Dr. Clare A. Gill

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Texas A&M University
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Department of Animal Science
Animal Breeding and Genetics Section
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 2007
Texas A&M University
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Mailing Address

Department of Animal Science
2471 TAMU
College Station, Texas 77843-2471
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (979) 845-2616
Fax: (979) 845-6970
clare-gill@tamu.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Adelaide, Animal Molecular Genetics, 2000.
B.Biotech (Hons I), Flinders University of South Australia, 1994.

Expertise and Research Interests

Animal Genomics
Comparative Genomics
Sequence Analysis
Positional Cloning
Gene Mapping for Beef Carcass Merit and Production Efficiency
Construction and Use of Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Libraries

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Animal Genetics or Breeding, Animal Science, Gene Mapping, Genomics.

Additional Terms:

Animal Genomics, Carcass Merit, Gene Mapping, Positional Cloning.

Memberships

American Society of Animal Science
International Society of Animal Genetics

Honors and Awards

1998-1999, Twice a Finalist in the Young Australian of the Year Awards, For outstanding achievement in science and technology
1995, Chancellor's Letter of Commendation Flinders University of South Australia
1995, AMGEN Australia Prize

Previous Positions

2001-2007, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Animal Breeding and Genetics
2000-2001, Associate Research Scientist, Texas A&M University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
1999-2000, Postdoctoral Fellow, Texas A&M University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Funding Received

  • Formula Animal Health Fund: Evaluation of genetic components of immune response to BVDV challenge using a unique cattle population, $33,230, 2008 to 2010.
  • Beef Industry Competitiveness Fund: Genetic components of Bovine Viral Diarrhea immune response, $110,000, 2008 to 2010.
  • USDA-CSREES: Characterization of QTL affecting disposition in beef cattle, $449,888, 2008 to 2010.
  • George Mason (USDA-CSREES): Haplotype analysis from bovine genotype data, $74,244, 2007 to 2009.
  • National Cattlemen's Beef Association: Genomic Characterization of Feed Efficiency and its Relationship to Carcass Traits, $115,000, 2007 to 2008.
  • Merial: Identification of breed specific haplotypes associated with POLL, $145,809, 2005 to 2007.
  • Texas Beef Industry Competitiveness Fund: Genetic mechanisms influencing feed intake and disposition in beef cattle, $50,000, 2005 to 2007.
  • Bovigen Solutions LLC: Independent validation of SNP markers for marbling and tenderness, $9,300, 2004 to .
  • National Cattlemen's Beef Association: Literature and patent search to support commercialization of QTL validated in the Carcass Merit Project, $1,000, 2004 to .
  • National Cattlemen's Beef Association: Characterization of a candidate gene for marbling, $197,479, 2003 to 2005.
  • National Cattlemen's Beef Association: Development of proprietary markers for Warner-Bratzler shear force tenderness, $191,064, 2003 to 2005.
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Horn growth in cattle: genomic structure, expression and regulation of the POLL locus, $200,000, 2002 to 2004.
  • Texas A&M Faculty Minigrant: A functional genomics approach to identify the POLL gene in cattle, $1,000, 2002 to 2003.
  • University of Georgia: Oncogenesis of Retrovirus-Induced Lung Cancer, $38,848, 2002 to 2004.
  • Telecommunications and Information Task Force: Bioinformatics and Comparative Genomics Infrastructure, $182,500, 2002 to 2004.
  • National Cattlemen's Beef Association: Carcass Merit Project, $100,000, 2001 to 2003.
  • Value Mark LLC: Screen BAC library by PCR to identify all clones that amplify with the sets of primers provided, $2,980, 2003 to .
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Implementation of Marker Assisted Selection in U.S. Beef Cattle Breeds, $235,000, 2000 to 2001.
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Identification and evaluation of the acid meat gene in swine, $290,000, 2000 to 2001.

