Taylor Marie McWhorter, Ph.D.

Geneticist

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Taylor M. McWhorter, Ph.D., joined CDCB as a Geneticist in February 2023. Taylor studied at the University of Georgia (Athens, GA), where she received her bachelor’s degree in animal science and doctoral degree in quantitative genetics. Her Ph.D. research consisted of developing phenotypic and genomic selection tools for U.S. dairy producers. Taylor’s dissertation evaluated beef bull fertility in beef-on-dairy matings, heat tolerance of dairy cattle, and the genomic evaluation theory: single-step genomic BLUP (ssGBLUP). During her graduate studies, Taylor interned with CDCB and USDA Animal Genomics and Improvement Lab in 2019, as well as, Select Sires, Inc. in 2021-2022.

Projects & Publications

Genomic validation software: USA results

Interbull Bulletin, 2023

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Single-step genomic predictions for heat tolerance of production yields in U.S. Holsteins and Jerseys

Journal of Dairy Science, 2023

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Heat in the U.S. Dairy Industry: Addressing the Needs of Cows and Heifers Through the Development of Phenotypic and Genomic Selection Tools

University of Georgia, 2022

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Onset of heat stress and development of genomic predictions for heat tolerance in US Holsteins and Jerseys

Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to LIvestock Production (WCGALP), 2022

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Implication of the order of blending and tuning when computing the genomic relationship matrix in single-step GBLUP

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 2022

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Investigating conception rate for beef service sires bred to dairy cows and heifers

Journal of Dairy Science, 2020
 

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