Curriculum Vitae – Dorian J Garrick
Curriculum Vitae: Dorian John Garrick
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
1988
B.S.
1981
Cornell University
Massey University, New Zealand (First Class Honors)
EMPLOYMENT
2007 – Present Jay Lush Endowed Chair in AB & G , Iowa State University
2002-2007
Prof. of Animal Breeding & Genetics, Dept. Anim. Sci., Colorado State Univ.
1994-2002
Professor of Animal Breeding & Genetics (A.L. Rae Chair)(Part time 2002present). Inst. of Vet. Animal & Biomed. Sci., Massey Univ., New Zealand
1988-1994
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Anim. Sci., Massey Univ., New Zealand
1985-1988
Teaching Assistant, Dept of Animal Science, Cornell University, New York
1982-1985
Research Officer, Dept of Sheep Husbandry, Massey Univ., New Zealand
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Member and previously Director of American Society of Animal Science (ASAS)
Member American Dairy Science Association (ADSA),
Member and previously President of both Association for Advancement in Animal Breeding &
Genetics (AAABG) New Zealand Society of Animal Production (NZSAP).
COURSES TAUGHT:
Undergraduate courses in animal breeding and genetics at 300-level. Animal breeding
components of production livestock courses. Graduate studies in genetic prediction, variance
component estimation, matrix algebra, numerical methods, molecular genetics, advanced animal
breeding, genomic prediction and Bayesian regression.
GRADUATE STUDENTS:
Supervised and co-supervised over 40 graduate students including 20 PhDs.
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS
1. Mateescu, R.G., D.J. Garrick, A.J. Garmyn, D.L. VanOverbeke, G.G. Hilton, J.M. Reecy.
2015. Genetic parameters for sensory traits in longissimus muscle and their associations
with tenderness, marbling score, and intramuscular fat in Angus cattle. J Anim Sci 93:2127.
2. Buchanan, J.W., J.M. Reecy, D.J. Garrick, Q. Duan, Q. Liu, D.C. Beitz, R.G. Mateescu.
2015. Genetic parameters and genetic correlations among triacylglycerol and phospholipid
fractions in Angus cattle. Journal of Animal Science 93:522-528.
3. Rolf, M.M., D.J. Garrick, T. Fountain, H.R. Ramey, R.L. Weaber, J.E. Decker, E.J. Pollak,
R.D. Schnabel, J.F. Taylor. 2015. Comparison of Bayesian models to estimate direct
genomic values in multi-breed commercial beef cattle. Genetics Sel Evolution 47:23.
4. Cheng, H., D.J. Garrick, R.L. Fernando. 2015. XSim: Simulation of descendants from
ancestors with sequence data. G3-Genes, Genomes, Genetics, doi:10.1534/g3.115.016683
5. Wolc, A., H.H. Zhao, J. Arango, P. Settar, J.E. Fulton, N.P. O’Sullivan, R. Preisinger, C.
Stricker, D. Habier, R. Fernando, D.J. Garrick, S.J. Lamont, J.C.M. Dekkers. 2015.
Response and inbreeding from a genomic selection experiment in layer chickens. Genetics
Selection Evolution 47:59.
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6. Cheng, H., L. Qu, D.J. Garrick, R.L. Fernando. 2015. A fast and efficient Gibbs
sampler for BayesB in whole genome analyses. Genetics Selection Evolution 47:80.
7. Saatchi, M., R.D. Schnabel, J.F. Taylor, D.J. Garrick. 2014. Large-effect pleiotropic or
closely linked QTL segregate within and across ten US beef cattle breeds. BMC Genomics
15:442.
8. Geary, U., N. Lopez-Villalobos, B. O’Brien, D.J. Garrick, L. Shaloo. 2014. Estimating the
impact of somatic cell count in the value of milk utilising parameters obtained from the
published literature. Journal of Dairy Research 81(2):223-32,
9. Nafikov, R.A., J.P. Schoonmaker, K.T. Korn, K. Noack, D.J. Garrick, K.J. Koehler, J.
Minick-Bormann, J.M. Reecy, D.E. Spurlock, D.C. Beitz. 2014. Polymorphisms in
lipogenic genes and milk fatty acid composition in Holstein dairy cattle. Genomics,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2014.10.001
10. Fernando, R.L., J.C.M. Dekkers, D.J. Garrick. 2014. A class of Bayesian methods to
combine large numbers of genotyped and non-genotyped animals for whole genome
analyses. Genetics, Selection, Evolution 46:50.
