Dr Mehrnush Forutan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Animal Science

Journal Articles
Hayes, Ben J., Nguyen, Loan T., Forutan, Mehrnush, Engle, Bailey N., Lamb, Harrison J., Copley, James P., Randhawa, Imtiaz A. S. and Ross, Elizabeth M. (2021). An Epigenetic Aging Clock for Cattle Using Portable Sequencing Technology. Frontiers in Genetics, 12 760450, 760450. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.760450
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 Papers
Forutan, M., Vander Jagt, C.J., Ross, E., Chamberlain, A. J., Mason, B., Nguyen, L., Moore, S., Garner, J. B., Xiang, R. and Hayes, B. J. (2021). Genome wide analysis of bovine enhancers and promoters across developmental stages in liver. 24th Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics Conference, On-line with local hubs in Australia, 2-4 November 2021. Armidale, NSW Australia: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics.
Forutan, Mehrnush, Ross, Elizabeth, Nguyen, Loan and Hayes, Ben (2021). Genome-wide analysis of transcription start sites across Bos indicus tissues. 38th International Conference on Animal Genetics, Online, 26 - 30 July 2021.
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.
Fleming, Allison, Forutan, Mehrnush, Makanjuola, B., Melzer, Nina, Schenkel, Flavio , Sargolzaei, Mehdi and Baes, Christine (2017). Investigating runs of homozygosity in dairy cattle using imputed genomic information. 68th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Tallinn, Estonia , 2017.
Forutan, Mehrnush, Mahyari, Saeid Ansari, Baes, Christine, Melzer, Nina, Schenkel, Flavio and Sargolzaei, Mehdi (2017). Genomic selection and inbreeding in North American Holstein cattle. 68th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Tallinn, Estonia , 2017.