TLopdell

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I am a scientist, with an MSc in Bioinformatics, and now living in Hamilton, New Zealand. My work specialises in bioinformatics and molecular biology. My work focusses on livestock genetics (primarily dairy cattle) and animal breeding. I am currently studying for a PhD at the University of Auckland.

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the Waikato region,
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Dr. Cand.

This user is a doctoral student in Biological Science.

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DNA and genetics.

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Molecular Biology.

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Sequence reads article edit

The article Read (biology) is a stub: could expand by discussing difference between paired-end and single-end reads.
Could probably also mention something about Nanopore sequencing too.

NZ dairy industry edit

Dairy farming in New Zealand article needs expanding (SuggestBot).
Things to add: ~~DIRA~~, introduction of herd testing and AI.
~~Many stats are out-of-date (from 2007)~~ Updated most of these now.
Nothing about ~~EBL eradication~~ or Mycoplasma bovis under diseases section.

DGAT article edit

Diglyceride acyltransferase could be expanded to include info on various milk QTL associated with the K232 mutation.
Link to GPAT4 article too: also has milk QTL and is in the same metabolic pathway.

SLC37A1 edit

~~There is currently no article for this gene.~~ Now added a stub article for this gene based on SLC37A2.
The article for SLC37A2 is almost empty too. Should copy new content from SLC37A1 over.
~~Add Kath Kemper's work on this gene with milk QTL.~~Done.

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