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Three-axis MDS view of genotype structure among recorded plains, hybrid-labelled, and wood bison groups

Three-dimensional MDS view of genetic structure among 461 bison passing a 95% SNP call-rate threshold. Colors and shapes indicate the reported origin labels supplied for the animals—plains, wood, or hybrid-labelled—rather than classifications inferred from their SNP genotypes. The hybrid-labelled animals cluster largely with plains bison. Based on Yang et al. 2020.

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Cattle Y-chromosome read-depth profiles comparing controls and Swyer syndrome cases

Cattle Y-chromosome read-depth profiles comparing controls and Swyer syndrome cases. Matched whole-chromosome and terminal-region views highlight SRY coverage loss in seven cases. Based on Berry et al. 2023.

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Read-depth comparison showing affected Dalmatians retain coverage across the Bedlington Terrier COMMD1 deletion interval

Read-depth comparison across canine COMMD1. Affected Dalmatians retain coverage across the interval where an affected Bedlington Terrier shows exon-level coverage loss.

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Dominant Red cattle COPA Arg160 site shown in a human COPA structure and orthologous sequence alignment

Dominant Red cattle color maps to the conserved COPA Arg160 site, shown in the human COPA WD-repeat domain structure (PDB 6PBG) and an orthologous protein alignment. Based on Dorshorst et al. 2015.

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Human mitochondrial common deletion analysis comparing control and common-deletion RNA-seq samples

Human mitochondrial common deletion analysis comparing control and common-deletion RNA-seq samples. Rainfall plots show remap-supported mtDNA deletion calls, and the medium-size distribution highlights support near the canonical 4977 bp common deletion. Based on Vandiver et al. 2025.

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Four comparative genome visualization layouts generated with Genome Artistry in Proksee

Four comparative genome visualization layouts generated with Genome Artistry in Proksee, showing the same data as linear, wrapped, circular, and spiral layouts.

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Segment-colored neighbor-chain comparative genome ribbon plot generated with the Genome Loom tool in Proksee

Segment-colored neighbor-chain comparative genome ribbon plot generated with the Genome Loom tool in Proksee.

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Structural variant distribution in cattle visualized using KaryoploteR

Structural variant distribution in cattle visualized using KaryoploteR.

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Word cloud of Stothard Research Group publication keywords

Word cloud of Stothard Research Group publication keywords.

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Comparing structural variant genotypes to SNP genotypes for estimating sample relatedness

Comparing Manta structural variant genotypes to GATK SNP genotypes for estimating sample relatedness.

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Animation showing how EBV estimates improve as progeny information accumulates

Animation showing how EBV estimates improve as progeny information accumulates. Red dots are TBVs and blue dots are EBVs.

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Map of Riverbend in Edmonton generated with map-artistry

Map of Riverbend in Edmonton generated using map-artistry, with copper-toned buildings and dark bold roads.

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Map of southern BC generated using map-artistry

Map of southern BC generated using map-artistry.

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Map of Vancouver Island BC generated using map-artistry

Map of Vancouver Island BC generated using map-artistry.

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News

Our Bison Integrated Genomics (BIG) Project paper on the genomic history and future management of American bison has been published in Science, featured on the cover, and highlighted in an accompanying Science news feature.

Our large-scale analysis of structural variation in Holstein cattle and associated database have been published in BMC Genomics.

Congratulations to Natalie Diether on receiving the 2023 ALES Graduate Student PhD Thesis Award.

Our Proksee bacterial genome analysis server has been published in Nucleic Acids Research.

We helped solve a mystery involving cattle DNA testing in Ireland.

Our Bison Integrated Genomics (BIG) Project is now underway.

Feed efficiency genetic evaluations from our Genome Canada-funded research with the University of Guelph have been released by Lactanet Canada.

Our paper on a new SNP array for bison has been published in Frontiers in Genetics, and the array is now available to bison producers through Neogen Canada.

Links

  1. University of Alberta
  2. Department of AFNS
  3. Google Scholar
  4. CV
  5. Paul Stothard GitHub
  6. Stothard Group GitHub

Contact

stothard@ualberta.ca

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