Referred journal publications (since 2004)
(In the following list of publications, an
‘*’ indicates that the publication was a collaboration with a current or former
graduate or post-doctoral student.)
Kuehn, L. A.*, D. R. Notter, and R. M. Lewis. 2008. Assessing genetic gain,
inbreeding, and bias due to different flock genetic means in alternative sheep
sire referencing schemes J. Anim. Sci. (Accepted).
Kuehn, L. A.*, D. R. Notter, G. E.
Nieuwhof, and R. M. Lewis. 2008. Changes in connectedness over time in
alternative sheep sire referencing schemes. J. Anim. Sci. (Accepted).
Kuehn, L. A.*, R.
M. Lewis, and D. R. Notter. 2007. Managing the risk of comparing estimated
breeding values across flocks or herds through connectedness: a review and
application. Genet. Select. Evol. 39:225-247.
Lewis, R. M., and G. C. Emmans. 2007. Genetic selection, sex and feeding
treatment affect the whole body chemical composition of sheep. Animal
1:1427-1434.
Man, W-Y. N.*, R.
M. Lewis, K. Boulton, and B. Villanueva. 2007. Predicting the
consequences of selecting on PrP genotypes on PrP frequencies, performance and
inbreeding in commercial meat sheep populations. Genet. Select. Evol. 39:711-729.
Wolf, B. T., K. Howells, C.
Nakielny, W. Haresign, R. M., Lewis, O. Davies, and M. H. Davies. 2007.
Genetic parameters for strongyle and Nematodirus
faecal egg counts in lambs and their relationships with performance traits.
Livest. Sci. (In press).
Wolf, B. T., S. D. McBride,
R. M. Lewis, M. H. Davies, and
Macfarlane, J. M.*, R. M. Lewis, G. C. Emmans, M. J. Young, and G. Simm. 2006. Predicting carcass composition of
terminal sire sheep using X-ray computed tomography. Anim. Sci. 82:289-300.
Lewis, R. M., G. C. Emmans, and G. Simm. 2006. Describing effects of genetic
selection, nutrition, and their interplay in prime lambs using growth and
efficiency functions. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 57:707-719.
van Heelsum, A. M.*, R. M. Lewis,
M. H. Davies, and W. Haresign. 2006. Genetic relationships among objectively
and subjectively assessed traits measured on crossbred (Mule) lambs. Anim. Sci. 82:141-149.
Bünger, L., R. M. Lewis, M. F. Rothschild, A. Blasco, U. Renne,
and G. Simm. 2005.
Relationships between quantitative and reproductive fitness traits in animals.
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. B Biol. Sci. 360:1489-1502.
Duringer, J. M., R. M. Lewis, L. Kuehn*, T. J. Fleischmann, and A. M.
Craig. 2005. Growth and
hepatic in vitro metabolism of
ergotamine in mice divergently selected for response to endophyte toxicity.
Xenobiotica 35:531-548.
Jones, H. E.*,
P. R. Amer, R. M. Lewis, and G. C. Emmans. 2004. Economic values for changes
in carcass lean and fat weights at a fixed age for terminal sire breeds of
sheep in the
Jones, H. E.*, R. M. Lewis, M. J. Young, and G. Simm. 2004. Genetic parameters for carcass
composition and muscularity in sheep measured by X-ray computer tomography,
ultrasound and dissection. Livest. Prod. Sci.
90:167-179.
Lewis, R. M., G. C. Emmans, and G. Simm. 2004. Effects of
index selection on the carcass composition of sheep given foods of
different protein content ad libitum. Anim. Sci. 78:203-212.
Lewis, R. M., B. Grundy, and L. A. Kuehn*. 2004. Predicting population gene frequency
from sample data. Anim. Sci. 78:3-11.
Lewis, R. M., J. M. Macfarlane*, G. C.
Emmans, and G. Simm. 2004. Effects of feed quality on growth and carcass composition
in lambs of two breeds and their cross. Anim. Sci. 78:355-368.
Macfarlane, J. M.*, R. M. Lewis, and G. C. Emmans. 2004. Growth and carcass composition of
lambs of two breeds and their cross grazing ryegrass and clover swards. Anim.
Sci. 79:387-396.
Macfarlane, J. M.*, R.
M. Lewis, and G. C. Emmans. 2004.
Effects of two forages, and a choice between them, on intake, growth and
carcass composition in lambs of two breeds and their cross. Anim. Sci. 78:485-496.