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Benjamin D Rosen (Ben)
Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory
Research Biologist

Phone: (301) 504-8416
Fax: (301) 504-8414

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Projects
Accelerating Genetic Improvement of Ruminants Through Enhanced Genome Assembly, Annotation, and Selection
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 442481
Increasing Accuracy of Genomic Prediction, Developing Algorithms, Selecting Markers, and Evaluating New Traits to Improve Dairy Cattle
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 442491
Research Experiential Training to Expand Collaborative Research in Genomics
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 446803

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Disentangling river and swamp buffalo genetic diversity: initial insights from the 1000 buffalo genomes project Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Pineda, P.S., Flores, E.B., Villamor, L.P., Parac, C.J.M., Khatkar, M.S., Thu, H.T., Smith, T.P.L., Rosen, B.D., Ajmone-Marsan, P., Colli, L., Williams, J.L., Low, W. et al. 2024. Disentangling river and swamp buffalo genetic diversity: initial insights from the 1000 buffalo genomes project. Gigascience. 13. Article giae053. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giae053.
Systemic interindividual DNA methylation variants in cattle share major hallmarks with those in humans Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Chang, W., Baker, M., Laritsky, E., Gunasekara, C., Maduranga, U., Galliou, J.C., McFadden, J.W., Waltemyer, J.R., Berggren-Thomas, B., Tate, B.N., Zhang, H., Rosen, B.D., Van Tassell, C.P., Liu, G., Coarfa, C., Yi, A.R., Waterland, R.A. 2024. Systemic interindividual DNA methylation variants in cattle share major hallmarks with those in humans. Genome Biology. 25(1). Article e185. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-024-03307-6.
Participatory investigation of goat farmers’ breeding practices, trait preference, and selection criteria in Burkina Faso Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Badjibassa, A., Ouedraogo, D., Burger, P.A., Rosen, B.D., Van Tassell, C.P., Solkner, J., Soudre, A. 2024. Participatory investigation of goat farmers’ breeding practices, trait preference, and selection criteria in Burkina Faso. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 56:35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-023-03869-w.
The African Goat Improvement Network: A scientific group empowering smallholder farmers Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Van Tassell, C.P., Rosen, B.D., Woodward Greene, M.J., Silverstein, J., Huson, H.J., Solkner, J., Boettcher, P., Rothschild, M.F., Meszaros, G., Nakimbugwe, H., Gondwe, T., Muchadeyi, F.C., Nandolo, W., Mulindwa, H.A., Banda, L.J., Kaumbata, W., Getachew, T., Haile, A., Soudre, A., Ouedraogo, D., Rischkowsky, B.A., Mwai, A.O., Dzomba, E.F., Nash, O., Abegaz, S., Masiga, C.W., Wurzinger, M., Sayre, B.L., Stella, A., Tosser-Klopp, G., Sonstegard, T.S. 2023. The African Goat Improvement Network: A scientific group empowering smallholder farmers. Frontiers in Genetics. 14:1183240. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2023.1183240.
Using the community-based breeding program (CBBP) model as a collaborative platform to develop the African Goat Improvement Network—Image collection protocol (AGIN-ICP) with mobile technology for data collection Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Woodward Greene, M.J., Kinser, J.M., Huson, H.J., Sonstegard, T.S., Solkner, J., Vaisman, I.I., Boettcher, P., Masiga, C., Mukasa, C., Abegaz, S., Agaba, M., Ahmed, S.S., Fridolin, M., Getachew, T., Gondowe, T., Haile, A., Hassan, Y., Kihara, A., Kouriba, A., Mruttu, H.A., Mujibi, D., Nandolo, W., Rischkowsky, B., Rosen, B.D., Sayre, B., Van Tassell, C.P. 2023. Using the community-based breeding program (CBBP) model as a collaborative platform to develop the African Goat Improvement Network—Image collection protocol (AGIN-ICP) with mobile technology for data collection and management of livestock phenotypes. Frontiers in Genetics. 14:1200770. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2023.1200770.
A Chinese indicine pan-genome reveals a wealth of novel structural variants introgressed from other Bos species Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Dai, X., Bian, P., Hu, D., Luo, F., Huang, Y., Jiao, S., Wang, X., Gong, M., Li, R., Cai, Y., Wen, J., Yang, Q., Deng, W., Nanaei, H.A., Wang, Y., Wang, F., Zhang, Z., Rosen, B.D., Heller, R., Jiang, Y. 2023. A Chinese indicine pan-genome reveals a wealth of novel structural variants introgressed from other Bos species. Genome Research. 33(8):1284–1298. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.277481.122.
Morphometric characterization of local goat breeds in two agroecological zones of Burkina Faso, West Africa Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Akounda, B., Ouedraogo, D., Soudre, A., Burger, P.A., Rosen, B.D., Van Tassell, C.P., Solkner, J. 2023. Morphometric characterization of local goat breeds in two agroecological zones of Burkina Faso, West Africa. Animals. 13(12):1931. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13121931.
The bovine pangenome consortium: Democratizing production and accessibility of genome assemblies for global cattle breeds and other bovine species Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Smith, T.P.L., Bickhart, D.M., Boichard, D., Chamberlain, A.J., Djikeng, A., Jiang, Y., Low, W., Pausch, H., Demyda-Peyras, S., Prendergast, J., Schnabel, R.D., Rosen, B.D. 2023. The bovine pangenome consortium: Democratizing production and accessibility of genome assemblies for global cattle breeds and other bovine species. Genome Biology. 24. Article 139. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-023-02975-0.
