Hanne-Gro OlsenOlsen, Hanne Gro

Postdoc

E-mail: hanne-gro.olsen@umb.no

Phone: +47-6496-5270

Present position: Postdoc at CIGENE

Degrees: Cand. Scient in molecular genetics, UMB, 1999. Dr. Scient. in statistical genomics at UMB, 2004.

Professional background: Ph.D student, UMB, 1999-2004. Postdoc, BoviBank/UMB/PubGene, 2004-2007. Postdoc, CIGENE 2007-.

Research experience: Mapping of quantitative trait loci in dairy cattle, focusing particularly on production, disease and fertility traits.

Relevant recent activity: Combined linkage and linkage disequilibrium mapping of QTLs affecting relevant traits in Norwegian Red Cattle.

Selected publications:
  • Olsen HG et al. (2000). A DNA polymorphism in the bovine c-kit gene. Anim. Genet. 31:71
  • Klungland H et al. (2001). Quantitative trait loci affecting clinical mastitis and somatic cell count in dairy cattle. Mamm. Genome 12:837-842.
  • Gomez-Raya et al. (2002). The use of genetic markers to measure genomic response to selection in livestock. Genetics 162:1381-1388.
  • Olsen HG et al. (2002). A genome scan for quantitative trait loci affecting milk production in Norwegian dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 85:3124-3130.
  • Olsen HG et al. (2004). Fine mapping of milk produciton QTL on BTA6 by combined linkage and linkage disequilibrium analysis. J. Dairy Sci. 87:690-698.
  • Olsen HG et al. (2005). Mapping of a milk production quantitative trait locus to a 420-kb region on bovine chromosome 6. Genetics 169:275-283.
  • Lillehammer M et al. (2007). A genome scan for quantitative trait locus by environment interactions for production traits. J. Dairy Sci. 90:3482-3489.
  • Olsen HG et al. (2007). Genetic support for a quantitative trait nucleotide in the ABCG2 gene affecting milk composition of dairy cattle. BMC Genet. 8:32.
  • Hayes BJ et al. (2008). The origin of selection signatures on bovine chromosome 6. Anim. Genet. (in press)
  • Opsal MA et al. (2008).  Association analysis of the constructed linkage maps covering TLR2 and TLR4 with clinical mastitis in Norwegian Red Cattle. J. Anim. Breed. Genet. (In press.)
  • Lillehammer M et al. QTL by environment interaction for milk production traits on BTA6. Genetics (Subm.)
  • Olsen HG et al. Fine mapping of QTL for calving ease on BTA6 in Norwegian Red cattle. J Dairy Sci (Subm.)
  • Nilsen H et al. Fine mapping of QTLs affecting milk production traits and clinical mastitis on BTA6. (In prep.)