Publications and communications of Tom Druet

Fang, C., Druet, T., Cao, H., Liu, W., Chen, Q., & Farnir, F. (01 July 2025). Whole genome sequences of 297 Duolang sheep for litter size. Scientific Data, 12 (1), 1086. doi:10.1038/s41597-025-05448-0

Forneris, N., Bosse, M., Gautier, M., & Druet, T. (2025). Genomic Prediction of Individual Inbreeding Levels for the Management of Genetic Diversity in Populations With Small Effective Size. Molecular Ecology Resources, 14068. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.14068

Yuan, C., Gillon, A., Gualdrón Duarte, J. L., Takeda, H., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (2025). Evaluation of genomic selection models using whole genome sequence data and functional annotation in Belgian Blue cattle. Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 57 (1), 10. doi:10.1186/s12711-025-00955-5

Darimont, C., Li, S., Myster, F., Javaux, J., Pathammavong, M., Tang, L., Gualdron Duarte, J. L., Crepin, P., Druet, T., Georges, M., Mayeres, P., Charlier, C., & Gillet, L. (05 September 2024). Development of a Systems Immunology Approach to Explore Factors Influencing Vaccination Response in Belgian Blue Cattle [Poster presentation]. The 8th European Veterinary Immunology Workshop in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Yuan, C., Gualdron Duarte, J. L., Charlier, C., Takeda, H., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (26 July 2024). Unravelling the genetic architecture of height and muscular development traits in Belgian Blue cattle and using it for genomic prediction [Paper presentation]. 7th International Conference of Quantitative Genetics (ICQG), Vienne, Austria.

Forneris, N., Bosse, M., Gautier, M., & Druet, T. (24 July 2024). Genomic prediction of individual inbreeding levels for the management of genetic diversity in populations with small effective size [Poster presentation]. 7th International Conference of Quantitative Genetics (ICQG), Vienne, Austria.

Yuan, C., Gualdron Duarte, J. L., Takeda, H., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (24 July 2024). Evaluation of heritability partitioning approaches in livestock populations [Poster presentation]. 7th International Conference of Quantitative Genetics (ICQG), Vienne, Austria.

Forneris, N., & Druet, T. (11 April 2024). Evaluation of genomic tools to predict individual homozygosity-by-descent for the management of genetic diversity in small populations [Poster presentation]. ProbGen24: Probabilistic Modeling in Genomics Conference 2024, Vienne, Austria.

Gautier, M., Micol, T., Camus, L., Moazami-Goudarzi, K., Naves, M., Guéret, E., Engelen, S., Lemainque, A., Colas, F., Flori, L., & Druet, T. (2024). Genomic Reconstruction of the Successful Establishment of a Feralized Bovine Population on the Subantarctic Island of Amsterdam. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 41 (7). doi:10.1093/molbev/msae121

Meyermans, R., Janssens, S., Coussé, A., Tinel, S., Gorssen, W., Lepot, F., Hubin, X., Mayeres, P., Veulemans, W., De Wilde, N., Druet, T., Georges, M., Charlier, C., Claerebout, E., & Buys, N. (2024). Genetic and genomic analysis of Belgian Blue's susceptibility for psoroptic mange. Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 56 (1), 52. doi:10.1186/s12711-024-00921-7

Naji, M., Gualdrón Duarte, J. L., Forneris, N., & Druet, T. (2024). Inbreeding depression is associated with recent homozygous-by-descent segments in Belgian Blue beef cattle. Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 56 (1), 10. doi:10.1186/s12711-024-00878-7

Yuan, C., Gualdrón Duarte, J. L., Takeda, H., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (2024). Evaluation of heritability partitioning approaches in livestock populations. BMC Genomics, 25 (1), 690. doi:10.1186/s12864-024-10600-y

Cardoso Esteves, S. M., Jadoul, A., Iacono, F., Schloesser, M., Bosman, B., Carnol, M., Druet, T., Cardol, P., & Hanikenne, M. (2023). Natural variation of nutrient homeostasis among laboratory and field strains in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Journal of Experimental Botany. doi:10.1093/jxb/erad194

Forneris, N., & Druet, T. (2023). Predicting homozygosity-by-descent to manage inbreeding and diversity [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP), Lyon, France.