Publications

  • McKay SD, Schnabel RD, Murdoch BM, Matukumalli LK, Aerts J, Coppieters W, Crews D, Dias Neto E, Gill CA, Gao C, Mannen H, Wang Z, Van Tassell CP, Williams JL, Taylor JF, Moore SS (2008) An assessment of population structure in eight breeds of cattle using a whole genome SNP panel., BMC genetics, 9, 37 Abstract
  • Seabury CM, Gill CA, Templeton JW, Dyar JB, Derr JN, Adelson DL, Owens E, Davis DS, Kraemer DC, Womack JE (2007) Molecular characterization of the Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) PRNP putative promoter., The Journal of heredity, 98 (7), 678-86 Abstract
  • McKay SD, Schnabel RD, Murdoch BM, Matukumalli LK, Aerts J, Coppieters W, Crews D, Dias Neto E, Gill CA, Gao C, Mannen H, Stothard P, Wang Z, Van Tassell CP, Williams JL, Taylor JF, Moore SS (2007) Whole genome linkage disequilibrium maps in cattle., BMC genetics, 8, 74 Abstract
  • McKay SD, Schnabel RD, Murdoch BM, Aerts J, Gill CA, Gao C, Li C, Matukumalli LK, Stothard P, Wang Z, Van Tassell CP, Williams JL, Taylor JF, Moore SS (Apr 2007) Construction of bovine whole-genome radiation hybrid and linkage maps using high-throughput genotyping., Animal genetics, 38 (2), 120-5 Abstract
  • Van Eenennaam AL, Li J, Thallman RM, Quaas RL, Dikeman ME, Gill CA, Franke DE, Thomas MG (Apr 2007) Validation of commercial DNA tests for quantitative beef quality traits., Journal of animal science, 85 (4), 891-900 Abstract
  • Amen TS, Herring AD, Sanders JO, Gill CA (Feb 2007) Evaluation of reciprocal differences in Bos indicus x Bos taurus backcross calves produced through embryo transfer: I. Birth and weaning traits., Journal of animal science, 85 (2), 365-72 Abstract
  • Amen TS, Herring AD, Sanders JO, Gill CA (Feb 2007) Evaluation of reciprocal differences in Bos indicus x Bos taurus backcross calves produced through embryo transfer: II. Postweaning, carcass, and meat traits., Journal of animal science, 85 (2), 373-9 Abstract
  • Hansen GR, Abbey CA, Gaile DP, Raudsepp T, Chowdhary BP, Womack JE, Gill CA (2007) Assignment of six genes to bovine chromosomes 5 and 16 by fluorescence in situ hybridization, radiation hybrid mapping and genetic linkage analysis., Cytogenetic and genome research, 116 (3), 194-7 Abstract
  • Snelling WM, Chiu R, Schein JE, Hobbs M, Abbey CA, Adelson DL, Aerts J, Bennett GL, Bosdet IE, Boussaha M, Brauning R, Caetano AR, Costa MM, Crawford AM, Dalrymple BP, Eggen A, Everts-van der Wind A, Floriot S, Gautier M, Gill CA, Green RD, Holt R, Jann O, Jones SJ, Kappes SM, Keele JW, de Jong PJ, Larkin DM, Lewin HA, McEwan JC, McKay S, Marra MA, Mathewson CA, Matukumalli LK, Moore SS, Murdoch B, Nicholas FW, Osoegawa K, Roy A, Salih H, Schibler L, Schnabel RD, Silveri L, Skow LC, Smith TP, Sonstegard TS, Taylor JF, Tellam R, Van Tassell CP, Williams JL, Womack JE, Wye NH, Yang G, Zhao S (2007) A physical map of the bovine genome., Genome biology, 8 (8), R165 Abstract
  • Wunderlich KR, Abbey CA, Clayton DR, Song Y, Schein JE, Georges M, Coppieters W, Adelson DL, Taylor JF, Davis SL, Gill CA (Dec 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), 592-4 Abstract
  • Gaile DP, Dahm PF, Gill CA, Adelson DL, Diagnostic plots for radiation hybrid maps. Technical Report 06-05, Available at: http://sphhp.buffalo.edu/biostat/research/techreports/UB_Biostatistics_TR0605.pdf, Aug 2006
