• Applications of ancestry estimation in cattle population genetics 

    Crum, Tamar (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
    Accounting for ancestry and cryptic population structure is important in population genetic data analysis. The estimation of ancestry can help elucidate the effects of admixture or stratification on allele and genotype ...
  • Mapping natural and artificial selection events in animal genomes 

    Ramey, Holly Rene (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
    Selection events, of both artificial (human-imposed) and natural origin, have left their mark on animal genomes. These signatures are detectable through a variety of analyses and utilizing these types of studies in large ...