Gualdrón Duarte, J. L., Yuan, C., Gori, A.-S., Moreira, G. C. M., Takeda, H., Coppieters, W., Charlier, C., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (2023). Sequenced-based GWAS for linear classification traits in Belgian Blue beef cattle reveals new coding variants in genes regulating body size in mammals. Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 55 (1), 83. doi:10.1186/s12711-023-00857-4

Lee, Y. L., Bosse, M., Takeda, H., Moreira, G. C. M., Karim, L., Druet, T., Oget-Ebrad, C., Coppieters, W., Veerkamp, R. F., Groenen, M. A. M., Georges, M., Bouwman, A. C., & Charlier, C. (2023). High-resolution structural variants catalogue in a large-scale whole genome sequenced bovine family cohort data. BMC Genomics, 24 (1), 225. doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09259-8

Wilmot, H., Druet, T., Hulsegge, I., Gengler, N., & Calus, M. P. L. (2023). Estimation of inbreeding, between-breed genomic relatedness and definition of sub-populations in red-pied cattle breeds. Animal, 17 (5), 100793. doi:10.1016/j.animal.2023.100793

Yuan, C., Tang, L., Lopdell, T., Petrov, V. A., Oget-Ebrad, C., Moreira, G. C. M., Gualdrón Duarte, J. L., Sartelet, A., Cheng, Z., Salavati, M., Wathes, D. C., Crowe, M. A., GplusE Consortium, Coppieters, W., Littlejohn, M., Charlier, C., Druet, T., Georges, M.* , & Takeda, H.*. (2023). An organism-wide ATAC-seq peak catalog for the bovine and its use to identify regulatory variants. Genome Research, 33 (10), 1848 - 1864. doi:10.1101/gr.277947.123

Druet, T., Flori, L., & Gautier, M. (2022). Partitioning of autozygosity in different age-based classes in cattle populations with different demographic histories. In Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP). Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Gualdron Duarte, J. L., Gori, A.-S., Costa Monteiro Moreira, G., Georges, M., Charlier, C., & Druet, T. (2022). Sequence-based multi-trait genome-wide association study for linear classification traits in Belgian Blue beef cattle. In Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP). Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Lee, Y. L., Bosse, M., Coppieters, W., Veerkamp, R., Karim, L., Oget, C., Druet, T., Groenen, M., Georges, M., Bouwman, A., & Charlier, C. (2022). Rare CNVs in the bovine genome are not captured well by 50K density genotyping array SNPs. In Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP). Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Oget, C., Costa Monteiro Moreira, G., Karim, L., Coppieters, W., Charlier, C., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (2022). Fine-Scale Study of Meiotic Recombination in Cattle. In Veerkamp Roel & de Haas Yevette, Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP). Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Rombouts, T., Druet, T., Gualdron Duarte, J. L., Ahariz, N., Karim, L., Coppieters, W., De Smet, S., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (2022). A hypomorphic mutation in the ATP2A1 gene increases muscle mass yet compromises meat quality of Belgian Blue cattle. In Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP). Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Yuan, C., Tang, L., Lopdell, T., Oget, C., Costa Monteiro Moreira, G., Gualdron Duarte, J. L., Cheng, Z., Salavati, M., Wathes, D. C., Crowe, M. A., GplusE consortium, Coppieters, W., Charlier, C., Druet, T., Georges, M., & Takeda, H. (2022). Enrichment of causative variants in tissue-specific and shared ATAC-Seq peaks in cattle. In Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP). Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Druet, T., Naji, M., Forneris, N., Flori, L., & Gautier, M. (29 June 2022). Understanding and managing inbreeding with runs of homozygosity in animal populations [Paper presentation]. 6th Polish Congress of Genetics, Krakow, Poland.