The Australasian dingo archetype: de novo chromosome-length genome assembly, DNA methylome, and cranial morphology Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Ballard, J.O., Field, M.A., Edwards, R.J., Wilson, L.A., Koungoulos, L.G., Rosen, B.D., Chernoff, B., Dudchenko, O., Omer, A., Keilwagen, J., Skvortsova, K., Bogdanovic, O., Chan, E.K., Zammit, R.A., Hayes, V., Aiden, E.L. 2023. The Australasian dingo archetype: de novo chromosome-length genome assembly, DNA methylome, and cranial morphology. GigaScience. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giad018.
A sheep pangenome reveals the spectrum of structural variations and their effects on tail phenotypes Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Li, R., Gong, M., Zhang, X., Wang, F., Liu, Z., Zhang, L., Yang, Q., Xu, Y., Xu, M., Zhang, H., Zhang, Y., Dai, X., Zhang, Z., Fang, W., Yang, Y., Fu, W., Cao, C., Yang, P., Ghanatsaman, Z.A., Negari, N.J., Nanaei, H.A., Yue, X., Song, Y., Lan, X., Deng, W., Wang, X., Pan, C., Xiang, R., Ibeagha-Awemu, E.M., Heslop-Harrison, P.J., Rosen, B.D., Lenstra, J.A., Gan, S., Jiang, Y. 2023. A sheep pangenome reveals the spectrum of structural variations and their effects on tail phenotypes. Genome Research. 33:463-477. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.277372.122.
polishCLR: a Nextflow workflow for polishing PacBio CLR genome assemblies Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Chang, J., Stahlke, A.R., Chudalayandi, S., Rosen, B.D., Childers, A.K., Severin, A. 2023. polishCLR: a Nextflow workflow for polishing PacBio CLR genome assemblies. Genome Biology and Evolution. 15(3): Article evad020. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad020.
Favored single nucleotide variants identified using whole genome re-sequencing of Austrian and Chinese cattle breeds Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Naji, M.M., Jiang, Y., Utsunomiya, Y.T., Rosen, B.D., Solkner, J., Wang, C., Jiang, L., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Y., Ding, X., Meszaros, G. 2022. Favored single nucleotide variants identified using whole genome re-sequencing of Austrian and Chinese cattle breeds. Frontiers in Genetics. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.974787.
Assembly of a pangenome for global cattle reveals missing sequences and novel structural variations, providing new insights into their diversity and evolutionary history Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Zhou, Y., Yang, L., Han, X., Han, J., Hu, Y., Li, F., Xia, H., Peng, L., Boschiero, C., Rosen, B.D., Bickhart, D.M., Zhang, S., Guo, A., Van Tassell, C.P., Smith, T.P., Yang, L., Liu, G. 2022. Assembly of a pangenome for global cattle reveals missing sequences and novel structural variations, providing new insights into their diversity and evolutionary history. Genome Research. 32(8):1585-1601. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.276550.122.
A multi-tissue atlas of regulatory variants in cattle Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Liu, S., Gao, Y., Canela-Xandri, O., Wang, S., Yu, Y., Cai, W., Li, B., Pairo-Castineira, E., D'Mellow, K., Rawlik, K., Xia, C., Yao, Y., Li, X., Yan, Z., Li, C., Rosen, B.D., Van Tassell, C.P., Van Raden, P.M., Zhang, S., Ma, L., Cole, J.B., Liu, G., Tenesa, A., Fang, L. 2022. A multi-tissue atlas of regulatory variants in cattle. Nature Genetics. 54(9):1438-1447. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01153-5.
Geographic contrasts of Y-chromosomal haplogroups from wild and domestic goats reveals ancient migrations and recent introgressions Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Vargoats Consortium, Nijman, I.J., Rosen, B.D., Bardou, P., Faraut, T., Cumer, T., Daly, K., Zheng, Z., Le, C., Cai, Y., Asadollahpour, H., Kul, B.C., Zhang, W., E, G., Ayin, A., Bakhtin, M., Balteanu, V.A., Barfield, D., Beard, H., Berger, B., Blichfeldt, T., Boink, G., Bugiwati, S.R., Cai, Z., Carolan, S., Cubric-Curik, V., Dagong, I.A., Dorji, T., Drew, L., Guo, J., Hallsson, J., Kantanen, J., Kawaguchi, F., Kazymbet, P., Khayatzadeh, N., Kim, N., Kumar, S., Liao, Y., Martinez, A., Masangkay, J.S., Masaoka, M., Mazza, R., Mcewan, J., Milanesi, M., Omar, F., Nomura, Y., Ouchene-Khelifi, N., Pereira, F., Sahana, G., Sasazaki, S., Da Silva, A., Simcic, M., Solkner, J., Sutherland, A., Tigchelaar, J., Zhang, H., Ajmone-Marsan, P., Bradley, D.G., Colli, L., Drogemuller, C., Mannen, H., Pompanon, F., Tosser-Klopp, G., Yu, J., Lenstra, J.A. 2022. Geographic contrasts of Y-chromosomal haplogroups from wild and domestic goats reveals ancient migrations and recent introgressions. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16579.
