@conference {3672,
	title = {Contract session: Application of genetic technologies to the New Zealand sheep industry},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {75},
	year = {2015},
	month = {07/2015},
	pages = {184-187},
	address = {Dunedin},
	abstract = { },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Jopson NB and Linscott EM and Young MJ and Dodds KG and Clarke SM and Rowe SJ and Byrne TJ and Alder GF}
}
@conference {75919,
	title = {Predicting the benefits of two stage genomic selection in young breeding rams},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {71},
	year = {2011},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {266-269},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Invercargill},
	abstract = {A two stage selection index model was developed to assess the cost effectiveness of using genomic technologies to assist in selection decisions for retention of ram lambs for breeding within a ram breeder flock. The principle of two stage selection is that many of the benefits of an expensive, but more accurate, measure of genetic merit can be captured while drastically reducing measurement costs. This paper describes the two stage model used, and some of the potential benefits of testing the top 6{\textendash}50\% of selection candidates ranked according to estimated breeding values, prior to ranking on a combined score using genomic breeding values. The model assumes a hypothetical panel of markers and trait predictive accuracies to explore the benefits of selection using both types of breeding values. The value of genetic progress is assessed using selection index theory to predict trait changes according to a selection index recently revised for implementation as the recommended index for dual purpose sheep in New Zealand. Results suggest that maximum benefits were obtained when the top 10-20\% of selection candidates were tested, with the level of benefits dependent on both the prediction accuracy and price of the test.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Sise JA and Linscott EM and Amer PR}
}
@conference {40973,
	title = {A simplified method for typing DRB alleles in deer},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {58},
	year = {1998},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {13-15},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes present foreign antigens to the immune system and polymorphism in these genes may have a key role in the variability of the host response to pathogenic challenge. The DRB genes are part of the MHC class II family whose proteins present foreign antigenic peptides on the surface of the macrophage for recognition by the CD4+T cells of the immune response. The genes are highly variable with over 100 different variants found in some species. The goal of this study was the development and testing of a simplified system for differentiating between the different DRB alleles already identified in red deer. The typing method chosen used DNA hybridisation to discriminate between the DRB alleles. The RNA from each deer was extracted from cultured leukocytes. Reverse transcription followed by PCR was used to amplify the DRB region. Amino-linked oligonucleotides representing variable regions of the DRB region were covalently bound to a nylon membrane and probed with end-labelled PCR product. The degree of binding of the labelled PCR products to the membrane-bound oligonucleotides was used to discriminate between the different DRB genes amplified. This proved to be a simple and robust method of typing which eliminated any requirement for electrophoresis. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Linscott EM and Mackintosh CM and Griffin JFT and Crawford AM}
}