De Los Rios-Perez, L., Druet, T., Goldammer, T., & Wittenburg, D. (2022). Analysis of Autozygosity Using Whole-Genome Sequence Data of Full-Sib Families in Pikeperch (Sander lucioperca). Frontiers in Genetics. doi:10.3389/fgene.2021.786934

Druet, T., & Gautier, M. (2022). A hidden Markov model to estimate homozygous-by-descent probabilities associated with nested layers of ancestors. Theoretical Population Biology, 145, 38-51. doi:10.1016/j.tpb.2022.03.001

Kadri, N. K., Zhang, J., Oget-Ebrad, C., Wang, Y., Couldrey, C., Spelman, R., Charlier, C., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (2022). High male specific contribution of the X-chromosome to individual global recombination rate in dairy cattle. BMC Genomics, 23 (1), 114. doi:10.1186/s12864-022-08328-8

Magnier, J., Druet, T., Naves, M., Ouvrard, M., Raoul, S., Janelle, J., Moazami-Goudarzi, K., Lesnoff, M., Tillard, E., Gautier, M., & Flori, L. (2022). The genetic history of Mayotte and Madagascar cattle breeds mirrors the complex pattern of human exchanges in Western Indian Ocean. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 12 (4). doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkac029

Oget, C., Kadri, N. K., Moreira, G. C. M., Karim, L., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (2022). Benchmarking phasing software with a whole-genome sequenced cattle pedigree. BMC Genomics, 23 (1), 130. doi:10.1186/s12864-022-08354-6

Alemu, S. W., Kadri, N. K., Harland, C., Faux, P., Charlier, C., Caballero, A., & Druet, T. (2021). An evaluation of inbreeding measures using a whole-genome sequenced cattle pedigree. Heredity, 126, 410-423. doi:10.1038/s41437-020-00383-9

Caballero, A., Villanueva, B., & Druet, T. (2021). On the estimation of inbreeding depression using different measures of inbreeding from molecular markers. Evolutionary Applications, 14, 416-428. doi:10.1111/eva.13126

Lee, Y.-L., Takeda, H., Costa Monteiro Moreira, G., Karim, L., Mullaart, E., Coppieters, W., Appeltant, R., Veerkamp, R. F., Groenen, M. A. M., Georges, M., Bosse, M., Druet, T., Bouwman, A. C., & Charlier, C. (2021). A 12 kb multi-allelic copy number variation encompassing a GC gene enhancer is associated with mastitis resistance in dairy cattle. PLoS Genetics, 17 (7), 1009331. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1009331

Cardoso Esteves, S. M., Iacono, F., Jadoul, A., Banneux, S., Cardol, P., Druet, T., Hanikenne, M., & Houet, R. (Other coll.). (17 November 2020). A MAGIC design to study metal homeostasis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [Poster presentation]. EMBL Conference: From functional genomics to systems biology.

Druet, T., & Legarra, A. (2020). Theoretical and empirical comparisons of expected and realized relationships for the X-chromosome. Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 52 (1), 50. doi:10.1186/s12711-020-00570-6

Druet, T., Oleński, K., Flori, L., Bertrand, A., Olech, W., Tokarska, M., Kaminski, S., & Gautier, M. (2020). Genomic Footprints of Recovery in the European Bison. Journal of Heredity, 111 (2), 194-203. doi:10.1093/jhered/esaa002

Gualdron Duarte, J. L., Gori, A.-S., Hubin, X., Lourenco, D., Charlier, C., Misztal, I., & Druet, T. (2020). Performances of Adaptive MultiBLUP, Bayesian regressions, and weighted-GBLUP approaches for genomic predictions in Belgian Blue beef cattle. BMC Genomics, 21 (1), 545. doi:10.1186/s12864-020-06921-3

Zhang, J., Kadri, N. K., Mullaart, E., Spelman, R., Fritz, S., Boichard, D., Charlier, C., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (2020). Genetic architecture of individual variation in recombination rate on the X chromosome in cattle. Heredity, 125 (5), 304-316. doi:10.1038/s41437-020-0341-9

Bertrand, A., Kadri, N. K., Flori, L., Gautier, M., & Druet, T. (2019). RZooRoH: An R package to characterize individual genomic autozygosity and identify homozygous-by-descent segments. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10 (6), 860-866. doi:10.1111/2041-210X.13167

Faux, P., Geurts, P., & Druet, T. (2019). A Random Forests Framework for Modeling Haplotypes as Mosaics of Reference Haplotypes. Frontiers in Genetics, 10, 562. doi:10.3389/fgene.2019.00562

Kadri, N. K., Harland, C., Charlier, C., Karim, L., Cambisano, N., Deckers, M., Mullaart, E., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (2018). High resolution mapping of cross-over events in cattle using NGS data. In Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production.

