Dr Mehrnush Forutan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Animal Science
Journal Articles
Forutan, Mehrnush, Ross, Elizabeth, Chamberlain, Amanda J., Nguyen, Loan, Mason, Brett, Moore, Stephen, Garner, Josie B., Xiang, Ruidong and Hayes, Ben J. (2021). Evolution of tissue and developmental specificity of transcription start sites in Bos taurus indicus. Communications Biology, 4 (1) 829, 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02340-6
Ansari-Mahyari, Saeid, Ojali, Mohammad Reza, Forutan, Mehrnush, Riasi, Ahmad and Brito, Luiz F. (2019). Investigating the genetic architecture of conception and non-return rates in Holstein cattle under heat stress conditions. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 51 (7), 1847-1853. doi: 10.1007/s11250-019-01875-5
Forutan, Mehrnush, Ansari Mahyari, Saeid, Baes, Christine, Melzer, Nina, Schenkel, Flavio Schramm and Sargolzaei, Mehdi (2018). Inbreeding and runs of homozygosity before and after genomic selection in North American Holstein cattle. BMC Genomics, 19 (1) 98, 98. doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-4453-z
Forutan, Mehrnush , Mahyari, Saeid Ansari, Schenkel, Flavio and Sargolzaei, Mehdi (2018). Improving genomic evaluation of Holstein cattle using a haplotype-based relationship matrix. Iranian Journal of Animal Science Research , 10 (3), 393-402. doi: 10.22067/ijasr.v10i3.66156
Forutan, M., Ansari-Mahyari, S. and Edriss, M. A. (2016). Genetic analysis of postnatal mortality and calving traits in Iranian Holstein herds using threshold-linear models. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 18 (4), 961-973.
Forutan, M., Ansari Mahyari, S. and Sargolzaei, M. (2014). Genetic evaluation of calf and heifer survival in Iranian Holstein cattle using linear and threshold models. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 132 (1), 51-58. doi: 10.1111/jbg.12115
Conference Paper
Nguyen, Loan T., Forutan, Mehrnush, Hayes, Ben J. and Ross, Elizabeth M. (2021). A Bos indicus epigenetic clock predicts age from tail hair. 38th International Society of Animal Genetics (ISAG), Virtual, 26 - 30 July 2021.