Publications and communications of Wouter Coppieters

Gualdrón Duarte, J. L., Yuan, C., Gori, A.-S., Moreira, G. C. M., Takeda, H., Coppieters, W., Charlier, C., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (28 November 2023). Sequenced-based GWAS for linear classification traits in Belgian Blue beef cattle reveals new coding variants in genes regulating body size in mammals. Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 55 (1), 83. doi:10.1186/s12711-023-00857-4

Lee, Y. L., Bouwman, A. C., Harland, C., Bosse, M., Costa Monteiro Moreira, G., Veerkamp, R. F., Mullaart, E., CAMBISANO, N., Groenen, M. A. M., Karim, L., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (2023). The rate of de novo structural variation is increased in in vitro-produced offspring and preferentially affects the paternal genome. Genome Research. doi:10.1101/gr.277884.123

Yuan, C., Tang, L., Lopdell, T., Petrov, V. A., Oget-Ebrad, C., Moreira, G. C. M., Gualdrón Duarte, J. L., Sartelet, A., Cheng, Z., Salavati, M., Wathes, D. C., Crowe, M. A., GplusE Consortium, Coppieters, W., Littlejohn, M., Charlier, C., Druet, T., Georges, M.* , & Takeda, H.*. (October 2023). An organism-wide ATAC-seq peak catalog for the bovine and its use to identify regulatory variants. Genome Research, 33 (10), 1848 - 1864. doi:10.1101/gr.277947.123
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Lee, Y. L., Bosse, M., Takeda, H., Moreira, G. C. M., Karim, L., Druet, T., Oget-Ebrad, C., Coppieters, W., Veerkamp, R. F., Groenen, M. A. M., Georges, M., Bouwman, A. C., & Charlier, C. (01 May 2023). High-resolution structural variants catalogue in a large-scale whole genome sequenced bovine family cohort data. BMC Genomics, 24 (1), 225. doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09259-8

Hoogstrate, Y., Draaisma, K., Ghisai, S. A., van Hijfte, L., Barin, N., de Heer, I., Coppieters, W., van den Bosch, T. P. P., Bolleboom, A., Gao, Z., Vincent, A. J. P. E., Karim, L., Deckers, M., Taphoorn, M. J. B., Kerkhof, M., Weyerbrock, A., Sanson, M., Hoeben, A., Lukacova, S., ... French, P. J. (10 April 2023). Transcriptome analysis reveals tumor microenvironment changes in glioblastoma. Cancer Cell, 41 (4), 678 - 692.e7. doi:10.1016/j.ccell.2023.02.019

Stulanovic, N., Deflandre, B., Planckaert Sören, Anderssen, S., Bonometti, B., Karim, L., Coppieters, W., Devreese Bart, & Rigali, S. (10 September 2022). The virulome of Streptomyces scabiei [Poster presentation]. Summer School in Applied Molecular Microbiology 2022, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Perée, H., Petrov, V., Tokunaga, Y., Jacques, S., Coppieters, W., Louis, E., Georges, M., & Rahmouni, S. (29 August 2022). Towards identifying novel eQTLs driving inherited predisposition to IBD in 22 distinct circulating immune cell populations [Poster presentation]. Internation SYSCID symposium, Kiel, Germany.

Lee, Y. L., Bosse, M., Coppieters, W., Veerkamp, R., Karim, L., Oget, C., Druet, T., Groenen, M., Georges, M., Bouwman, A., & Charlier, C. (08 July 2022). Rare CNVs in the bovine genome are not captured well by 50K density genotyping array SNPs [Paper presentation]. World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Oget, C., Costa Monteiro Moreira, G., Karim, L., Coppieters, W., Charlier, C., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (08 July 2022). Fine-Scale Study of Meiotic Recombination in Cattle [Paper presentation]. World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Rombouts, T., Druet, T., Gualdron Duarte, J. L., Ahariz, N., Karim, L., Coppieters, W., De Smet, S., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (08 July 2022). A hypomorphic mutation in the ATP2A1 gene increases muscle mass yet compromises meat quality of Belgian Blue cattle [Paper presentation]. World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Yuan, C., Tang, L., Lopdell, T., Oget, C., Costa Monteiro Moreira, G., Gualdron Duarte, J. L., Cheng, Z., Salavati, M., Wathes, D. C., Crowe, M. A., GplusE consortium, Coppieters, W., Charlier, C., Druet, T., Georges, M., & Takeda, H. (08 July 2022). Enrichment of causative variants in tissue-specific and shared ATAC-Seq peaks in cattle [Paper presentation]. World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Stulanovic, N., Deflandre, B., Planckaert Sören, Anderssen, S., Bonometti, B., Karim, L., Coppieters, W., Bart Devreese, & Rigali, S. (19 June 2022). The virulome of Streptomyces scabiei in response to cello-oligosaccharide elicitors [Poster presentation]. Meeting of the 19th International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes, Toronto, Canada.

Hai, D. M., Yen, D. T., Liem, P. T., Tam, B. M., Huong, D. T. T., Hang, B. T. B., Hieu, D. Q., Garigliany, M.-M., Coppieters, W., Kestemont, P., Phuong, N. T., & Farnir, F. (May 2022). A High-Quality Genome Assembly of Striped Catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) Based on Highly Accurate Long-Read HiFi Sequencing Data. Genes, 13 (5). doi:10.3390/genes13050923

Perée, H., Petrov, V., Tokunaga, Y., Jacques, S., Coppieters, W., LOUIS, E., Georges, M., & Rahmouni, S. (May 2022). Towards identifying novel eQTLs driving inherited predisposition to IBD in 22 distinct circulating immune cell populations [Poster presentation]. 34th meeting on The Biology of Genomes.

