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Associate Professor Peter C. Thomson

Associate Professor Peter C Thomson


Associate Professor in Veterinary Biometry
ReproGen – Advanced Technologies in Animal Genetics and Reproduction
Phone: +61 2 9351 1654
Fax: +61 2 9351 1693
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Qualifications

MSc MAppStat Macq PhD

Teaching Areas

  • VETS2009 Genetics and Biometry (BVSc students)
  • BIOM2001 Biometry 2 (Year 2 AVBS and Agricultural Science students)
  • Year 4 AVBS students (Research Projects)
  • Year 5 BVSc students (Hons. Research Projects)

Administration

  • Unit of study coordinator for VETS2009
  • Member of Information Technology and e-Leaning Committee
  • Academic Board Nominee

Research

  • Statistical models for quantitative trait locus (QTL) detection
  • Statistical models in gene expression analysis
  • Statistical genetics for production and companion animal species
  • Applications of biometrical methods in agricultural and veterinary science

Contribution to the Profession and the Community

  • Reviewer: The Veterinary Journal, Australian Veterinary Journal, Animal Genetics, Genetics Selection Evolution, Journal of Dairy Science and others.
  • Workshops and statistical advice – ILRI, Kenya

Selected Publications

  1. Thomson PC, Lavidis NA, Robinson J, Bennett MR. (1995). Probabilistic secretion of quanta at somatic motor nerve terminals: the fusion pore model, quantal detection and autoinhibition. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 349, 197-214.
  2. Koudandé OD, Thomson PC, van Arendonk JAM (1999). A model for population growth of laboratory animals subjected to marker assisted introgression: how many animals do we need? Heredity, 82 16-24.
  3. Thomson PC. (2003). A generalized estimating equations approach to quantitative trait locus detection of non-normal traits. Genetics, Selection Evolution 35, 257-280.
  4. Khatkar MS, Thomson PC, Tammen I, Raadsma, HW. (2004). Quantitative trait loci mapping in dairy cattle: review and meta-analysis. Genetics, Selection Evolution 36, 163-190.
  5. Isberg SR, Thomson PC, Nicholas FW, Barker SG, Moran, C. (2005). Quantitative analysis of production traits in saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus): I. reproduction traits. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 122, 361-369
  6. McGreevy PD, Thomson PC, Pride C, Quain A, Grassi T, and Jones B. (2005). Prevalence of obesity in dogs examined by Australian veterinary practices and the risk factors involved. Veterinary Record 156, 695-702.
  7. Koudandé OD, Thomson PC, Bovenhuis H, van Arendonk JAM., Iraqi F, and Gibson JP (2008). Biphasic survival analysis of trypanotolerance QTL in mice. Heredity 100, 407-414.
  8. Ramanathan P, Martin IC, Gardiner-Garden M, Thomson PC, Taylor RM, Ormandy CJ, Moran C, Williamson P. (2008). Transcriptome analysis identifies pathways associated with enhanced maternal performance in QSi5 mice. BMC Genomics, 9:197
  9. Miles LG, Isberg SR, Glenn TC, Lance SL, Dalzell P, Thomson PC, and Moran C. (2009) A genetic linkage map for the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus). BMC Genomics 10, 339
  10. Raadsma HW, Thomson PC, Zenger KR, Cavanagh C, Lam MK, Jonas E, Jones M, Attard G, Palmer D, Nicholas, FW (2009). Mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL) in sheep. I. A new male framework linkage map and QTL for growth rate and body weight. Genetics Selection Evolution. 41:34.