Structural variant-based pangenome construction has low sensitivity to variability of haplotype-resolved bovine assemblies Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Leonard, A.S., Crysnanto, D., Fang, Z., Heaton, M.P., Vander Ley, B.L., Herrera, C., Bollwein, H., Bickhart, D.M., Kuhn, K.L., Smith, T.P.L., Rosen, B.D., Pausch, H. 2022. Structural variant-based pangenome construction has low sensitivity to variability of haplotype-resolved bovine assemblies. Nature Communications. 13. Article 3012. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30680-2.
Gaur genome reveals expansion of sperm odorant receptors in domesticated cattle Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Low, W.Y., Rosen, B.D., Ren, Y., Bickhart, D.M., To, T., Martin, F.J., Billis, K., Sonstegard, T.S., Sullivan, S.T., Hiendleder, S., Williams, J.L., Heaton, M.P., Smith, T.P. 2022. Gaur genome reveals expansion of sperm odorant receptors in domesticated cattle. BMC Genomics. 23. Article 344. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08561-1.
The Australian dingo is an early offshoot of modern breed dogs Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Field, M.A., Yadav, S., Dudchenko, O., Esvaran, M., Rosen, B.D., Skvortsova, K., Edwards, R.J., Keilwagen, J., Cochran, B.J., Manandhar, B., Bustamante, S., Rasmussen, J.A., Melvin, R.G., Chernoff, B., Omer, A., Colaric, Z., Chan, E.K., Minoche, A.E., Smith, T.P., Gilbert, T.P., Bogdanovic, O., Zammit, R.A., Thomas, T., Aien, E.L., Ballard, J.W. 2022. The Australian dingo is an early offshoot of modern breed dogs. Science Advances. 8(16):eabm5944. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm5944.
Inbreeding and effective population size of United States Katahdin sheep Reprint Icon - (Proceedings)
Becker, G., Burke, J.M., Lewis, R.M., Miller, J.E., Morgan, J.L., Rosen, B.D., Van Tassell, C.P., Notter, D.R., Murdoch, B.M. 2023. Inbreeding and effective population size of United States Katahdin sheep. World Congress of Genetics Applied in Livestock Production. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_706.
Variants within genes EDIL3 and ADGRB3 are associated with divergent fecal egg counts in Katahdin sheep at weaning Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Becker, G.M., Burke, J.M., Lewis, R.M., Miller, J.E., Morgan, J.L., Rosen, B.D., Van Tassell, C.P., Notter, D.R., Murdoch, B. 2022. Variants within genes EDIL3 and ADGRB3 are associated with divergent fecal egg counts in Katahdin sheep at weaning. Frontiers in Genetics. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.817319.
An improved ovine reference genome assembly to facilitate in depth functional annotation of the sheep genome Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Davenport, K.M., Bickhart, D.M., Worley, K.C., Murali, S.C., Salavati, M., Clark, E.L., Cockett, N., Heaton, M.P., Smith, T.P., Murdoch, B.M., Rosen, B.D. 2022. An improved ovine reference genome assembly to facilitate in depth functional annotation of the sheep genome. Gigascience. 11. Article giab096. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giab096.
Assessing Bos taurus introgression in the UOA Bos indicus assembly Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Naji, M.M., Utsunomiya, Y.T., Solkner, J., Rosen, B.D., Meszaros, G. 2021. Assessing Bos taurus introgression in the UOA Bos indicus assembly. Genetics Selection Evolution. 53:96. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-021-00688-1.
Genome-wide recombination map construction from single sperm sequencing in cattle Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Yang, L., Gao, Y., Li, M., Park, K., Liu, S., Kang, X., Liu, M., Oswalt, A., Fang, L., Telugu, B.P., Sattler, C.G., Cole, J.B., Seroussi, E., Xu, L., Li, C., Li, L., Zhang, H., Rosen, B.D., Van Tassell, C.P., Ma, L., Liu, G. 2022. Genome-wide recombination map construction from single sperm sequencing in cattle. BMC Genomics. 23(1):181. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08415-w.
Towards the detection of copy number variation from single sperm sequencing in cattle Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Yang, L., Gao, Y., Oswalt, A., Fang, L., Boschiero, C., Neupane, M., Sattler, C.G., Seroussi, E., Xu, L., Li, C., Li, L., Zhang, H., Rosen, B.D., Van Tassell, C.P., Ma, L., Liu, G. 2022. Towards the detection of copy number variation from single sperm sequencing in cattle. BMC Genomics. 23(1):215. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08441-8.
Genomic rearrangements have consequences for introgression breeding as revealed by genome assemblies of wild and cultivated lentil species Reprint Icon - (Pre-print Publication)
Ramsay, L., Koh, C., Kagale, S., Gao, D., Kaur, S., Haile, T., Gela, T., Chen, L., Cao, Z., Konkin, D., Toegelova, H., Doležel, J., Rosen, B.D., Stonehouse, R., Humann, J., Main, D., Coyne, C.J., Mcgee, R.J., Cook, D., Penmetsa, V., Vandenberg, A., Chan, C., Banniza, S., Edwards, D., Bayer, P., Batley, J., Udupa, S., Bett, K.E. 2021. Genomic rearrangements have consequences for introgression breeding as revealed by genome assemblies of wild and cultivated lentil species. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.23.453237.