Yang, H.* , Wu, J.* , Huang, X., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y., Liu, M., Liu, Q., Ke, S., He, M., Fu, H., Fang, S., Xiong, X., Jiang, H., Chen, Z., Wu, Z., Gong, H., Tong, X., Huang, Y., Ma, J., ... Huang, L.*. (2022). ABO genotype alters the gut microbiota by regulating GalNAc levels in pigs. Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04769-z
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Tokunaga, Y., Wéry, M., Mayer, A., Karim, L., Azarzar, S., Demeulenaere, L., Petrov, V., Deckers, M., Detry, E., Coppieters, W., LOUIS, E., Georges, M., & Rahmouni, S. (09 April 2022). Single cell RNA sequencing to uncover intestinal cell-type specific cis-eQTL driving inherited predisposition to IBD [Paper presentation]. Keystone symposia Single Cell Biology, Florence, Italy.

Van Vooren, S., Grayson, J., Van Ranst, M., Dequeker, E., Laenen, L., Janssen, R., Gillet, L., Bureau, F., Coppieters, W., Devos, N., Hengchen, B., Wattiau, P., Méhauden, S., Verlinden, Y., Van Baelen, K., Pattery, T., Valentin, J.-P., Janssen, K., Geraerts, M., ... André, E. (21 January 2022). Reliable and Scalable SARS-CoV-2 qPCR Testing at a High Sample Throughput: Lessons Learned from the Belgian Initiative. Life, 12 (2), 159. doi:10.3390/life12020159

Deflandre, B.* , Stulanovic, N.* , Planckaert, S., Anderssen, S., Bonometti, B., Karim, L., Coppieters, W., Devreese, B., & Rigali, S. (2022). The virulome of Streptomyces scabiei in response to cello- oligosaccharide elicitors. Microbial Genomics. doi:10.1099/mgen.0.000760
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Oget, C., Kadri, N. K., Moreira, G. C. M., Karim, L., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (2022). Benchmarking phasing software with a whole-genome sequenced cattle pedigree. BMC Genomics, 23 (1), 130. doi:10.1186/s12864-022-08354-6

Saegerman, C., Nguyet Diep, A., Renault, V., Donneau, A.-F., Stamatakis, L., Coppieters, W., Michel, F., Breuer, C., Dandoy, M., Ek, O., Gourzonès, C., Schyns, J., Goffin, E., Minner, F., Durkin, K., Artesi, M., Bours, V., Bureau, F., & Gillet, L. (2022). A 2-month field cohort study of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva of BNT162b2 vaccinated nursing home workers. Communications Medicine. doi:10.1038/s43856-021-00067-3

Oget, C., Kadri, N. K., Costa Monteiro Moreira, G., Karim, L., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (02 September 2021). Benchmarking phasing software with whole-genome sequenced cattle trios [Paper presentation]. 72nd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP), Davos, Switzerland.

Saegerman, C., Donneau, A.-F., Speybroeck, N., Diep, A. N., Williams, A., Stamatakis, L., Coppieters, W., Michel, F., Breuer, C., Dandoy, M., Ek, O., Gourzonès, C., Schyns, J., Goffin, E., Minner, F., Renault, V., Gillet, L.* , & Bureau, F.*. (2021). Repetitive saliva-based mass screening as a tool for controlling SARS-CoV-2 transmission in nursing homes. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. doi:10.1111/tbed.14280
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Muto, V.* , Koshmanova, E.* , Ghaemmaghami Tabrizi, P.* , Jaspar, M., Meyer, C., Elansary, M., Van Egroo, M., Chylinski, D., Berthomier, C., Brandewinder, M., Mouraux, C., Schmidt, C., Hammad, G., Coppieters, W., Ahariz, N., Degueldre, C., Luxen, A., Salmon, E., Phillips, C., ... Vandewalle, G. (16 July 2021). Alzheimer’s disease genetic risk and sleep phenotypes: association with more slow-waves and daytime sleepiness. Sleep, 44 (1), 137. doi:10.1093/sleep/zsaa137
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Tang, L., Harland, C., Durkin, K., Artesi, M., Costa Monteiro Moreira, G., Karim, L., Deckers, M., Mullaart, E., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (11 May 2021). Evidence for inter-individual variation of ERV de novo transposition rate in the male cattle germline [Paper presentation]. The Biology of Genomes, United States.

Perée, H., Mayer, A., Takeda, H., Karim, L., Deckers, M., Jacques, S., Mni, M., Wéry, M., Azarzar, S., Tokunaga, Y., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Rahmouni, S. (May 2021). Comparative analysis of ultra low input RNA sequencing methods for the study of rare immune cell populations [Poster presentation]. 33rd meeting on The Biology of Genomes.

Payen, V. L.* , Lavergne, A.* , Alevra Sarika, N., Colonval, M., Karim, L., Deckers, M., Najimi, M., Coppieters, W., CHARLOTEAUX, B., Sokal, E. M., & El Taghdouini, A. (21 March 2021). Single-cell RNA sequencing of human liver reveals hepatic stellate cell heterogeneity. JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology, 3 (3), 100278. doi:10.1016/j.jhepr.2021.100278
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Costa Monteiro Moreira, G., Tang, L., Dupont, S., Young-Lim, L., Harland, C., Karim, L., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (2021). LIVE (EPI)GENOMIC BATTLE BETWEEN UNFIXED TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS AND THEIR COGNATE piRNA CLUSTERS IN CATTLE TESTES [Paper presentation]. The Biology of Genomes.

Lee, Y.-L., Takeda, H., Costa Monteiro Moreira, G., Karim, L., Mullaart, E., Coppieters, W., Appeltant, R., Veerkamp, R. F., Groenen, M. A. M., Georges, M., Bosse, M., Druet, T., Bouwman, A. C., & Charlier, C. (2021). A 12 kb multi-allelic copy number variation encompassing a GC gene enhancer is associated with mastitis resistance in dairy cattle. PLoS Genetics, 17 (7), 1009331. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1009331

Young-Lim, L., Costa Monteiro Moreira, G., Karim, L., Mullart, E., Coppieters, W., Veerkamp, R., Groenen, M., Bosse, M., Bouwman, A., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (2021). Pedigree-based de novo rate estimation for structural variation in the cattle germline [Poster presentation]. The Biology of Genomes.