Druet, T., & Gautier, M. (October 2017). A model-based approach to characterize individual inbreeding at both global and local genomic scales. Molecular Ecology, 26, 5820-5841. doi:10.1111/mec.14324

Faux, P., & Druet, T. (2017). A strategy to improve phasing of whole-genome sequenced individuals through integration of familial information from dense genotype panels. Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 49 (1), 46. doi:10.1186/s12711-017-0321-6

Hess, M., Druet, T., Hess, A., & Garrick, D. (2017). Fixed-length haplotypes can improve genomic prediction accuracy in an admixed dairy cattle population. Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 49 (1), 54. doi:10.1186/s12711-017-0329-y

Sole Berga, M., Gori, A.-S., Faux, P., Bertrand, A., Farnir, F., Gautier, M., & Druet, T. (2017). Age-based partitioning of individual genomic inbreeding levels in Belgian Blue cattle. Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 49 (1), 92. doi:10.1186/s12711-017-0370-x

Kadri, N. K., Harland, C., Faux, P., Cambisano, N., Karim, L., Coppieters, W., Fritz, S., Mullaart, E., Baurain, D., Boichard, D., Spelman, R., Charlier, C., Georges, M., & Druet, T. (2016). Coding and noncoding variants in HFM1, MLH3, MSH4, MSH5, RNF212, and RNF212B affect recombination rate in cattle. Genome Research, 26 (10), 1323-1332. doi:10.1101/gr.204214.116

Murgiano, L., Waluk, D. P., Towers, R., Wiedemar, N., Dietrich, J., Jagannathan, V., Drogemuller, M., Balmer, P., Druet, T., Galichet, A., Penedo, M. C., Muller, E. J., Roosje, P., Welle, M. M., & Leeb, T. (2016). An Intronic MBTPS2 Variant Results in a Splicing Defect in Horses with Brindle Coat Texture. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 6 (9), 2963-70. doi:10.1534/g3.116.032433

Druet, T., & Georges, M. (2015). LINKPHASE3: an improved pedigree-based phasing algorithm robust to genotyping and map errors. Bioinformatics, 31 (10), 1677-9. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btu859

Sartelet, A.* , Li, W.* , Pailhoux, E., Richard, C., Tamma, N., Karim, L., Fasquelle, C., Druet, T., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (2015). Genome-wide next-generation DNA and RNA sequencing reveals a mutation that perturbs splicing of the phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class H gene (PIGH) and causes arthrogryposis in Belgian Blue cattle. BMC Genomics, 16 (316). doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1528-y

Druet, T., & Georges, M. (2014). Pedigree-based haplotype reconstruction, identification of cross-overs and detection of map and genotyping errors using PHASEBOOK. In Proceedings of 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP). Gesellschaft für Tierzuchtwissenschaft.

Kadri, N. K., Sahana, G., Guldbrandtsen, B., Lund, M. S., & Druet, T. (June 2014). Efficiency of haplotype-based methods to fine-map QTLs and embryonic lethal variants affecting fertility: Illustration with a deletion segregating in Nordic Red cattle. Livestock Science, 166, 167-175. doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2014.04.030

Druet, T., Ahariz, N., Cambisano, N., Tamma, N., Michaux, C., Coppieters, W., Charlier, C., & Georges, M. (2014). Selection in action: dissecting the molecular underpinnings of the increasing muscle mass of Belgian Blue Cattle. BMC Genomics, 15 (1), 796. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-796

Hayes, B. J., Daetwyler, H. D., Bowman, P. J., Chamberlian, A., Vander Jagt, C., Capitan, A., Pausch, H., Stothard, P., Liao, X., Schrooten, C., Mullaart, E., Fries, R., Guldbrandtsen, B., Lund, M. S., Boichard, D., Veerkamp, R. F., VanTassell, C. P., Gredler, B., Druet, T., ... Goddard, M. E. (2014). Genomic prediction from whole genome sequence in livestock: the 1000 bull genomes project. In Proceedings from the 10th World Congress of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. American Society of Animal Science.