VarGoats project: a dataset of 1159 whole-genome sequences to dissect Capra hircus global diversity Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Denoyelle, L., Talouarn, E., Bardou, P., Colli, L., Alberti, A., Danchin, C., Del Corvo, M., Engelen, S., Orvain, C., Palhiere, I., Rupp, R., Sarry, J., Salavati, M., Amills, M., Clark, E., Crepaldi, P., Faraut, T., Masiga, C., Pampanon, F., Rosen, B.D., Stella, A., Van Tassell, C.P., Tosser-Klopp, G., The Vargoats Consortium. 2021. VarGoats project: a dataset of 1159 whole-genome sequences to dissect Capra hircus global diversity. Genetic Selection Evolution. 53:86. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-021-00659-6.
Detection of copy number variants in African goats using whole genome sequence data Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Nandolo, W., Meszaros, G., Banda, L.J., Gondwe, T.N., Mulindwa, H.A., Nakimbugwe, H.N., Wurzinger, M., Clark, E., Woodward Greene, M.J., Liu, M., Liu, G., Van Tassell, C.P., Rosen, B.D., Solkner, J. 2021. Detection of copy number variants in African goats using whole genome sequence data. BMC Genomics. 22(1):398. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07703-1.
A comprehensive catalogue of regulatory variants in the cattle transcriptome - (Abstract Only)
Liu, S., Gao, Y., Canela-Xandri, O., Wang, S., Yu, Y., Cai, W., Li, B., Pairo-Castineira, E., D'Mellow, K., Rawlik, K., Xia, C., Yao, Y., Li, X., Yan, Z., Li, C., Rosen, B.D., Van Tassell, C.P., Van Raden, P.M., Zhang, S., Ma, L., Cole, J.B., Liu, G., Tenesa, A., Fang, L. 2021. A comprehensive catalogue of regulatory variants in the cattle transcriptome [abstract]. Journal of Dairy Science. 104(Suppl. 1):121(abstr. 307).
Chromosome-length genome assembly and structural variations of the primal Basenji dog (Canis lupus familiaris) genome Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Edwards, R.J., Field, M.A., Ferguson, J.M., Dudchenko, O., Keilwagen, J., Rosen, B.D., Johnson, G.S., Rice, E., Hillier, L., Hammond, J.M., Towarnicki, S.G., Omer, A., Skvortsova, K., Bogdanovic, O., Zammit, R.A., Aiden, E.L., Warren, W.C., Ballard, J.W. 2021. Chromosome-length genome assembly and structural variations of the primal Basenji dog (Canis lupus familiaris) genome. BMC Genomics. 22(1):188. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07493-6.
Investigation of ancestral alleles in the Bovinae subfamily Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Naji, M.M., Utsunomiya, Y.T., Solkner, J., Rosen, B.D., Meszaros, G. 2021. Investigation of ancestral alleles in the Bovinae subfamily. Gigascience. 22(1):108. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07412-9.
Experiences from the implementation of community-based goat breeding programs in Malawi and Uganda: a potential approach for conservation and improvement of indigenous small ruminants in smallholder farms Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kaumbata, W., Nakimbugwe, H.N., Nandolo, W., Banda, L.J., Meszaros, G., Gondwe, T.N., Woodward Greene, M.J., Rosen, B.D., Van Tassell, C.P., S0lkner, J., Wurzinger, M. 2021. Experiences from the implementation of community-based goat breeding programs in Malawi and Uganda: a potential approach for conservation and improvement of indigenous small ruminants in smallholder farms. Sustainability. 13(3):1494. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031494.
A reference genome assembly of American bison, Bison bison bison Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Oppenheimer, J., Rosen, B.D., Heaton, M.P., Vander Ley, B.L., Shafer, W.R., Schuetze, F.T., Stroud, B., Kuehn, L.A., McClure, J.C., Barfield, J.P., Blackburn, H.D., Kalbfleisch, T.S., Bickhart, D.M., Davenport, K.M., Kuhn, K.L., Green, R.E., Shapiro, B., Smith, T.P.L. 2021. A reference genome assembly of American bison, Bison bison bison. Journal of Heredity. 112(2):174-183. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esab003.
A reference genome assembly of Simmental cattle, Bos taurus taurus Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Heaton, M.P., Smith, T.P.L., Bickhart, D.M., Vander Ley, B.L., Kuehn, L.A., Oppenheimer, J., Shafer, W.R., Schuetze, F.T., Stroud, B., McClure, J.C., Barfield, J.P., Blackburn, H.D., Kalbfleisch, T.S., Davenport, K.M., Kuhn, K.L., Green, R.E., Shapiro, B., Rosen, B.D. 2021. A reference genome assembly of Simmental cattle, Bos taurus taurus. Journal of Heredity. 112(2):184-191. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esab002.
Copy number variation analysis reveals variants associated with milk production traits in dairy goats Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kang, X., Liu, M., Liu, S., Pan, M.G., Li, M., Wiggans, G.R., Van Tassell, C.P., Rosen, B.D., Liu, G. 2020. Copy number variation analysis reveals variants associated with milk production traits in dairy goats. Genomics. 112(6):4934-4937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.09.007.
The Bovine Pangenome Consortium - (Abstract Only)
Bickhart, D.M., Rosen, B.D., Smith, T.P. 2020. The Bovine Pangenome Consortium. Meeting Abstract. Biodiversity Genomics Conference October 5-9, 2020, Virtual Meeting.