Lee, Y.-L., Takeda, H., Costa Monteiro Moreira, G., Karim, L., Bosse, M., Bouwan, A., Mullaart, E., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., Druet, T., & Charlier, C. (02 December 2020). Fine resolution CNV catalogue from deeply sequenced cattle genomes [Paper presentation]. EAAP annual meeting.

Tang, L., Harland, C., Durkin, K., Artesi, M., Costa Monteiro Moreira, G., Karim, L., Deckers, M., Mullaart, E., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (06 October 2020). INTER-INDIVIDUAL VARIATION OF DE NOVO ERV TRANSPOSITION RATE IN THE CATTLE GERMLINE [Poster presentation]. Transposable Elements, United States.

Coppieters, W., Karim, L., & Georges, M. (August 2020). SNP-based quantitative deconvolution of biological mixtures: application to the detection of cows with subclinical mastitis by whole-genome sequencing of tank milk. Genome Research, 30 (8), 1201 - 1207. doi:10.1101/gr.256172.119

Artesi, M., Tamma, N., Deckers, M., Karim, L., Coppieters, W., Van den Broeke, A., Georges, M., Charlier, C., & Durkin, K. (2020). Colour-sidedness in Gloucester cattle is associated with a complex structural variant impacting regulatory elements downstream of KIT. Animal Genetics. doi:10.1111/age.12932

Costa Monteiro Moreira, G., Tang, L., Dupont, S., Harland, C., Karim, L., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (2020). BIRTH OF POLYMORPHIC PIRNA CLUSTERS DRIVEN BY TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT INSERTIONS IN THE MALE CATTLE GERMLINE [Poster presentation]. Transposable Elements Meeting.

Muto, V., Koshmanova, E., Ghaemmaghami, P., Jaspar, M., Meyer, C., Elansary, M., Van Egroo, M., Chylinski, D., Berthomier, C., Brandewinder, M., Mouraux, C., Schmidt, C., Hammad, G., Coppieters, W., Ahariz, N., Degueldre, C., Luxen, A., Salmon, E., Phillips, C., ... Vandewalle, G. (2020). Alzheimer s disease genetic risk and sleep phenotypes: association with more slow-waves and daytime sleepiness. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/246837.

Debode, F., Hulin, J., CHARLOTEAUX, B., Coppieters, W., Hanikenne, M., Karim, L., & Berben, G. (2019). Detection and identification of transgenic events by next generation sequencing combined with enrichment technologies. Scientific Reports, 9 (1), 15595. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-51668-x

Naomé, A., Maciejewska, M., Calusinska, M., Martinet, L., Anderssen, S., Adam, D., Tenconi, E., Deflandre, B., Coppieters, W., Karim, L., Hanikenne, M., Baurain, D., Delfosse, P., van Wezel, G., & Rigali, S. (May 2018). Complete Genome Sequence of Streptomyces lunaelactis MM109T, Isolated from Cave Moonmilk Deposits. Genome Announcements, 6 (21), 00435-18. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00435-18

Kadri, N. K., Harland, C., Charlier, C., Karim, L., Cambisano, N., Deckers, M., Mullaart, E., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (2018). High resolution mapping of cross-over events in cattle using NGS data. In Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production.

Adam, D., Maciejewska, M., Naomé, A., Martinet, L., Coppieters, W., Karim, L., Baurain, D., & Rigali, S. (2018). Isolation, Characterization, and Antibacterial Activity of Hard-to-Culture Actinobacteria from Cave Moonmilk Deposits. Antibiotics, 7(2) (28), 10.3390/antibiotics7020028. doi:10.3390/antibiotics7020028

Amininejad, L.* , Charloteaux, B.* , Theatre, E., Liefferinckx, C., Dmitrieva, J., Hayard, P., Muls, V., Maisin, J.-M., Schapira, M., Ghislain, J.-M., Closset, P., Talib, M., Abramowicz, M., Momozawa, Y., Deffontaine, V., Crins, F., Mni, M., Karim, L., Cambisano, N., ... Franchimont, D.*. (2018). Analysis of Genes Associated With Monogenic Primary Immunodeficiency Identifies Rare Variants in XIAP in Patients With Crohn's Disease. Gastroenterology, 154 (8), 2165-2177. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2018.02.028
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Harland, C., Charlier, C., Karim, L., Cambisano, N., Deckers, M., Mni, M., Mullaart, E., Coppieters, W., & Georges, M. (2017). Frequency of mosaicism points towards mutation-prone early cleavage cell divisions in cattle. BioRxiv. doi:10.1101/079863

Courtois, A., Coppieters, W., BOURS, V., Defraigne, J.-O., Colige, A., & SAKALIHASAN, N. (2017). A novel SMAD3 mutation caused multiple aneurysms in a patient without osteoarthritis symptoms. European Journal of Medical Genetics. doi:10.1016/j.ejmg.2017.02.001

Ghisdal, L., Baron, C., Lebranchu, Y., Viklicky, O., Konarikova, A., Naesens, A., Kuypers, D., Dinic, M., Alamartine, E., Touchard, G., Antoine, T., Essig, M., Rerolle, J. P., Merville, P., Taupin, J. L., Le Meur, Y., Grall - Jezequel, A., Glowacki, F., Noel, C., ... Abramowicz M. (2017). Genome-wide Association Study of Acute Renal Graft Rejection. American Journal of Transplantation, 17 (1), 201-2019. doi:10.1111/ajt.13912

Charlier, C., Li, W., Harland, C., Littlejohn, M., Coppieters, W., Creagh, F., Davis, S., Druet, T., Faux, P., Guillaume, F., Karim, L., Keehan, M., Kadri, N. K., Tamma, N., Spelman, R., & Georges, M. (19 September 2016). NGS- based reverse genetic screen for common embryonic lethal mutations compromising fertility in livestock. Genome Research, 26:1-9. doi:10.1101/gr.207076.116

Sartelet, A., Harland, C., Tamma, N., Karim, L., Bayrou, C., Li, W., Ahariz, N., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (07 July 2016). A stop-gain in the laminin, alpha 3 gene causes recessive junctional epidermolysis bullosa in Belgian Bleu cattle [Paper presentation]. XXIXth World Buiatrics Congress, Dublin, Ireland.

