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PROF MICHAEL EDWARD GODDARD



Contact Details

Organization: Agriculture and Food Systems
Position: PROFESSORIAL FELLOW IN ANIMAL GENETICS
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Homepage: http://www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/staff/goddard.html
Work: 9217-4152
Fax: 9217-4299
Building: Institute Of Land And Food Resources
Campus: Parkville

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Veterinary Science University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Improved genetic evaluation systems for the dairy industry Chief Investigator AUST DAIRY CORP Project Grants (DAIRY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION) 01/07/2001
VALIDATING AND INCREASING PROFIT FROM BULL SELECTION Chief Investigator DAIRY AUSTRALIA Out of session Project Grant 15/05/2006
THE SUSTAINABILITY OF BREEDING FOR RESISTANCE TO GASTRO-INTESTINAL NEMATODES Principal Supervisor AUST WOOL INNOVATION LTD Scholarship & Studentship Program 16/10/2006
MAXIMISING KNOWLEDGE FROM DENSE SNP DATA USING MULTI-LOCUS ANALYSIS Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND Discovery Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2007
Breeding for the future - Alpaca genetics Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/03/2007

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
CRC for Cattle & Beef Quality Scholarship - Buckles Chief Investigator CRC FOR CATTLE AND BEEF 01/04/2003
PROJECT NO. SG.546 - MEMBER OF THE SHEEPGENOMICS DNA MARKER ADVISORY GROUP Chief Investigator MEAT & LIVESTOCK AUST LTD

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Effect of data collection methods on the availability of calving ease, fertility and herd health data for evaluating Australian dairy cattle
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 664-671
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  • Multipoint identity-by-descent prediction using dense markers to map quantitative trait loci and estimate effective population size
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Genetics
    Volume: 176
    Page numbers: 2551-2560
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  • Prediction of individual genetic risk to disease from genome-wide association studies
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Genome Research
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 1-9
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  • The number of loci that affect milk production traits in dairy cattle
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Genetics
    Volume: 177
    Page numbers: 1117-1123
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Genomic selection for accelerated genetic gain in dairy cattle


    Year: 2007
    Event name: Australasian Dairy Science Symposium 2007
    Conference Publication: Meeting the Challenges for Pasture-Based Dairying
    Page numbers: 185-190
    Publisher: National Dairy Alliance(Melbourne)
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  • A review of the effects of dairy breed on feed conversion efficiency
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Australasian Dairy Science Symposium 2007
    Conference Publication: Meeting the Challenges for Pasture-Based Dairying
    Page numbers: 84-92
    Publisher: National Dairy Alliance(Melbourne)
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  • An alternative measure of fertility for genetic evaluation of dairy cattle
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Genetic Improvement - Making it Happen
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 445-448
    Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics(Armidale)
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  • Cross validation of QTL from linkage analysis and linkage disequilibrium analysis
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Genetic Improvement - Making it Happen
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Conference of the Associationfor the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics
    Page numbers: 384-386
    Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics(Armidale)
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  • Genetic variation at the myostatin locus
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Genetic Improvement - Making it Happen
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Conference of Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics
    Page numbers: 135-137
    Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics(Armidale)
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  • Genotype by calving system interaction for milk yield traits and calving interval in Holstein-Friesian cattle
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Australasian Dairy Scinece Symposium 2007
    Conference Publication: Meeting the Challenges for Pasture-Based Dairying
    Page numbers: 625 - 631
    Publisher: National Dairy Alliance(Melbourne)
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  • Predicting genomic breeding values within and between populations
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Genetic Improvement - Making it Happen
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics
    Page numbers: 296 - 303
    Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics(Armidale)
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  • Use of dense DNA markers to measure chromosome segment homozygosity in dairy cattle
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Genetic Improvement - Making it Happen
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 549-552
    Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics(Armidale)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Quantification of cattle DNA using quantitative competitive PCR with sheep DNA as competitor
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 18-20
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  • Testing the neutral theory of molecular evolution using genomic data: a comparison of the human and bovine transcriptome
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Genetics Selection Evolution
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 321-341
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Can the same genetic markers be used in multiple breeds?
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production
    Conference Publication: 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production
    Page numbers: 1-4
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  • Efficiency of dense bovine single-nucleotide polymorphisms to detect and postiion quantitative trait loci
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production
    Page numbers: 1-4
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  • Estimation of additive and non-additive genetic effects on production traits and somatic cell scores in crosses among holstein-friesian, jersey and Australian red cattle
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production
    Page numbers: 1-5
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  • Positioning single nucleotide polymorphisms on an existing bovine map using a genetic algorithm and estimates of linkage disequilibium
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production
    Page numbers: 1-4
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  • Testing marker assisted selection in a real breeding program
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production
    Conference Publication: Proceedings for 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production
    Page numbers: 1-4
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  • Use of markers in linkage disequilibrium with QTL in breeding programs
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of 8th World Congress on Genetics Aplied to Livestock Production
    Page numbers: 1-7
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Artificial selection and maintenance of genetic variance in the global dairy cow population
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences
    Volume: 360
    Page numbers: 1479-1488
    Publisher: The Royal Society of London(London)
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  • Estimation of genetic parameters for milk fat depression in dairy cattle
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Dairy Science
    Volume: 88
    Page numbers: 1166-1177
    Publisher: American Dairy Science Association(Illinois)
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  • The use of linkage disequilibrium to map quantitative trait loci
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
    Volume: 45
    Page numbers: 837-845
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A method that predicts the genetic composition and inbreeding of the future Australian dairy herd
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Conference Application of New Genetic Technologies to Animal Breeding
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 302-305
    Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics(Armidale)
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  • Calving traits and their relationship with production, conformation and workability traits in holstein-friesian cows
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Conference Application of new genetic technologies to animal breeding
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 128-131
    Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics(Armidale)
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  • Estimation of the distribution of QTL effects
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Conference Application of new genetic technologies to animal breeding
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding Genetics
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 103-106
    Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics(Armidale)
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  • Hidden costs of dystocia: fertility and long term survival in dairy cows
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Conference Application of new genetic technologies to animal breeding
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 271-274
    Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics(Armidale)
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  • Interactions between gestation length, calf size, dystocia and calf mortality
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Conference A pplication of new genetic technologies to animal breeding
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 275-278
    Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics(Armidale)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Animal breeding in the (post-) genomic era
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Animal Science
    Volume: 76
    Page numbers: 353-365
    Publisher: British Society of Animal Science(Penicuik)
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  • Detecting selection
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Heredity
    Volume: 90
    Page numbers: 277
    Publisher: Blackwell Science
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  • Estimates of genetic parameters for fertility traits of Australian Holstein-Friesian cattle
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Animal Science
    Volume: 76
    Page numbers: 35-42
    Publisher: British Society of Animal Science(Penicuik)
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  • Evaluation of marker assisted selection in pig enterprises
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Livestock Production Science
    Volume: 81
    Page numbers: 197-211
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Genetic and environmental relationship among calving interval, survival, persistency of milk yield and somatic cell count in dairy cattle
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Livestock Production Science
    Volume: 80
    Page numbers: 189-200
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Genotype x Environment interaction for milk production of daughters of Australian dairy sires from test-day records
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Dairy Science
    Volume: 86
    Page numbers: 3736 - 3744
    Publisher: American Dairy Science Association(Illinois)
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