Anahit Nazari

I am a genetic data analyist at Intebull Centre since April 2023.

The main task is to perform International genetic/genomic evaluations both in dairy and beef cattle.

I have been a post-doc at the Department of Animal Science (Animal Breeding and Genetics section) at SLU (2020-2023) with the main focus on the Swedish beef cattle genomic selection project for more efficient beef breeding. 

The project was about genomic selection in Swedish beef cattle for different growth and carcass traits. We performed single-step genomic prediction (ss-GBLUP) to estimate genomic breeding values at a Nordic level for two main breeds Charolais and Hereford.

I have also worked on Swedish Warmblood horses genomic projects. In this project, we conducted factor analysis for over 50 linearly scored traits to make them much easier to be interpreted and implemented for future genomic selection programs. The factors used for further GWAS study to unravel possible QTLs or genes related to the mentioned traits.

For my PhD, I was a visiting scholar at the Department of Animal Science at Cornell University (2016-2017). My PhD was about GWAS for coat colour and mohair traits in the Iranian Markhoz goats with the aim of unraveling the possible plausible candidate region(s)/ gene(s) related to the mentioned traits.

Beside my PhD project, I was involved in the dairy cattle lameness genomic project in upstate New York at the Odyssey DNA Lab.

2013-2018, PhD in Animal breeding and Genetics, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, , University of Tehran, Iran.

2008-2011, MSc in Animal breeding and Genetics, Department of Animal Science, Aboureyhan Campus, University of Tehran, Iran.

2004-2008, BSc in Animal Science, Department of Animal Science, Aboureyhan Campus, University of Tehran, Iran.

1- Single-Step Genome-Wide Association Study of Factors for Evaluated and Linearly Scored Traits in Swedish Warmblood Horses

Anahit Nazari-Ghadikolaei, Freddy Fikse, Åsa Gelinder Viklund, Sofika Mikko and Susanne Eriksson. 2025. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, DOI: 10.1111/jbg.12923

2-Factor analysis of evaluated and linearly scored traits in Swedish Warmblood horses. 

Anahit Nazari-Ghadikolaei, Freddy Fikse, Åsa Gelinder Viklund, Susanne Eriksson. 2023. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12764

3- Single-step GBLUP evaluation for categorical traits for beef cattle.

Anahit Nazari-Ghadikoalei , Susanne Eriksson &  Freddy Fikse

World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 3-8 July 2022

 4- Genome-wide association study reveals novel candidate genes for litter size in Markhoz goats.

Peyman Mahmoudi, Amir Rashidi, Anahit Nazari-Ghadikolaei, Jalal Rostamzadeh, Mohammad Razmkabir, Heather Jay Huson. 2022. Front. Vet. Sci. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.1045589

5-Phenotypic characterization and genome-wide association studies of digital cushion thickness in Holstein cows.

C.R. Stambuk, E.A. Staiger, A.Nazari- Ghadikolaei, B.J. Hines, H.J. Huson. 2020. Journal of Dairy Science.

6-Genome-Wide Association Studies Identify Candidate Genes for Coat Color and Mohair Traits in the Iranian Markhoz Goat.

 Anahit Nazari Ghadikolaei, Hassan Mehrabani Yeganeh, Seyed Reza Miraei Ashtiani, Elizabeth Ann Staiger, Amir Rashidi and Heather Jay Huson. 2018. Front. Genet. 9:105. doi:10.3389/fgene.2018.00105.

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