Kadri, N. K., Harland, C., Faux, P., Cambisano, N., Karim, L., Coppieters, W., Fritz, S., Mullaart, E., Boichard, D., Spelman, R., Charlier, C., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (15 June 2016). Sequence-based association analysis identifies coding and non-coding variants in HFM1, MLH3, MSH4, MSH5, RNF212 and RNF212B with large effects on male and female recombination rate in cattle [Poster presentation]. 5th International Congress on Quantitative Genetics, Madison, United States.

Kadri, N. K., Harland, C., Faux, P., Cambisano, Karim, L., Coppieters, W., Fritz, S., Mullaart, E., Boichard, D., Spelman, R., Charlier, C., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (11 May 2016). HIGHER MALE THAN FEMALE RECOMBINATION RATE LARGELY CONTROLLED BY MISSENSE VARIANTS IN RNF212, MLH3, HFM1, MSH5 AND MSH4 IN CATTLE [Poster presentation]. Cold Spring Harbor meetings: the biology of genomes.

Jaspar, M., Muto, V., Meyer, C., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., Maquet, P., & Collette, F. (18 March 2016). The impact of dopaminergic genes on inhibitory processes and cognitive control [Poster presentation]. Joint Meeting of the British Neuropsychological Society with la Société de Neuropsychologie de Langue Française, Londres, United Kingdom.

Li, W.* , Sartelet, A.* , Tamma, N., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (February 2016). Reverse genetic screen for loss-of-function mutations uncovers a frame-shifting deletion in the melanophilin gene accountable for a distinctive coat-color in Belgian Blue Cattle. Animal Genetics, 47 (1), 110-113. doi:10.1111/age.12383
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Kadri, N. K., Harland, C., Faux, P., Cambisano, N., Karim, L., Coppieters, W., Fritz, S., Mullaart, E., Baurain, D., Boichard, D., Spelman, R., Charlier, C., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (2016). Coding and noncoding variants in HFM1, MLH3, MSH4, MSH5, RNF212, and RNF212B affect recombination rate in cattle. Genome Research, 26 (10), 1323-1332. doi:10.1101/gr.204214.116

Sartelet, A.* , Harland, C.* , Tamma, N., Karim, L., Bayrou, C., Li, W., Ahariz, N., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (October 2015). A stop-gain in the laminin, alpha 3 gene causes recessive junctional epidermolysis bullosa in Belgian Blue cattle. Animal Genetics, 46 (5), 566-570. doi:10.1111/age.12342
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Elansary, M., Stinckens, A., Ahariz, N., Cambisano, N., Coppieters, W., Grindflek, E., van Son, M., Buys., N., & Georges, M. (2015). On the use of the transmission disequilibrium test to detect pseudo-autosomal variants affecting traits with sex-limited expression. Animal Genetics. doi:10.1111/age.12296

Docampo Martínez, E., Fang, M., Dmitrieva, J. B., Theatre, E., Elansary, M., Mariman, R., Gori, A.-S., Mini, M., Crins, F., Coppieters, W., LOUIS, E., & Georges, M. (05 May 2015). Prioritizing likely causative genes in GWAS identified risk loci for immune-mediated inflammatory disorders using cell-type specific eQTL information [Poster presentation]. cold spring harbor laboratory THE BIOLOGY OF GENOMES.

Kadri, N. K., Harland, C., Coppieters, W., Fritz, S., Boichard, D., Spelman, R., Schrooten, C., Mullaart, E., Charlier, C., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (05 May 2015). Higher male than female recombination rate in cattle is controlled by genetic variants effective in both sexes [Poster presentation]. Cold Spring Harbord meeting - The biology of genomes.

Trivellin, G., Daly, A., Faucz, F., Yuan, B., Rostomyan, L., Larco, D., Schernthaner-Reiter, M., Szarek, E., Leal, L., CABERG, J.-H., CASTERMANS, E., Villa, C., Dimopoulos, A., Chittiboina, P., Xekouki, P., Shah, N. S., Metzger, D., Lysy, P., Ferrante, E., ... Stratakis, C. (2015). X-Linked acro-gigantism (X-LAG) due to microduplications of chromosome Xq26 : A new disorder and implications for acromegaly. In Abstract book - ENDO 2015.

Kadri, N. K., Harland, C., Coppieters, W., Fritz, S., Boichard, D., Spelman, R., Schrooten, C., Mullaart, E., Charlier, C., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (February 2015). Scanning the genome for QTL affecting the recombination process in the male and female cattle germline [Poster presentation]. Gordon Research Conference: Quantitative Genetics & Genomics, Lucca, Italy.

Sartelet, A.* , Li, W.* , Pailhoux, E., Richard, C., Tamma, N., Karim, L., Fasquelle, C., Druet, T., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (2015). Genome-wide next-generation DNA and RNA sequencing reveals a mutation that perturbs splicing of the phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class H gene (PIGH) and causes arthrogryposis in Belgian Blue cattle. BMC Genomics, 16 (316). doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1528-y
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Druet, T., Ahariz, N., Cambisano, N., Tamma, N., Michaux, C., Coppieters, W., Charlier, C., & Georges, M. (17 October 2014). Selection in action: dissecting the molecular underpinnings of the increasing muscle mass of Belgian Blue Cattle [Paper presentation]. First FARAH-day.

Mariman, R., Coppieters, W., Elansary, M., Karim, L., Crins, F., Mni, M., Gori, A.-S., Aoun, N., Docampo Martínez, E., Dmitrieva, J. B., Fang, M., Theatre, E., Eppe, G., & Georges, M. (24 April 2014). Identification of molecular components of the host-microbiota-connectome by using "Omics Approaches" [Poster presentation]. BeMGI.