Comparative whole genome DNA methylation profiling of cattle tissues reveals global and tissue-specific methylation patterns Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Zhou, Y., Liu, S., Hu, Y., Fang, L., Gao, Y., Xia, H., Schroeder, S.G., Rosen, B.D., Connor, E.E., Li, C., Baldwin, R.L., Cole, J.B., Van Tassell, C.P., Yang, L., Ma, L., Liu, G. 2020. Comparative whole genome DNA methylation profiling of cattle tissues reveals global and tissue-specific methylation patterns. BMC Biology. 18(1):85. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-020-00793-5.
Scaling up community-based breeding programmes via multi-stakeholder collaboration Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kaumbata, W., Nakimbugwe, H.N., Haile, A., Banda, L.J., Meszaros, G., Gondwe, T.N., Woodward Greene, M.J., Rosen, B.D., Van Tassell, C.P., Solkner, J., Wurzinger, M. 2020. Scaling up community-based breeding programmes via multi-stakeholder collaboration. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics. 12(1):99-112. https://doi.org/10.17170/kobra-202005281298.
Comprehensive analyses of 723 transcriptomes enhance biological interpretation and genomic prediction for complex traits in cattle Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Fang, L., Cai, W., Liu, S., Canela-Xandri, O., Gao, Y., Jiang, J., Rawlik, K., Li, B., Schroeder, S.G., Rosen, B.D., Li, C., Sonstegard, T.S., Alexander, L.J., Van Tassell, C.P., Van Raden, P.M., Cole, J.B., Yu, Y., Zhang, S., Tenesa, A., Ma, L., Liu, G. 2019. Comprehensive analyses of 723 transcriptomes enhance biological interpretation and genomic prediction for complex traits in cattle. Genome Research. 30(5):790-801. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.250704.119.
An improved pig reference genome sequence to enable pig genetics and genomics research Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Warr, A., Affara, N., Aken, B., Beiki, H., Bickhart, D.M., Billis, K., Chow, W., Eory, L., Finlayson, H.A., Flicek, P., Giron, C.G., Griffin, D.K., Hall, R., Hannum, G., Hourlier, T., Howe, K., Hume, D.A., Izuogu, O., Kim, K., Koren, S., Liu, H., Manchanda, N., Martin, F.J., Nonneman, D.J., O'Connor, R.E., Phillippy, A.M., Rohrer, G.A., Rosen, B.D., Rund, L.A., Sargent, C.A., Schook, L.B., Schroeder, S.G., Shwartz, A.S., Skinner, B.M., Talbot, R., Tseng, E., Tuggle, C.K., Watson, M., Smith, T.P., Archibald, A.L. 2020. An improved pig reference genome sequence to enable pig genetics and genomics research. GigaScience. 9(6):giaa051. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giaa051.
Tangible and intangible benefits of local goats rearing in smallholder farms in Malawi Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kaumbata, W., Banda, L.J., Meszaros, G., Gondwe, T.N., Woodward Greene, M.J., Rosen, B.D., Van Tassell, C.P., Solkner, J., Wurzinger, M. 2020. Tangible and intangible benefits of local goats rearing in smallholder farms in Malawi. Small Ruminant Research. 87:106095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2020.106095.
Haplotype-resolved genomes provide insights into structural variation and gene content in Angus and Brahman cattle Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Low, W., Tearle, R., Liu, C., Koren, S., Rhie, A., Bickhart, D.M., Rosen, B.D., Kronenberg, Z.N., Kingan, S.B., Tseng, E., Thibaud-Nissen, F., Martin, F., Billis, K., Ghurye, J., Hastie, A.R., Lee, J., Pang, A., Heaton, M.P., Phillippy, A.M., Hiendleder, S., Smith, T.P., Williams, J.L. 2020. Haplotype-resolved genomes provide insights into structural variation and gene content in Angus and Brahman cattle. Nature Communications. 11:2071. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15848-y.
Continuous chromosome-scale haplotypes assembled from a single interspecies F1 hybrid of yak and cattle Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Rice, E.S., Koren, S., Rhie, A., Heaton, M.P., Kalbfleisch, T., Hardy, T., Hackett, P., Bickhart, D.M., Rosen, B.D., Vander Ley, B., Maurer, N.W., Green, R.E., Phillippy, A.M., Petersen, J.L., Smith, T.P. 2020. Continuous chromosome-scale haplotypes assembled from a single interspecies F1 hybrid of yak and cattle. GigaScience. 9(4):1-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giaa029.
Canfam_GSD: Denovochromosome-length genome assembly of the German Shepherd Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) using a combination of long reads, optical mapping, and Hi-C Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Field, M.A., Rosen, B.D., Dudchenko, O., Chan, E.K.F., Minoche, A.E., Edwards, R.J., Barton, K., Lyons, R.J., Enosi Tuipulotu, D., Hayes, V.M., Omer, A.D., Colaric, Z., Keilwagen, J., Skvortsova, K., Bogdanovic, O., Smith, M.A., Aiden, E.L., Smith, T.P., Zammit, R.A., Ballard, J.O. 2020. Canfam_GSD: Denovochromosome-length genome assembly of the German Shepherd Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) using a combination of long reads, optical mapping, and Hi-C. GigaScience. 9(4):1-12. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giaa027.