11. Oliveira, P.S.N., A.S.M. Cesar, M.L. do Nascimento, A.S. Chaves, R.R. Tullio, D.P. Lanna,
A.N. Rosa, T. Sonstegard, G.B. Mourao, J.M. Reecy, D.J. Garrick, M.A. Mudadu, L.L.
Coutinho, L.C.A. Regitano. 2014. Identification of genomic regions associated with feed
efficiency in Nellore cattle. BMC Genetics 15:100.
12. Baes, C.F., M.A. Dolezal, J.E. Koltes, B. Bapst, E. Fritz-Waters, S. Jansen, C. Flury, H.
Signer-Hasler, C. Stricker, R. Fernando, R. Fries, J. Moll, D.J. Garrick, J.M. Reecy, B.
Gredler. 2014. Evaluation of variant identification methods for whole genome sequencing
data in dairy cattle. BMC Genomics
13. Littlejohn, M.D. K.M. Henty, K. Tiplady, T. Johnson, C. Harland, T. Lopdell, R.G.
Sherlock, W. Li, S.D. Lukefahr, B.C. Shanks, D.J. Garrick, R.G. Snell, R.J. Spelman, S.R.
Davis. 2014. Functionally reciprocal mutations of the prolactin signalling pathway affect
hair length, thermoregulation and lactation phenotypes in taurine cattle. Nature
Communications DOI:10.1038/ncomms6861.
14. Saatchi, M., J.E. Beever, J.E. Decker, D.B. Faulkner, H.C. Freetly, S.L. Hansen, H.
Yampara-Iquise, K.A. Johnson, S.D. Kachman, M.S. Kerley, JW. Kim, D.D. Loy, E.
Marques, H.L. Neibergs, E.J. Pollak, R.D. Schnabel, C.M. Seabury, D.W. Shike, W.M.
Snelling, M.L. Spangler, R.L. Weaber, D.J. Garrick, J.F. Taylor. 2014. QTL, candidate
genes, metabolic and signalling pathways associated with growth, metabolic mid-test
weight, feed intake and feed efficiency in beef cattle. BMC Genomics 15:1004.
15. Hulsman-Hanna, L.L., D.J. Garrick, C.A. Gill, A.D. Herring, J.O. Sanders, D.G. Riley.
2014. Comparison of breeding value prediction for two traits in a Nellore-Angus crossbred
population using different Bayesian modelling methodologies. Genetics and Molecular
Biology 37, 4, 631-637.
16. Mateescu, R.G., D.J. Garrick, A.J. Garmyn, D.L. VanOverbeke, G.G. Hilton, J.M. Reecy.
2015. Genetic parameters for sensory traits in longissimus muscle and their associations
with tenderness, marbling score, and intramuscular fat in Angus cattle. Journal of Animal
Science 93:21-27.
17. Saatchi, M., J. Ward and D.J. Garrick. 2013. Impact of genetic relationships on the
accuracy of direct genomic breeding values in Hereford beef cattle. Journal of Animal
Science 91:1538-1551.
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18. Peters, S.O., K. Kizilkaya, D.J. Garrick, R.L. Fernando, E.J. Pollak, M. De Donato, T
Hussain, and I.G. Imumorin. 2013. Application of multivariate heavy-tailed distributions
to residuals in estimation of genetic parameters of growth traits in beef cattle. Journal of
Animal Science 91:1552-1561.
19. Tart, J.K., R.K. Johnson, J.W. Bundy, N.N. Ferdinand, A.M. McKnite, J.R. Wood, P.S.
Miller, M.F. Rothschild, M.L. Spangler, D.J. Garrick, S.D. Kachman, and D.C. Ciobanu.
2013. Genome-wide prediction of age at puberty and reproductive longevity in sows.
Animal Genetics, doi: 10.1111/age.12028.
20. Zeng, J., A. Toosi, R.L. Fernando, J.C.M. Dekkers and D.J. Garrick. 2013. Genomic
selection of purebred animals for crossbred performance in the presence of dominance
gene action. Genetics Selection Evolution, 45:11.
21. Tait, R.G., E.D. Downey, M.S. Mayes, C.A. Park, J.F. Ridpath, D.J. Garrick, J.M. Reecy.
2013. Evaluation of response to bovine viral diarrhea virus type 2 vaccinations and timing
of weaning on yearling ultrasound body composition, performance, and carcass quality
traits in Angus calves. Journal of Animal Science, 91:5466-5476.