Druet, T., Ahariz, N., Cambisano, N., Tamma, N., Michaux, C., Coppieters, W., Charlier, C., & Georges, M. (2014). Selection in action: dissecting the molecular underpinnings of the increasing muscle mass of Belgian Blue Cattle. BMC Genomics, 15 (1), 796. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-796

Sartelet, A.* , Stauber, T.* , Coppieters, W., Ludwig, C. F., Fasquelle, C., Druet, T., Zhang, Z., Ahariz, N., Cambisano, N., Jentsch, T. J., & Charlier, C. (January 2014). A missense mutation accelerating the gating of the lysosomal Cl-/H+-exchanger ClC-7/Ostm1 causes osteopetrosis with gingival hamartomas in cattle. Disease Models and Mechanisms, 7, 119-128. doi:10.1242/dmm.012500
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Trivellin, G.* , Daly, A.* , Faucz, F. R., Yuan, B., Rostomyan, L., Larco, D. O., Schernthaner-Reiter, M. H., Szarek, E., Leal, L. F., CABERG, J.-H., CASTERMANS, E., Villa, C., Dimopoulos, A., Chittiboina, P., Xekouki, P., Shah, N. S., Metzger, D., Lysy, P. A., Ferrante, E., ... Stratakis, C. A.*. (2014). Gigantism and Acromegaly Due to Xq26 Microduplications and GPR101 Mutation. New England Journal of Medicine. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1408028
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Sartelet, A., Li, W., Pailhoux Eric, Tamma, N., Karim, L., Fasquelle, C., Druet, T., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (2013). A splice-acceptor site variant in the bovine PIGH gene causes glycosylphosphatidyl inositol deficiency and lethal arthrogryposis syndrome. In C. Bayrou, J.-F. Cabaraux, C. Delguste, T. Jauniaux, A. Sartelet, ... D. Votion (Eds.), Proccedings of the 3rd Scientific Meetingof the Faculty of Veterinary Medecine (pp. 27). Liège, Belgium: Presses de la Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire.

Sartelet, A., Li, W., Pailhoux, E., Tamma, N., Karim, L., Fasquelle, C., Druet, T., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (29 August 2013). A splice-acceptor site variant in the bovine PIGH gene causes glycosylphosphatidyl inositol deficiency and lethal arthrogryposis syndrome [Poster presentation]. Buiatrissima - 8th ECBHM Symposium, Berne, Switzerland.

Georges, M., Coppieters, W., & Blard, G. (06 June 2013). Method for identifying cows with mastitis by bulk genotyping of tank milk.

Georges, M., Blard, G., & Coppieters, W. (29 May 2013). Method for identifying cows with mastitis by bulk genotyping of tank milk.

Berry, S., Coppieters, W., Davis, S., Burrett, A., Thomas, N., Palmer, D., Kelly, V., Obolonkin, V., Sanders, K., Spelman, R., Georges, M., Lehnert, K., & Snell, R. (March 2013). A triad of highly divergent polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (PIGR) haplotypes with major effect on IgA concentration in bovine milk. PLoS ONE, 8 (3), 57219. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057219

Druet, T., Ahariz, N., Cambisano, N., Géron, S., Coppieters, W., Charlier, C., & Georges, M. (February 2013). Scan for selective sweeps associated with muscular devolpment in Belgian Blue beef cattle [Poster presentation]. The Quantitative Genetics & Genomics Gordon Research Conference.

Sartelet, A., Li, W., Pailhoux, E., Tamma, N., Karim, L., Fasquelle, C., Druet, T., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (28 January 2013). A splice-acceptor site variant in the bovine PIGH gene causes glycosylphosphatidyl inositol deficiency and lethal arthrogryposis syndrome [Poster presentation]. GIGA-DAY, Liège, Belgium.

Sartelet, A., Stauber, T., Coppieters, W., Fasquelle, C., Druet, T., Zhang, Z., Ahariz, N., Cambisano, N., Jentsch, T., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (19 October 2012). A missense mutation in the ClC-7 chloride channel causes hamartomas with osteopetrosis in cattle [Paper presentation]. 2nd FMC Scientific day, Liège, Belgium.

Littlejohn, M., Grala, T., Sanders, K., Walker, C., Waghorn, G., Macdonald, K., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., Spelman, R., Hillerton, E., Davis, S., & Snell, R. (October 2012). Genetic variation in PLAG1 associates with early life body weight and peripubertal weight and growth in Bos taurus. Animal Genetics, 43 (5), 591-4. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02293.x

Sartelet, A., Stauber, T., Druet, T., Fasquelle, C., Tamma, N., Ahariz, N., Cambisano, N., Coppieters, W., Jentsch, T., & Georges, M. (05 June 2012). A missense mutation in the ClC-7 chloride channel causes hamartomas with osteopetrosis in cattle [Paper presentation]. XXVIIth Wolrd Buiatrics Congress, Lisbonne, Portugal.

Sartelet, A., Druet, T., Michaux, C., Fasquelle, C., Geron, S., Tamma, N., Zhang, Z., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (15 March 2012). A splice site variant in the bovine RNF11 gene compromises growth and regulation of the inflammatory response. PLoS Genetics, 15 (3), 1002581. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002581

Durkin, K., Coppieters, W., Drogemuller, C., Ahariz, N., Cambisano, N., Druet, T., Fasquelle, C., Haile, A., Horin, P., Huang, L., Kamatani, Y., Karim, L., Lathrop, M., Moser, S., Oldenbroek, K., Rieder, S., Sartelet, A., Solkner, J., Stalhammar, H., ... Charlier, C. (02 February 2012). Serial translocation by means of circular intermediates underlies colour sidedness in cattle. Nature, 482 (7383), 81-4. doi:10.1038/nature10757

Blard, G., Zhang, Z., Coppieters, W., & Georges, M. (2012). Identifying cows with subclinical mastitis by bulk single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping of tank milk. Journal of Dairy Science, 95 (7), 4109-13. doi:10.3168/jds.2011-5178

Charlier, C., Agerholm, J. S., Coppieters, W., Karlskov-Mortensen, P., Li, W., de Jong, G., Fasquelle, C., Karim, L., Cirera, S., Cambisano, N., Ahariz, N., Mullaart, E., Georges, M., & Fredholm, M. (2012). A deletion in the bovine FANCI gene compromises fertility by causing fetal death and brachyspina. PLoS ONE, 7 (8), 43085. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043085

