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Bill Muir
 

William M Muir

Professor of Animal Sciences

Department: Animal Sciences
Phone: 765.494.8032
Fax: 765.494.9346
Office: LILY G-412
E-mail: bmuir@purdue.edu

Area of Expertise: Breeding and Genetics, Poultry and Aquaculture

 

Education: A.A., Springfield College; B.S. and M.S., University of Illinois; Ph.D., Purdue University

Research Program and Publications

Teaching

  • ANSC 51100 (AGRY/FNR 51100) - Population Genetics
  • ANSC 61200 - Advanced Population Genetics
 

- Recent Publications

Li, H. M., L. Sun, O. Mittapalli, W. M. Muir, J. Xie, J. Wu, B. J. Schemerhorn, W. Sun, B. R. Pittendrigh, & L. L. Murdock (2008). Transcriptional Signatures in Response to Wheat Germ Agglutinin and Starvation in Drosophila melanogaster Larval Midgut. Insect Molecular Biology, 1.

Muir, W. M., G. J. M. Rosa, B. R. Pittendrigh, S. Xu, S. D. Rider, M. Fountain, & J. Ogas (2008). A mixture model approach for the analysis of small exployatory microarray experiments. J. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, doi:10.1016/j.csda.2008.06.011.

Zhang, H., S. Rider Jr., J. Henderson, M. Fountain, K. Chuang, V. Kandachar, A. Simons, H. Edenberg, J. Romero-Severson, W. M. Muir, & J. Ogas (2008). The CHD3 Remodeler PICKLE Promotes Trimethylation of Histone H3 Lysine 27'. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283, 22637-22648.

Muir, W. M., G. K. S. Wong, Y. Zang, J. Wang, M. A. M. Groenen, R. P. M. A. Crooijmans, H. J. Megens, H. Zhang, J. C. McKay, S. McLeod, R. Okimoto, J. E. Fulton, P. Settar, N. P. O'Sullivan, A. Vereijken, A. Rattink, G. A. A. Albers, C. Taylor- Lawley, M. E. Delany, & H. H. Cheng (2008). Genome-Wide Assessment Of World-Wide Poultry Biodiversity. Plant and Animal Genomes XVI Conference, 97.

Muir, W. M. (2008). Genome-Wide Assessment of World-Wide Chicken SNP Genetic Diversity Indicates Significant Absence of Rare Alleles in Commercial Breeds. Proceeds of the National Academy of Sciences, 105, 17312-17317.

Muir, W. M., G. K. Wong, Y. Zhang, J. Wang, M. A. M. Groenen, R. M. A. Crooijmans, H. J. Zhang, J. C. Mckay, S. Mcleod, R. Okimoto, J. E. Fulton, P. Settar, N. P. O'sullivan, A. Vereijken, A. Jungerious-Rattlnk, G. A. A. Albers, C. Taylor-Lawley, M. E. Delany, & H. H. Cheng (2008). Review of the initial validation and characterization of a 3K chicken SNP array. World's Poultry Science Journal, 64, 219-226.

Muir, W. M. (2007). Multilevel Selection in Breeding Programs, a Win-Win-Win Solution for the Animal, Producers, and Society. Behaviour and Welfare Seminar Series.

Muir, W. M. (2007). Addressing and managing risk through net fitness assessment, case studies, and general thoughs about sustainability. Biotech Aquaculture; Environmental Sustainability and Commercial Profitability.

Muir, W. M. (2007). A break through for application of marker assisted selection to traits of low heritability, promise and concerns. European Association of Animal Production. Symposium Statistical Analysis of Genomic Data.

Muir, W. M. (2007). Trojan Gene Theory. FDA, Center for Veterinary Medicine Staff College.

 

+ Patents

  1. Provisional Patent P-00014.P3.US Incorporation of Competitive Effects in Breeding Programs with Group-Group Selection, March 23, 2001.

  2. Provisional Patent P-00014.P2.US Incorporation of Competitive Effects in Breeding Programs with Individual-Group Selection, March 23, 2001.

  3. Provisional Patent P-00014.P1.US Incorporation of Competitive Effects in Breeding Programs with Full BLUP Selection, March 23, 2001.

 

- Awards & Honors

Outstanding Graduate Educator (2007). Purdue University.

Outstanding Graduate Educator (ANSC) (2005). Purdue University.

Distinguished Alumni (2001). Springfield College in Illinios.

Merck Research Award for Achievement (1997). Poultry Science.

Animal Well-Being Award (1996). American Poultry Science Association.

 

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