De novo assembly of the cattle reference genome with single-molecule sequencing Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Rosen, B.D., Bickhart, D.M., Schnabel, R.D., Koren, S., Elsik, C.G., Tseng, E., Rowan, T.N., Low, W.Y., Zimin, A., Couldrey, C., Hall, R., Li, W., Rhie, A., Ghurye, J., McKay, S.D., Thibaud-Nissen, F., Hoffman, J., Murdoch, B.M., Snelling, W.M., McDaneld, T.G., Hammond, J.A., Schwartz, J.C., Nandolo, W., Hagen, D.E., Dreischer, C., Schultheiss, S.J., Schroeder, S.G., Phillippy, A.M.,Cole, J.B., Van Tassell, C.P., Liu, G., Smith, T.P.L., Medrano, J.F. 2020. De novo assembly of the cattle reference genome with single-molecule sequencing. GigaScience. 9(3):1-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giaa021.
Advances in sequencing technology herald a new frontier in cattle genomics and genome-enabled selection Reprint Icon - (Review Article)
Bickhart, D.M., McClure, J.C., Schnabel, R.D., Rosen, B.D., Medrano, J.F., Smith, T.P.L. 2020. Advances in sequencing technology herald a new frontier in cattle genomics and genome-enabled selection. Journal of Dairy Science. 103(6):5278-5290. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-17693.
New insights into mammalian sex chromosome structure and evolution using high-quality sequences from bovine X and Y chromosomes Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Liu, R., Yee Low, W., Tearle, R., Koren, S., Ghurye, J., Rhie, A., Phillippy, A.M., Rosen, B.D., Bickhart, D.M., Smith, T.P., Hiendleder, S., Williams, J.L. 2019. New insights into mammalian sex chromosome structure and evolution using high-quality sequences from bovine X and Y chromosomes. BMC Genomics. 20:1000. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-6364-z.
Using the ARS-UCD1.2 reference genome in U.S. evaluations - (Proceedings)
Null, D.J., Van Raden, P.M., Rosen, B.D., O'Connell, J.R., Bickhart, D.M. 2019. Using the ARS-UCD1.2 reference genome in U.S. evaluations. Interbull Bulletin. 55:30-34.
Reprogramming of root cells during nitrogen-fixing symbiosis involves dynamic polysome association of coding and non-coding RNAs Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Traubenik, S., Reynoso, M.A., Hobecker, K.V., Lancia, M., Hummel, M., Rosen, B.D., Town, C., Bailey-Serres, J., Blanco, F.F., Zanetti, M.E. 2020. Reprogramming of root cells during nitrogen-fixing symbiosis involves dynamic polysome association of coding and non-coding RNAs. The Plant Cell. 32:352-373. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00647.
Genome assemblies of global cattle breeds to create a cattle Pangenome - (Abstract Only)
Smith, T.P.L, Bickhart, D.M., Rosen, B.D. 2020. Genome assemblies of global cattle breeds to create a cattle Pangenome [abstract]. International Plant & Animal Genome XXVIII Conference, January 11-15, 2020, San Diego, California. Poster Number PE0318. Available at: https://plan.core-apps.com/pag_2020/abstracts
Signatures of selection and environmental adaptation across the goat genome post-domestication Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Bertolini, F., Servin, B., Talenti, A., Rochat, E., Kim, E., Oget, C., Palhiere, I., Crisa, A., Catillo, G., Steri, R., Amills, M., Colli, L., Marras, G., Milanesi, M., Nicolazzi, E., Rosen, B.D., Van Tassell, C.P., Guldbrandtsen, B., Sonstegard, T.S., Tosser-Klopp, G., Stella, A., Rothschild, M.F., Joost, S., Crepaldi, P. 2018. Signatures of selection and environmental adaptation across the goat genome post-domestication. Genetic Selection Evolution. 50:57. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-018-0421-y.
Genome-wide CNV analysis revealed variants associated with growth traits in African indigenous goats Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Liu, M., Woodward Greene, M.J., Kang, X., Pan, M.G., Rosen, B.D., Van Tassell, C.P., Chen, H., Liu, G. 2020. Genome-wide CNV analysis revealed variants associated with growth traits in African indigenous goats. Genomics. 112(2):1477-1480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2019.08.018.
Progress report on a plains bison-Simmental interspecies cross for genome assembly by trio binning - (Other)
Heaton, M.P., Kuehn, L.A., Vander Ley, B.L., Clark, H.J., Shafer, W., Schuetze, F., Stroud, B., Barfield, J.P., Blackburn, H.D., Kalbfleisch, T.S., Rosen, B.D., Bickhart, D.M., Oppenheimer, J., Shapiro, B., Green, R.E., Smith, T.P. 2019. Progress report on a plains bison-Simmental interspecies cross for genome assembly by trio binning [abstract]. Fall Focus 2019, Manhattan, Kansas, August 25-27, 2019. Available: https://simmental.org.
Chromosome-length haplotigs for yak and cattle from trio binning assembly of an F1 hybrid Reprint Icon - (Research Notes)
Rice, E.S., Koren, S., Rhie, A., Heaton, M.P., Kalbfleisch, T.S., Hardy, T., Hackett, P.H., Bickhart, D.M., Rosen, B.D., Vander Ley, B., Maurer, N.W., Green, R.E., Phillippy, A.M., Petersen, J.L., Smith, T.P.L. 2019. Chromosome-length haplotigs for yak and cattle from trio binning assembly of an F1 hybrid. bioRxiv. 737171. https://doi.org/10.1101/737171.