Sandor, C., Li, W., Coppieters, W., Druet, T., Charlier, C., & Georges, M. (2012). Genetic variants in REC8, RNF212, and PRDM9 influence male recombination in cattle. PLoS Genetics, 8 (7), 1002854. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002854

Voz, M., Coppieters, W., Manfroid, I., Baudhuin, A., Von Berg, V., Charlier, C., Meyer, D., Driever, W., Martial, J., & Peers, B. (2012). Fast Homozygosity Mapping and Identification of a Zebrafish ENU-Induced Mutation by Whole-Genome Sequencing. PLoS ONE, 7 (4), 34671. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034671

Sartelet, A., Druet, T., Michaux, C., Fasquelle, C., Géron, S., Tamma, N., Zhang, Z., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (09 December 2011). A splice site mutation in the bovine RNF11 gene is responsible of growth retardation and increased susceptibility to inflammatory diseases [Paper presentation]. 1st FMV Scientific Day, Liège, Belgium.

Sartelet, A., Druet, T., Zhang, Z., Michaux, C., Fasquelle, C., Géron, S., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (10 October 2011). A splice site mutation in the bovine RNF11 gene is responsible of growth retardation and increased susceptibility to inflammatory diseases [Poster presentation]. 4th International Symposium on Animal Functional Genomics, Dublin, Ireland.

Durkin, K., Cambisano, N., Ahariz, N., Fasquelle, C., Karim, L., Sartelet, A., Baurain, D., Drogemüller, C., Leeb, T., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (May 2011). Molecular dissection of the color-sided phenotype in cattle reveals a novel mechanism of chromosome evolution involving circular shuttling intermediates. Chromosome Research, 19 (S1), 18.

Durkin, K., Cambisano, N., Ahariz, N., Fasquelle, C., Karim, L., Sartelet, A., Drogemüller, C., Leeb, T., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (May 2011). Molecular dissection of the color-sided pehnotype in cattle reveals a novel mechanism of chromosome evolution involving circular shuttling intermediates [Poster presentation]. The Biology Of Genomes, Cold Spring Harbor, United States - New York.

Georges, M., Coppieters, W., Charlier, C., Agerholm, J. S., & Fredholm, M. (April 2011). a genetic marker test for brachyspina and fertility in cattle.

Karim, L.* , Takeda, H.* , Lin, L.* , Druet, T.* , Arias, J. A. C., Baurain, D., Cambisano, N., Davis, S. R., Farnir, F., Grisart, B., Harris, B. L., Keehan, M. D., Littlejohn, M. D., Spelman, R. J., Georges, M.* , & Coppieters, W.*. (2011). Variants modulating the expression of a chromosome domain encompassing PLAG1 influence bovine stature. Nature Genetics, 43 (5), 405-13. doi:10.1038/ng.814
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Momozawa, Y., Mni, M., Nakamura, K., Coppieters, W., Almer, S., Amininejad, L., Cleynen, I., Colombel, J.-F., de Rijk, P., Dewit, O., Finkel, Y., Gassull, M. A., Goossens, D., Laukens, D., Lemann, M., LIBIOULLE, C., O'Morain, C., Reenaers, C., Rutgeerts, P., ... Georges, M. (2011). Resequencing of positional candidates identifies low frequency IL23R coding variants protecting against inflammatory bowel disease. Nature Genetics, 43 (1), 43-7. doi:10.1038/ng.733

Sartelet, A., Fasquelle, C., Tamma, N., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (2010). A direct link between growth retardation and inflammation? Identification of a splice site mutation in the bovine RNF11 gene. New Biotechnology, (supplement 1), 63.

Sartelet, A., Druet, T., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (April 2010). Towards positional identification of susceptibility loci for White Heifer disease in Belgian Blue Cattle (poster). New Biotechnology, 27 (Supplement 1), 79.

Druet, T., Zhang, Z., Coppieters, W., Mulder, H. A., Calus, M. P. L., Mullaart, E., Schrooten, C., de Roos, A. P. W., & Georges, M. (2010). Genotyping panels available in cattle and their properties. In Book of Abstracts of the 61st Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production.

Hiard, S., Charlier, C., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Baurain, D. (2010). Patrocles: a database of polymorphic miRNA-mediated gene regulation in vertebrates. Nucleic Acids Research, 38 (Database), 640-D651. doi:10.1093/nar/gkp926

Hiard, S., Charlier, C., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Baurain, D. (December 2009). Patrocles: a database of polymorphic miRNA-mediated gene regulation in vertebrates [Poster presentation]. BBC09, the fifth Benelux Bioinformatics Conference, Liège, Belgium.

Baurain, D., Hiard, S., Coppieters, W., Charlier, C., & Georges, M. (29 September 2009). Patrocles: a database of polymorphic miR-mediated gene regulation in vertebrates [Paper presentation]. La face cachée des microRNA, Liège, Belgium.

Georges, M., Coppieters, W., Grisart, B., Snell, R., Reid, S., Ford, C., & Spelman, R. (26 May 2009). Marker assisted selection of bovine for improved milk production using diacylglycerol acyltransferase gene DGAT1.