22. Kachman, S.D., M.L. Spangler, G.L. Bennett, K.J. Hanford, L.A. Kuehn, W.M. Snelling,
R.M. Thallman, M. Saatchi, D.J. Garrick, R.D. Schnabel, J.F. Taylor, E.J. Pollak. 2013.
Comparison of molecular breeding values based on within and across-breed training in
beef cattle. Genetics Selection Evolution 45:30.
23. Wolc, A., J. Arango, T. Jankowski, P. Settar, J.E. Fulton, N.P. O’Sullivan, R. Fernando, D.J.
Garrick and J.C.M Dekkers. 2013. Pedigree and genomic analyses of feed consumption,
feed conversion ratio and residual feed intake in laying hens. Poultry Sci 92:2270-2275.
24. Habier, D., R.L. Fernando and D.J. Garrick. 2013. Genomic-BLUP decoded: a look into
the black box. Genetics 194:597-607.
25. Wang, C., D. Habier, B.L. Peiris, A. Wolc, A. Kranis, K. Watson, S. Avendano, D. Garrick,
R. Fernando, S. Lamont, J. Dekkers. 2013. Accuracy of genomic prediction using an
evenly spaced, low-density SNP panel in broiler chickens”. Poultry Sci 92:1712-1723.
26. Onteru, S.K., D.M. Gorbach, J.M. Young, D.J. Garrick, J.C.M. Dekkers, 2013. Whole
genome association studies of residual feed intake and related traits in the pig. PLoS One
8(6):e61756.
27. Wolc, A., C. Stricker, J. Arango, P. Settar, J. E. Fulton, N. P. O’Sullivan, D. Habier, R.
Fernando, D. J. Garrick, S. J. Lamont, J. C. M. Dekkers. 2011. Breeding value prediction
for production traits in layer chickens using pedigree or genomic relationships in a reduced
animal model. Genetics Selection Evolution, 43:5.
28. Habier, D., R. L. Fernando, K. Kizilkaya, and D. J. Garrick. 2011. Extension of the
Bayesian Alphabet for Genomic Selection. BMC Bioinformatics 12:186.
29. Wolc, A., J. Arango, P. Settar, J.E. Fulton, N.P. O’Sullivan, R. Presinger, D. Habier, R.
Fernando, D.J. Garrick, and J.C.M. Dekkers. 2011. Persistence of accuracy of genomic
estimated breeding values over generations in layer chickens. Genetics Selection
Evolution, 43:23.
30. Garrick, D.J., and M. Saatchi. 2011. Opportunities and challenges for genomic selection of
beef cattle. Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, v.40, (Special Supplement) p.310-316.
31. Saatchi, M., M.C. McClure, S.D. McKay, M.M. Rolf, J. Kim, J.E. Decker, T.M. Taxis, R.H.
Chapple, H.R. Ramey, S.L. Northcutt, S. Bauck, B. Woodward, J.C.M. Dekkers, R.L.
Fernando, R.D. Schnabel, D.J. Garrick, and J.F. Taylor. 2011. Accuracy of genomic
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breeding values in American Angus beef cattle using K-means clustering for crossvalidation. Genetics Selection Evolution, 43:40.
32. Peters, S.O., K. Kizilkaya, D.J. Garrick, R.L. Fernando, J.M. Reecy, R.L. Weaber, G.A.
Silver, and M.G. Thomas. 2012. Bayesian genome-wide association analyses of growth
and yearling ultrasound measures of carcass traits in Brangus heifers. Journal of Animal
Science 90:3398-3409.
33. Weber, K.L., D.J. Drake, J.F. Taylor, D.J. Garrick, L.A. Kuehn, R.M. Thallman, R.D.
Schnabel, W.M. Snelling, E.J. Pollak, and A.L. Van Eenennaam. 2012. The accuracies of
DNA-based estimates of genetic merit derived from Angus- or multi-breed beef cattle
training populations. Journal of Animal Science 90:4191-4202.
34. Saatchi, M., R.D. Schnabel, M.M. Rolf, J.F. Taylor, and D.J. Garrick. 2012. Accuracy of
direct genomic breeding values for nationally evaluated traits in US Limousin and
Simmental beef cattle. Genetics Selection Evolution, 44:38.
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