  • Sanders JO, Herring AD, Lunt DK, Gill CA, Investigation of genetic mechanisms influencing disposition in Bos indicus-British crossbred cattle., Beef Cattle Research in Texas, College Station, TX, Texas A&M University, 1-6, Aug 2006
  • Ing NH, Wolfskill RL, Clark S, DeGraauw JA, Gill CA (Aug 2006) Steroid hormones acutely regulate expression of a Nudix protein-encoding gene in the endometrial epithelium of sheep., Molecular reproduction and development, 73 (8), 967-76 Abstract
  • Gill CA (2006) McGregor Genomics Project, 52nd Annual Beef Cattle Short Course, College Station, TX, Texas A&M University, K15-K17 pages
  • Quaas RL, Li J, Thallman RM, Van Eenennaam AL, Fernando RL, Gill CA (2006) Validation of commercial DNA tests for quantitative beef traits, 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 03-08 pages
  • Philbey AW, Cousens C, Bishop JV, Gill CA, DeMartini JC, Sharp JM (May 2006) Multiclonal pattern of Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus integration sites in ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma., Virus research, 117 (2), 254-63 Abstract
  • King DA, Morgan WW, Miller RK, Sanders JO, Lunt DK, Taylor JF, Gill CA, Savell JW, Carcass merit between and among family groups of Bos indicus crossbred steers and heifers, Meat Science, 73, 496-502, 2006
  • Gill CA, McGregor Genomics Project, Brahman Journal, 35, 21, 54, 2006
  • Gill CA, Amen TS, Sanders JO, Herring AD (2005) Reciprocal differences in gestation length and birth weight in Bos indicus/Bos taurus crosses, A compilation of research results involving tropically adapted beef cattle breeds. S-243 and S-277 Multistate Research Projects, Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin, 83-88 pages (bookchapter)
  • Dikeman ME, Pollak EJ, Zhang Z, Moser DW, Gill CA, Dressler EA (Oct 2005) Phenotypic ranges and relationships among carcass and meat palatability traits for fourteen cattle breeds, and heritabilities and expected progeny differences for Warner-Bratzler shear force in three beef cattle breeds., Journal of animal science, 83 (10), 2461-7 Abstract
  • Cavanagh JA, Tammen I, Hayden MJ, Gill CA, Nicholas FW, Raadsma HW (Oct 2005) Characterization of the bovine aggrecan gene: genomic structure and physical and linkage mapping., Animal Genetics, 36 (5), 452-4 Abstract
  • Gill CA (2005) Finding new markers and associated genes: the bovine genome project and the NCBA carcass merit project, 51st Annual Beef Cattle Short Course, College Station, TX, Texas A&M University
  • Cousens C, Bishop JV, Philbey AW, Gill CA, Palmarini M, Carlson JO, DeMartini JC, Sharp JM, Analysis of integration sites of Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus in ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma, Journal of Virology, 78(16), 8506-12, August 2004 Abstract
  • Gill CA, Herring AD, Lunk DK, Sanders JO, An overview of the McGregor Genomics project: Mapping genes for production efficiency, Proc. 50th annual beef cattle shortcourse, H1-H8, 2004
  • Herring AD, Gill CA, Genetic markers and marker assisted selection in beef cattle, Proc. Ovagenix Customer Information Field Day, 2004
  • Amen TS, Herring AD, Gill CA, Sanders JO, Investigation of birth weight and gestation length in Bos indicus-Bos taurus reciprocal cross calves produced through embryo transfer, Beef Cattle Research in Texas, 1-3, 2004