Coppieters, W., Mes, T. H. M., Druet, T., Farnir, F., Tamma, N., Schrooten, C., Cornelissen, A. W. C. A., Georges, M., & Ploeger, H. W. (2009). Mapping QTL influencing gastrointestinal nematode burden in Dutch Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle. BMC Genomics, 10, 96. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-96

Fasquelle, C.* , Sartelet, A.* , Li, W., Dive, M., Tamma, N., Michaux, C., Druet, T., Huijbers, I. J., Isacke, C. M., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (2009). Balancing selection of a frame-shift mutation in the MRC2 gene accounts for the outbreak of the Crooked Tail Syndrome in Belgian Blue Cattle. PLoS Genetics, 5 (9), 1000666. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000666
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Koltes, J. E., Mishra, B. P., Kumar, D., Kataria, R. S., Totir, L. R., Fernando, R. L., Cobbold, R., Steffen, D., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Reecy, J. M. (2009). A nonsense mutation in cGMP-dependent type II protein kinase (PRKG2) causes dwarfism in American Angus cattle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106 (46), 19250-5. doi:10.1073/pnas.0904513106

Blott, S., Kim, Schmidt-Kuntzel, A., Cornet, A., Berzi, P., Cambisano, N., Grisart, B., Karim, L., Simon, P., Georges, M., Farnir, F., Coppieters, W., Moisio, S., Vilkki, J., Johnson, D., Spelman, R., Ford, C., & Snell, R. (05 August 2008). Marker assisted selection of bovine for improved milk composition.

Hiard, S., Baurain, D., Coppieters, W., Tordoir, X., Charlier, C., & Georges, M. (July 2008). Patrocles: a database of polymorphic miRNA-mediated gene regulation [Poster presentation]. XX International Congress of Genetics, Berlin, Germany.

Hiard, S., Baurain, D., Coppieters, W., Tordoir, X., Charlier, C., & Georges, M. (03 March 2008). Patrocles: a database of polymorphic miRNA-mediated gene regulation [Paper presentation]. EADGENE miRNAs workshop and miRNAs in Health and Disease 2 / Satellite Course "A primer in miRNA biology", Liège, Belgium.

Charlier, C., Coppieters, W., Rollin, F., Desmecht, D., Agerholm, J. S., Cambisano, N., Carta, E., Dardano, S., Dive, M., Fasquelle, C., Frennet, J.-C., Hanset, R., Hubin, X., Jorgensen, C., Karim, L., Kent, M., Harvey, K., Pearce, B. R., Simon, P., ... Georges, M. (2008). Highly effective SNP-based association mapping and management of recessive defects in livestock. Nature Genetics, 40 (4), 449-54. doi:10.1038/ng.96

Druet, T., Coppieters, W., Farnir, F., & Georges, M. (2008). Large-scale haplotype reconstruction using pedigree information and a Hidden Markov Model [Poster presentation]. XX International Congress of Genetics, Berlin, Germany.

Van Laere, A.-S., Coppieters, W., & Georges, M. (2008). Characterization of the bovine pseudoautosomal boundary: Documenting the evolutionary history of mammalian sex chromosomes. Genome Research, 18 (12), 1884-95. doi:10.1101/gr.082487.108

Hiard, S., Tordoir, X., Coppieters, W., Charlier, C., & Georges, M. (12 November 2007). Compiling polymorphic miRNA-target interactions: the Patrocles database [Poster presentation]. Benelux Bioinformatics Conference 2007, Leuven, Belgium.

Hiard, S., Tordoir, X., Coppieters, W., Charlier, C., & Georges, M. (15 February 2007). Compiling polymorphic miRNA-target interactions: the Patrocles database [Poster presentation]. Bioinformatics and Modeling : From genomes to network, Liège, Belgium.

Georges, M., Coppieters, W., & Charlier, C. (2007). Polymorphic miRNA-mediated gene regulation: contribution to phenotypic variation and disease. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, 17 (3), 166-76. doi:10.1016/j.gde.2007.04.005

Wunderlich, K. R., Abbey, C. A., Clayton, D. R., Song, Y., Schein, J. E., Georges, M., Coppieters, W., Adelson, D. L., Taylor, J. F., Davis, S. L., & Gill, C. A. (December 2006). A 2.5-Mb contig constructed from Angus, Longhorn and horned Hereford DNA spanning the polled interval on bovine chromosome 1. Animal Genetics, 37 (6), 592-594. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2052.2006.01538.x

Quan, X., Laes, J.-F., Stieber, D., Rivière, M., Russo, J., Wedekind, D., Coppieters, W., Farnir, F., Georges, M., Szpirer, J., & Szpirer, C. (April 2006). Genetic identification of distinct loci controlling mammary tumor multiplicity, latency and aggressiveness in the rat. Mammalian Genome, 17 (4), 310-321. doi:10.1007/s00335-005-0125-9

Harmegnies, N., DAVIN, F., DE SMET, S., Buys, N., Georges, M.* , & Coppieters, W.*. (2006). Results of a whole-genome quantitative trait locus scan for growth, carcass composition and meat quality in a porcine four-way cross. Animal Genetics, 37 (6), 543-53. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2052.2006.01523.x
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Harmegnies, N., Farnir, F., DAVIN, F., Buys, N., Georges, M.* , & Coppieters, W.*. (2006). Measuring the extent of linkage disequilibrium in commercial pig populations. Animal Genetics, 37 (3), 225-231. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2052.2006.01438.x
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Morreel, K., Goeminne, G., Storme, V., Sterck, L., Ralph, J., Coppieters, W., Breyne, P., Steenackers, M., Georges, M., Messens, E., & Boerjan, W. (2006). Genetical metabolomics of flavonoid biosynthesis in Populus: a case study. Plant Journal, 47 (2), 224-37. doi:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02786.x

Sandor, C., Farnir, F., Hansoul, S., Coppieters, W., Meuwissen, T., & Georges, M. (2006). Linkage disequilibrium on the bovine X chromosome: Characterization and use in quantitative trait locus mapping. Genetics, 173 (3), 1777-1786. doi:10.1534/genetics.106.059329

Grisart, B., Farnir, F., Karim, L., Cambisano, N., Kim, J.-J., Kvasz, A., Mni, M., Simon, P., Frère, J.-M., Coppieters, W., & Georges, M. (2004). Genetic and functional confirmation of the causality of the DGAT1 K232A quantitative trait nucleotide in affecting milk yield and composition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101 (8), 2398-2403. doi:10.1073/pnas.0308518100

Blott, S., Kim, J.-J., Moisio, S., Schmidt-Kuntzel, A., Cornet, A., Berzi, P., Cambisano, N., Ford, C., Grisart, B., Johnson, D., Karim, L., Simon, P., Snell, R., Spelman, R., Wong, J., Vilkki, J., Georges, M., Farnir, F., & Coppieters, W. (2003). Molecular dissection of a quantitative trait locus: a phenylalanine-to-tyrosine substitution in the transmembrane domain of the bovine growth hormone receptor is associated with a major effect on milk yield and composition. Genetics, 163 (1), 253-66.

