the Caprine Keratin-Associated Protein 20-2 (KAP20-2) Gene and Its Effect on Cashmere Traits

scientific article

Identification of the KAP27-1 gene in sheep and its effect on wool traits

scientific article published in 2022

Identification of the Ovine Keratin-Associated Protein 22-1 (KAP22-1) Gene and Its Effect on Wool Traits.

scientific article published on 11 January 2017

Identification of the Ovine Keratin-Associated Protein 26-1 Gene and Its Association with Variation in Wool Traits.

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

Identification of the ovine KAP11-1 gene (KRTAP11-1) and genetic variation in its coding sequence.

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Identification of the ovine keratin-associated protein KAP1-2 gene (KRTAP1-2).

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Increased vibrissa growth in transgenic mice expressing insulin-like growth factor 1

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Isolation of new anaerobic bacteria from sheep hooves infected with footrot.

scientific article published on 11 June 2009

Isolation of two novel Fusobacterium necrophorum variants from sheep in Australia

scientific article published on 24 September 2010

Lack of association between CAST SNPs and meat tenderness in sheep

scientific article published on 31 March 2008

MspI RFLP in the gene for a Type I intermediate filament wool keratin

scientific article published on 01 June 1993

No association between variation in the ovine calpastatin gene and either longevity or fertility in sheep

scientific article published on 16 November 2009

No evidence for a universal association between variation in faecal egg count for a mixed field-challenge of gastrointestinal parasites and the presence of the Ovar-DQA1 null haplotype in sheep.

scientific article published on 7 January 2010

Novel fimbrial subunit genes of Dichelobacter nodosus: recombination in vivo or in vitro?

scientific article published in September 2000

Novel sequence of the porcine IGHA gene.

scientific article

Ovine Toll-like Receptor 9 (TLR9) Gene Variation and Its Association with Flystrike Susceptibility

scientific article published in 2021

Ovine footrot: New approaches to an old disease

scientific article published on September 15, 2010

Ovine forkhead box class O 3 (FOXO3) gene variation and its association with lifespan

scientific article published on January 9, 2013

Polymorphism at the beta-adrenergic receptor (ADRB3) locus of Merino sheep and its association with lamb mortality

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

Polymorphism at the ovine beta3-adrenergic receptor locus (ADRB3) and its association with lamb mortality

scientific article published on 20 July 2007

Polymorphism at the ovine beta3-adrenergic receptor locus: associations with birth weight, growth rate, carcass composition and cold survival.

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Polymorphism in two genes for B2 high sulfur proteins of wool

scientific article published on December 1, 1994

Polymorphism of Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) gene in sheep.

scientific article published on 10 July 2007

Polymorphism of the KAP1.1, KAP1.3 and K33 genes in Merino sheep.

scientific article published on 21 April 2007

Polymorphism of the bovine ADRB3 gene.

scientific article published on 29 November 2009

Polymorphism of the ovine FOXP3 gene (FOXP3).

scientific article published on 11 January 2011

Polymorphism of the ovine beta3-adrenergic receptor gene (ADRB3) and its association with wool mean staple strength and yield.

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Polymorphism of the ovine calpastatin gene.

scientific article published on 3 November 2006

Polymorphism of the ovine insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGFIR) gene.

scientific article published on 14 September 2007

Polymorphism of the ovine keratin-associated protein 1-4 gene (KRTAP1-4).

scientific article published on December 2009

Polymorphism report: Allelic polymorphism of the ovine interferon gamma (IFNG) gene.

scientific article published on 23 May 2006

Polymorphisms in the ovine myostatin gene (MSTN) and their association with growth and carcass traits in New Zealand Romney sheep.

scientific article published in October 2009

Rapid DNA extraction of pig ear tissues.

scientific article published on 6 March 2010

Rapid and accurate typing of Dichelobacter nodosus using PCR amplification and reverse dot-blot hybridisation.

scientific article published in May 2001

Rapid communication: PCR-RFLP for MspI and NcoI in the ovine calpastatin gene

scientific article published on May 1, 1998

Rapid communication: nucleotide sequences of the bovine, caprine, and ovine beta3-adrenergic receptor genes.

scientific article published in May 2000

Rapid genotyping of the ovine ADRB3 gene by polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP)

scientific article published on 14 September 2007

Re: Genetic modification technologies

scientific article published on 01 October 2003

Search for variation in the ovine KAP7-1 and KAP8-1 genes using polymerase chain reaction-single-stranded conformational polymorphism screening.

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Sequence and Haplotypes Variation of the Ovine Uncoupling Protein-1 Gene (UCP1) and Their Association with Growth and Carcass Traits in New Zealand Romney Lambs.

scientific article published on 30 March 2018

Short communication: Identification of allelic variation at the bovine DRA locus by polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformational polymorphism.

scientific article published in April 2007

Single nucleotide polymorphisms in an intron of the ovine calpastatin gene.

scientific article published in January 2000

Single nucleotide polymorphisms of the ovine calpain 3 (CAPN3) gene.

scientific article published on 29 July 2006

The detection of Dichelobacter nodosus and Fusobacterium necrophorum from footrot lesions in New Zealand goats.

scientific article

The glutamate metabotropic receptor 5 (GRM5) gene is associated with beef cattle home range and movement tortuosity

scientific article published in 2022

The sheep KAP8-2 gene, a new KAP8 family member that is absent in humans.

scientific article published on 15 September 2014

Two single nucleotide polymorphisms in the promoter of the ovine myostatin gene (MSTN) and their effect on growth and carcass muscle traits in New Zealand Romney sheep.

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Undetected lktA genes within Fusobacterium necrophorum?

scientific article published on 14 January 2010

Variation in Fusobacterium necrophorum strains present on the hooves of footrot infected sheep, goats and cattle.

scientific article published on 9 October 2008

Variation in Ovine DGAT1 and Its Association with Carcass Muscle Traits in Southdown Sheep

scientific article published in 2022

Variation in exon 10 of the ovine calpain 3 gene (CAPN3) and its association with meat yield in New Zealand Romney sheep

scientific article published on March 16, 2013

Variation in ovine CAPN3 is not associated with meat tenderness

scientific article published on 30 December 2008

Variation in the Caprine Keratin-Associated Protein 27-1 Gene is Associated with Cashmere Fiber Diameter

scientific article published on 13 August 2020

Variation in the FABP4 gene affects carcass and growth traits in sheep

scientific article published on 06 July 2018

Variation in the Lipin 1 Gene Is Associated with Birth Weight and Selected Carcass Traits in New Zealand Romney Sheep

scientific article published on 03 February 2020

Variation in the Ovine KAP6-3 Gene (KRTAP6-3) Is Associated with Variation in Mean Fibre Diameter-Associated Wool Traits.

scientific article published on 18 August 2017

Variation in the bovine FABP4 gene affects milk yield and milk protein content in dairy cows.

scientific article published on 12 June 2015

Variation in the coding region of the myostatin (GDF8) gene in sheep

scientific article published on 14 September 2007

Variation in the ovine MYF5 gene and its effect on carcass lean meat yield in New Zealand Romney sheep.

scientific article published on 11 May 2017

Variation in the ovine PRKAG3 gene.

scientific article published on 9 May 2015

Variation in the ovine WFIKKN2 gene.

scientific article published on 3 April 2014

Variation in the ovine hormone-sensitive lipase gene (HSL) and its association with growth and carcass traits in New Zealand Suffolk sheep.

scientific article published on 18 January 2014

Variation in the yak dectin-1 gene (CLEC7A).

scientific article published on 25 May 2011

Wool Keratin-Associated Protein Genes in Sheep-A Review

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