  • Moser DW, Thallman RM, Pollak EJ, Dikeman ME, Gill CA, Koontz SR, Holm TR, Dressler EW, Meeting consumer demands through genetic selection: the NCBA Carcass Merit Project, Proc. 36th annual meeting of the Beef Improvement Federation, 42-44, 2004
  • White SN, Taylor KH, Abbey CA, Gill CA, Womack JE, Haplotype variation in bovine Toll-like receptor 4 and computational prediction of a positively selected ligand-binding domain, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America., 100(18), 10364-9, September 2003 Abstract
  • De Donato M, Gallagher DS Jr, Lehn C, Gill C, Taylor JF, Molecular cytogenetic assignment of genes to bovine chromosome 5, Genetics and Molecular Research [electronic Resource] : Gmr, 2(3), 260-70, September 2003 Abstract
  • Moore SS, Hansen C, Williams JL, Fu A, Meng Y, Li C, Zhang Y, Urquhart BS, Marra M, Schein J, Benkel B, de Jong PJ, Osoegawa K, Kirkpatrick BW, Gill CA, A comparative map of bovine chromosome 19 based on a combination of mapping on a bacterial artificial chromosome scaffold map, a whole genome radiation hybrid panel and the human draft seq, Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 102(1-4), 32-8, 2003 Abstract
  • Gill CA, Applications for DNA technology in beef cattle from a feedlot perspective, Proc. Plains Nutrition Council Spring Conference, 94-97, 2002
  • Travers MT, Vallance AJ, Gourlay HT, Gill CA, Klein I, Bottema CB, Barber MC, Promoter I of the ovine acetyl-CoA carboxylase-alpha gene: an E-box motif at -114 in the proximal promoter binds upstream stimulatory factor (USF)-1 and USF-2 and acts as an insulin-respon, The Biochemical Journal, 359(Pt 2), 273-84, October 2001 Abstract
  • Fleming JGW, Gill CA, Bazer FW, Spencer TE, Cloning and analysis of the upstream promoter/enhancer region of the ovine uterine milk protein gene, Biology of Reproduction, 64(Suppl. 1), 266-267, 2001
  • Pollak, EJ, Dikeman, M, Gill, CA, Moser, D, Holm, T, Westcott E, Update on the Carcass Merit Project, Proc. 5th Annual Reciprocal Meat Conference, 103-104, 2001
  • Gill CA, A synopsis of "Future challenges in the application of genomic technologies in the beef industry" by Jay Hetzel, Proceedings of the International Livestock Congress, 2001
  • Maddox JF, Andrews AE, Gill CA, Bottema CD, Linkage and physical mapping of the sheep perforin (PRF1) gene to OAR 25, Animal Genetics, 31(3), 231-2, June 2000 Abstract
  • Koukoulas I, Webb GC, Bottema CD, Gill C, Johnston CI, Aldred GP, Genomic characterization of the sheep vasopressin V1a receptor gene and promoter, with assignment to bands q23-24 of sheep chromosome 3 and cattle chromosome 5, Gene, 240(1), 183-92, 1999 Abstract
  • Gill CA, Davis SK, Taylor JF, Cockett NE, Bottema CD, Construction and characterization of an ovine bacterial artificial chromosome library, Mammalian Genome, 10(11), 1108-11, November 1999 Abstract
  • Garbett CA, Webb GC, Rizza S, Bottema CDK, Localisation of sheep satellite I on metaphase chromosomes by PRINS, Proc. Aust. Assoc. Anim. Breed. Genet., 11, 666-669, 1995
  • Webb GC, Cerin HA, Garbett CA, Cook J, Bottema CDK, Molecular cytogenetics in animals, Proc. Aust. Assoc. Anim. Breed. Genet., 11, 279-283, 1995
  • Kijas JM, Fowler JC, Garbett CA, Thomas MR, Enrichment of microsatellites from the citrus genome using biotinylated oligonucleotide sequences bound to streptavidin-coated magnetic particles, Biotechniques, 16(4), 656-60 662, April 1994 Abstract

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