Kumar Kadri, N., Sahana, G., Charlier, C., Iso-Touru, T., Guldbrandtsen, B., Karim, L., Sander Nielsen, U., Panitz, F., Pedersen Aamand, G., Schulman, N., Georges, M., Vilkki, J., Sandø Lund, M., & Druet, T. (January 2014). A 660-Kb Deletion with Antagonistic Effects on Fertility and Milk Production Segregates at High Frequency in Nordic Red Cattle: Additional Evidence for the Common Occurrence of Balancing Selection in Livestock. PLoS Genetics, 10 (1), 1004049. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004049

Sartelet, A.* , Stauber, T.* , Coppieters, W., Ludwig, C. F., Fasquelle, C., Druet, T., Zhang, Z., Ahariz, N., Cambisano, N., Jentsch, T. J., & Charlier, C. (January 2014). A missense mutation accelerating the gating of the lysosomal Cl-/H+-exchanger ClC-7/Ostm1 causes osteopetrosis with gingival hamartomas in cattle. Disease Models and Mechanisms, 7, 119-128. doi:10.1242/dmm.012500

Schrooten, C., Dassonneville, R., Ducrocq, V., Brondum, R. F., Lund, M. S., Chen, J., Liu, Z., Gonzalez-Recio, O., Pena, J., & Druet, T. (2014). Error rate for imputation from the Illumina BovineSNP50 chip to the Illumina BovineHD chip. Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 46 (1), 10. doi:10.1186/1297-9686-46-10

Druet, T., Perez-Pardal, L., Charlier, C., & Gautier, M. (2013). Identification of large selective sweeps associated with major genes in cattle. Animal Genetics, 44 (6), 758-62. doi:10.1111/age.12073

Zhang, Z., Guillaume, F., Sartelet, A., Charlier, C., Georges, M., Farnir, F., & Druet, T. (June 2012). Ancestral haplotype-based association mapping with generalized linear mixed models accounting for stratification. Bioinformatics, 28 (19), 2467-2473. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/bts348

Sartelet, A., Druet, T., Michaux, C., Fasquelle, C., Geron, S., Tamma, N., Zhang, Z., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (15 March 2012). A splice site variant in the bovine RNF11 gene compromises growth and regulation of the inflammatory response. PLoS Genetics, 15 (3), 1002581. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002581

Frkonja, A., Druet, T., Gredler, B., Curik, I., & Sölkner, J. (2012). Estimating age of admixture in a cattle population based on SNP chip data. Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 100 (SUPPL.3), 115-119.

Sandor, C., Li, W., Coppieters, W., Druet, T., Charlier, C., & Georges, M. (2012). Genetic variants in REC8, RNF212, and PRDM9 influence male recombination in cattle. PLoS Genetics, 8 (7), 1002854. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002854

Lund, M. S., de Ross, S. P., de Vries, A. G., Druet, T., Ducrocq, V., Fritz, S., Guillaume, F., Guldbrandtsen, B., Liu, Z., Reents, R., Schrooten, C., Seefried, F., & Su, G. (2011). A common reference population from four European Holstein populations increases reliability of genomic predictions. Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 43 (1), 43. doi:10.1186/1297-9686-43-43

Cierco-Ayrolles, C., Dejean, S., Legarra, A., Gilbert, H., Druet, T., Ytournel, F., Estivals, D., & Mangin, B. (22 October 2010). Does probabilistic modelling of linkage disequilibrium evolution improve the accuracy of QTL location in animal pedigree? Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 42, 38. doi:10.1186/1297-9686-42-38

Coppieters, W., Mes, T. H. M., Druet, T., Farnir, F., Tamma, N., Schrooten, C., Cornelissen, A. W. C. A., Georges, M., & Ploeger, H. W. (2009). Mapping QTL influencing gastrointestinal nematode burden in Dutch Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle. BMC Genomics, 10, 96. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-96

Fasquelle, C.* , Sartelet, A.* , Li, W., Dive, M., Tamma, N., Michaux, C., Druet, T., Huijbers, I. J., Isacke, C. M., Coppieters, W., Georges, M., & Charlier, C. (2009). Balancing selection of a frame-shift mutation in the MRC2 gene accounts for the outbreak of the Crooked Tail Syndrome in Belgian Blue Cattle. PLoS Genetics, 5 (9), 1000666. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000666