Timing and extent of inbreeding in African goats Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Nandolo, W., Meszaros, G., Banda, L.J., Gondwe, T.N., Lamuno, D., Mulindwa, H., Nakimbugwe, H.N., Wurzinger, M., Utsunomiya, Y.T., Woodward Greene, M.J., Liu, M., Liu, G., Van Tassell, C.P., Curik, I., Rosen, B.D., Solkner, J. 2019. Timing and extent of inbreeding in African goats. Frontiers in Genetics. 10:57. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00537.
Integrating signals from sperm methylome analysis and genome-wide association study for a better understanding of male fertility in cattle Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Fang, L., Zhou, Y., Liu, S., Jiang, J., Bickhart, D.M., Null, D.J., Li, B., Schroeder, S.G., Rosen, B.D., Cole, J.B., Van Tassell, C.P., Ma, L., Liu, G. 2019. Integrating signals from sperm methylome analysis and genome-wide association study for a better understanding of male fertility in cattle. Epigenomes. 3(2):10. https://doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes3020010.
Comparative analyses of sperm DNA methylomes among human, mouse and cattle provide insights into epigenomic evolution and complex traits Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Fang, L., Zhou, Y., Liu, S., Jiang, J., Bickhart, D.M., Null, D.J., Li, B., Schroeder, S.G., Rosen, B.D., Cole, J.B., Van Tassell, C.P., Ma, L., Liu, G. 2019. Comparative analyses of sperm DNA methylomes among human, mouse and cattle provide insights into epigenomic evolution and complex traits. Epigenetics. 14(3):260-276. https://doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2019.1582217.
Computational detection and experimental validation of segmental duplications and associated copy number variations in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Liu, S., Kang, X., Catacchio, C.R., Liu, M., Fang, L., Schroeder, S.G., Li, W., Rosen, B.D., Iamartino, D., Iannuzzi, L., Sonstegard, T.S., Van Tassell, C.P., Ventura, M., Low, W., Williams, J.L., Bickhart, D.M., Liu, G. 2019. Computational detection and experimental validation of segmental duplications and associated copy number variations in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). Functional and Integrative Genomics. 19(3):409–419. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10142-019-00657-4.
Chromosome-level assembly of the water buffalo genome surpasses human and goat genomes in sequence contiguity Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Yee Low, W., Tearle, R., Bickhart, D.M., Rosen, B.D., Kingan, S.B., Swale, T., Thibaud-Nissen, F., Murphy, T., Young, R., Lefevre, L., Hume, D., Collins, A., Ajmone-Marsan, P., Smith, T.P., Williams, J. 2019. Chromosome-level assembly of the water buffalo genome surpasses human and goat genomes in sequence contiguity. Nature Communications. 10:260. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08260-0.
Short communication: Identification of the pseudoautosomal region in the Hereford bovine reference genome assembly ARS-UCD1.2 Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Johnson, T., Keehan, M., Harland, C., Lopdell, T., Spelman, R.J., Davis, S.R., Rosen, B.D., Smith, T.P., Couldrey, C. 2019. Short communication: Identification of the pseudoautosomal region in the Hereford bovine reference genome assembly ARS-UCD1.2. Journal of Dairy Science. 102(4):3254-3258. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2018-15638.
AdaptMap: Exploring goat diversity and adaptation Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Stella, A., Nicolazzi, E.L., Van Tassell, C.P., Rothschild, M., Colli, L., Rosen, B.D., Sonstegard, T.S., Crepaldi, P., Tosser, G., Joost, S., Adaptmap Consortium. 2018. AdaptMap: Exploring goat diversity and adaptation. Genetic Selection Evolution. 50:61. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-018-0427-5.
Genome-wide SNP profiling of worldwide goat populations reveals a strong partitioning of diversity and highlights post-domestication migration routes Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Colli, L., Milanesi, M., Talenti, A., Bertolini, F., Chen, M., Crisa, A., Daly, K., Del Corvo, M., Guldbrandtsen, B., Lenstra, J.A., Rosen, B.D., Vajana, E., Catillo, G., Joost, S., Nicolazzi, E., Rochat, E., Rothschild, M.F., Servin, B., Sonstegard, T.S., Steri, R., Van Tassell, C.P., Ajmone-Marsan, P., Crepaldi, P., Stella, A. 2018. Genome-wide SNP profiling of worldwide goat populations reveals a strong partitioning of diversity and highlights post-domestication migration routes. Genetic Selection Evolution. 50:58. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-018-0422-x.
Diversity of copy number variation in the worldwide goat population Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Liu, M., Zhou, Y., Rosen, B.D., Van Tassell, C.P., Stella, A., Tosser, G., Rupp, R., Palhiere, I., Colli, L., Sayre, B., Crepaldi, P., Fang, L., Meszaros, G., Chen, H., Liu, G., Adaptmap Consortium. 2018. Diversity of copy number variation in the worldwide goat population. Heredity. 122:636–646. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-018-0150-6.