Farnir, F., Grisart, B., Coppieters, W., Riquet, J., Berzi, P., Cambisano, N., Karim, L., Mni, M., Moisio, S., Simon, P., Wagenaar, D., Vilkki, J., & Georges, M. (2002). Simultaneous mining of linkage and linkage disequilibrium to fine map quantitative trait loci in outbred half-sib pedigrees: Revisiting the location of a quantitative trait locus with major effect on milk production on bovine chromosome 14. Genetics, 161 (1), 275-287.

Grisart, B., Coppieters, W., Farnir, F., Karim, L., Ford, C., Berzi, P., Cambisano, N., Mni, M., Reid, S., Simon, P., Spelman, R., Georges, M., & Snell, R. (2002). Positional candidate cloning of a QTL in dairy cattle: Identification of a missense mutation in the bovine DGAT1 gene with major effect on milk yield and composition. Genome Research, 12 (2), 222-231. doi:10.1101/gr.224202

Farnir, F., Coppieters, W., Arranz, J. J., Berzi, P., Cambisano, N., Grisart, B., Karim, L., Marcq, F., Moreau, L., Mni, M., Nezer, C., Simon, P., Vanmanshoven, P., Wagenaar, D., & Georges, M. (February 2000). Extensive Genome-Wide Linkage Disequilibrium in Cattle. Genome Research, 10 (2), 220-7. doi:10.1101/gr.10.2.220

Karim, L., Coppieters, W., Grobet, L., Valentini, A., & Georges, M. (2000). Convenient Genotyping of Six Myostatin Mutations Causing Double-Muscling in Cattle Using a Multiplex Oligonucleotide Ligation Assay. Animal Genetics, 31 (6), 396-9. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2052.2000.00684.x

Marcq, F., Elsen, J.-M., Marot, V., Bouix, J., Coppieters, W., Eychenne, F., Laville, E., Nezer, C., Sayd, T., Bibe, B., Leroy, P., & Georges, M. (2000). Mapping QTL influencing muscularity in a Texel x Romanov intercross [Paper presentation]. 51st Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Commission on Sheep and Goat Production, Paper S1.7, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Coppieters, W., Kvasz, A., Arranz, J. J., Grisart, B., Riquet, J., Farnir, F., & Georges, M. (1999). The great-grand-daughter design: a simple strategy to increase the power of a grand-daughter design for QTL mapping. Genetical Research, 74, 189-199. doi:10.1017/S0016672399004012

Marcq, F., Elsen, J.-M., Marot, V., Bouix, J., Coppieters, W., Eychenne, F., Laville, E., Nezer, C., Sayd, T., Bibe, B., Georges, M., & Leroy, P. (1999). Mapping quantitative trait loci causing the muscular hypertrophy of Belgian Texel sheep [Paper presentation]. 50th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Zürich, Switzerland.

Nezer, C., Moreau, L., Brouwers, B., Coppieters, W., Detilleux, J., Hanset, R., Karim, L., Kvasz, A., Leroy, P., & Georges, M. (1999). An imprinted QTL with major effect on muscle mass and fat deposition maps to the IgfII locus in pigs. Nature Genetics, 21, 155-156. doi:10.1038/5935

Riquet, J., Coppieters, W., Cambisano, N., Arranz, J. J., Berzi, P., Davis, S. K., Grisart, B., Farnir, F., Karim, L., Mni, M., Simon, P., Taylor, J. F., Vanmanshoven, P., Wagenaar, D., Womack, J. E., & Georges, M. (1999). Fine-Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci by Identity by Descent in Outbred Populations: Application to Milk Production in Dairy Cattle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 96 (16), 9252-9257. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.16.9252

Arranz, J. J., Coppieters, W., Berzi, P., Cambisano, N., Grisart, B., Karim, L., Marcq, F., Moreau, L., Mezer, C., Riquet, J., Simon, P., Vanmanshoven, P., Wagenaar, D., & Georges, M. (1998). A Qtl Affecting Milk Yield and Composition Maps to Bovine Chromosome 20: A Confirmation. Animal Genetics, 29 (2), 107-15. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2052.1998.00307.x

Coppieters, W., Kvasz, A., Farnir, F., Arranz, J. J., Grisart, B., Mackinnon, M., & Georges, M. (1998). A Rank-Based Nonparametric Method for Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci in Outbred Half-Sib Pedigrees: Application to Milk Production in a Granddaughter Design. Genetics, 149 (3), 1547-55.

Coppieters, W., Mackinnon, M., & Georges, M. (1998). A note on the effect of selection on linkage analysis for quantitative traits. Journal of Heredity.

Coppieters, W., Riquet, J., Arranz, J. J., Berzi, P., Cambisano, N., Grisart, B., Karim, L., Marcq, F., Moreau, L., Nezer, C., Simon, P., Vanmanshoven, P., Wagenaar, D., & Georges, M. (1998). A Qtl with Major Effect on Milk Yield and Composition Maps to Bovine Chromosome 14. Mammalian Genome, 9 (7), 540-4. doi:10.1007/s003359900815

Charlier, C., Denys, B., Belanche, J. I., Coppieters, W., Grobet, L., Mni, M., Womack, J., Hanset, R., & Georges, M. (1996). Microsatellite mapping of a major determinant of White Heifer Disease: the bovine roan locus. Mammalian Genome, 7, 138-142. doi:10.1007/s003359900034

Charlier, C., Coppieters, W., Farnir, F., Grobet, L., Leroy, P., Michaux, C., Mni, M., Schwers, A., Vanmanshoven, P., Hanset, R., & Georges, M. (1995). The mh gene causing double-muscling in cattle maps to bovine chromosome 2. Mammalian Genome, 6, 788-792. doi:10.1007/BF00539005