Guillaume, F., Fritz, S., Boichard, D., & Druet, T. (2008). Estimation by simulation of the efficiency of the French marker-assisted selection program in dairy cattle. Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 40 (1), 91-102. doi:10.1051/gse:2007036

Tribout, T., Iannuccelli, N., Druet, T., Gilbert, H., Riquet, J., Gueblez, R., Mercat, M.-J., Bidanel, J.-P., Milan, D., & Le Roy, P. (2008). Detection of quantitative trait loci for reproduction and production traits in Large White and French Landrace pig populations. Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 40 (1), 61-78. doi:10.1051/gse:2007035

Gengler, N., Wiggans, G. R., Thornton, L. L. M., Wright, J. R., & Druet, T. (2006). Accounting for heterogeneous variances in multitrait evaluation of Jersey type traits. Journal of Dairy Science, 89 (8), 3143-3151. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72588-7

Gengler, N., Wiggans, G. R., Thornton, L., Wright, J., & Druet, T. (July 2005). Accounting for heterogeneous variances in multi-trait evaluation of Jersey type traits. Journal of Dairy Science, 83/88 (Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1), 11.

Druet, T., Jaffrezic, F., & Ducrocq, V. (2005). Estimation of genetic parameters for test day records of dairy traits in the first three lactations. Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 37 (3), 257-71. doi:10.1051/gse:2005001

Bormann, J., Wiggans, G. R., Druet, T., & Gengler, N. (2003). Within-herd effects of age at test day and lactation stage on test-day yields. Journal of Dairy Science, 86 (11), 3765-3774. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73983-6

Druet, T., Solkner, J., Misztal, I., & Gengler, N. (2002). On the value of incorporating dominance effects in genetic evaluation of dairy cattle. In Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Genetics Applied to LivestockProduction, Session 1 (pp. 1-4).

Gengler, N., Wiggans, G. R., Wright, J. R., & Druet, T. (24 July 2001). Simultaneous accounting for heterogeneity of (co) variance components in genetic evaluation of type traits. Journal of Dairy Science, 79/84/80 (Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1), 247.

Druet, T., Misztal, I., Duangjinda, M., Reverter, A., & Gengler, N. (2001). Estimation of genetic covariances with Method R. Journal of Animal Science, 79 (3), 605-615. doi:10.2527/2001.793605x

Druet, T., Sölkner, J., Fürst, C., & Gengler, N. (2001). Estimation of additive genetic variance of reproduction traits in Austrian Simmental. Interbull Bulletin, 27, 128-132.

Druet, T., Solkner, J., Groen, A. F., & Gengler, N. (2001). Additive and dominance genetic variance of fertility by method R and preconditioned conjugate gradient. Journal of Dairy Science, 84 (4), 987.e1-987.e16. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74557-2

Gengler, N., & Druet, T. (2001). Impact of biotechnology on animal breeding and genetic progress. In R. Renaville & A. Burny (Eds.), Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry.

Bormann, J., Wiggans, G. R., Philpot, J. C., Druet, T., & Gengler, N. (24 July 2000). Estimation of variance components for cow and parity effects from test-day yields. Journal of Animal Science, 78/83 (Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1), 63.

Gengler, N., Dusseldorf, T., Wiggans, G. R., Wright, J. R., & Druet, T. (2000). Multitrait genetic evaluation of Jersey type with integrated accounting for heterogeneous (co) variances. Interbull Bulletin, 25.

Gengler, N., Dusseldorf, T., Wiggans, G. R., Wright, J. R., & Druet, T. (2000). Joint estimation of variances and effects in the US Jersey type evaluation system. Interbull Bulletin, 34, 34-40.

Druet, T., Solkner, J., & Gengler, N. (September 1999). Use of multitrait evaluation procedures to improve reliability of early prediction of survival. Journal of Dairy Science, 82 (9), 2054.e1-2054.e16. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75444-5

Druet, T., Sölkner, J., Groen, A. F., & Gengler, N. (1999). Improved genetic evaluation of survival using MACE to combine direct and correlated information from yield and functional traits. Interbull Bulletin, 21, 122.