Misidentification of runs of homozygosity islands in cattle caused by interference with copy number variation or large intermarker distances Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Nandolo, W., Utsunomiya, Y.T., Meszaros, G., Wurzinger, M., Khayadzadeh, N., Torrecilha, R.B., Mulindwa, H., Gondwe, T., Waldmann, P., Ferencakovic, M., Garcia, J.F., Rosen, B.D., Bickhart, D.M., Van Tassell, C.P., Curik, I., Solkner, J. 2018. Misidentification of runs of homozygosity islands in cattle caused by interference with copy number variation or large intermarker distances. Genetic Selection Evolution. 50(1):43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-018-0414-x.
Comparative whole genome DNA methylation profiling of cattle sperm and somatic tissues reveals striking hypomethylated patterns in sperm Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Zhou, Y., Connor, E.E., Bickhart, D.M., Li, C., Baldwin, R.L., Schroeder, S.G., Rosen, B.D., Yang, L., Van Tassell, C.P., Liu, G. 2018. Comparative whole genome DNA methylation profiling of cattle sperm and somatic tissues reveals striking hypomethylated patterns in sperm. Gigascience. 7(5):1-13. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giy039.
Potential benefits from using a new reference map in genomic prediction - (Abstract Only)
Null, D.J., Van Raden, P.M., Bickhart, D.M., Cole, J.B., O'Connell, J.R., Rosen, B.D. 2018. Potential benefits from using a new reference map in genomic prediction. Journal of Dairy Science. 101 (Suppl. 2):181-182(abstr. 168).
Long-read sequencing enables the accurate annotation of immune gene clusters in goat - (Abstract Only)
Chromosome-level assembly of the water buffalo genome - (Abstract Only)
Genome-wide sequencing and comparative profiling of cattle sperm DNA methylome reveals its hypomethylated patterns - (Abstract Only)
Whole genome structural analysis of Caribbean hair sheep reveals quantitative link to West African ancestry Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Spangler, G.L., Rosen, B.D., Iiori, M.B., Hanotte, O., Kim, E.S., Sonstegard, T.S., Burke, J.M., Morgan, J.L., Notter, D.R., Van Tassell, C.P. 2017. Whole genome structural analysis of Caribbean hair sheep reveals quantitative link to West African ancestry. PLoS One. 12(6):e0179021.
Single-molecule sequencing and conformational capture enable de novo mammalian reference genomes - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Bickhart, D.M., Rosen, B.D., Koren, S., Sayre, B.L., Hastie, A.R., Chan, S., Lee, J., Lam, E.T., Liachko, I., Sullivan, S.T., Burton, J., Huson, H.J., Kelley, C.M., Hutchison, J.L., Zhou, Y., Sun, J., Crisa, A., Ponce De Leon, F.A., Schwartz, J.C., Hammond, J.A., Waldbieser, G.C., Schroeder, S.G., Liu, G., Dunham, M., Shendure, J., Sonstegard, T.S., Phillippy, A.M., Van Tassell, C.P., Smith, T.P. 2017. Single-molecule sequencing and conformational capture enable de novo mammalian reference genomes. Nature Genetics. 49(4):643-650.
Exploiting long read sequencing technologies to establish high quality highly contiguous pig reference genome assemblies - (Abstract Only)
Warr, A., Hall, R., Kim, K., Tseng, E., Koren, S., Phillippy, A.M., Bickhart, D.M., Rosen, B.D., Schroeder, S.G., Hume, D.A., Talbot, R., Rund, L., Schook, L.B., Chow, W., Howe, K., Nonneman, D.J., Rohrer, G.A., Putnam, N., Green, E., Watson, M., Smith, T.P., Archibald, A.L. 2017. Exploiting long read sequencing technologies to establish high quality highly contiguous pig reference genome assemblies [abstract]. Plant and Animal Genome Conference XX, January 14-18, 2017, San Diego, California. Paper No. 25025.
Improving the goat long-read assembly with optical mapping - (Abstract Only)
Bickhart, D.M., Smith, T.P., Rosen, B.D., Koren , S., Phillippy, A., Hastie, A.R., Sullivan, S.T., Liachko, I., Burton, J.N., Sayre, B.L., Liu, G., Schroeder, S.G., Sonstegard, T.S., Van Tassell, C.P. 2016. Improving the goat long-read assembly with optical mapping. Plant and Animal Genome Conference Proceedings. San Diego, CA, Jan. 9–13.
Progress toward a low budget reference grade genome assembly Reprint Icon - (Abstract Only)
Rosen, B.D., Bickhart, D.M., Koren, S., Hastie, A.R., Schroeder, S.G., Smith, T.P., Sullivan, S.T., Liachko, I., Burton, J.N., Dunham, M.J., Sendure, J., Sayre, B.L., Huson, H.J., Liu, G., Connor, E.E., Sonstegard, T.S., Phillippy, A., Van Tassell, C.P. 2016. Progress toward a low budget reference grade genome assembly. Plant and Animal Genome Conference Proceedings. San Diego, CA, Jan. 9–13, P0612.
Comparative ruminant genomics highlights segmental duplication and mobile element insertion diversity - (Abstract Only)
Bickhart, D.M., Rosen, B.D., Schroeder, S.G., Van Tassell, C.P. 2016. Comparative ruminant genomics highlights segmental duplication and mobile element insertion diversity. Plant and Animal Genome Conference Proceedings. San Diego, CA, Jan. 9–13, W109.