Publications

Berghöfer, J.; Khaveh, N.; Mundlos, S.; Metzger, J.: Multi-tool copy number detection highlights common body size-associated variants in miniature pig breeds from different geographical regions. BMC Genomics 26 (1), Article 285 (2025)

Khaveh, N.; Buschow, R.; Metzger, J.: Deciphering transcriptome patterns in porcine mesenchymal stem cells promoting phenotypic maintenance and differentiation by key driver genes. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 12, Article 1478757 (2024)

Khaveh, N.; Schachler, K.; Berghöfer, J.; Jung, K.; Metzger, J.: Altered hair root gene expression profiles highlight calcium signaling and lipid metabolism pathways to be associated with curly hair initiation and maintenance in Mangalitza pigs. Frontiers in Genetics 14, 1184015 (2023)

Berghöfer, J.; Khaveh, N.; Mundlos, S.; Metzger, J.: Simultaneous testing of rule- and model-based approaches for runs of homozygosity detection opens up a window into genomic footprints of selection in pigs. BMC Genomics 23, 564 (2022)

Peng, S.; Dahlgren, A. R.; Hales , E. N.; Barber, A. M.; Kalbfleisch, T.; Petersen, J. L.; Bellone, R. R.; Mackowski, M.; Cappelli, K.; Capomaccio, S. et al.; Coleman, S. J.; Distl, O.; Giulotto, E.; Waud, B.; Hamilton , N. A.; Leeb, T.; Lindgren , G.; Lyons, L. A.; McCue, M.; MacLeod, J. N.; Metzger, J.; Mickelson, J. R.; Murphy, B. A.; Orlando, L.; Penedo, C.; Raudsepp, T.; Strand, E.; Tozaki , T.; Trachsel, D. S.; Velie, B. D.; Wade, C. M.; Cieslak, J.; Finno, J. C.: Long-read RNA Sequencing Improves the Annotation of the Equine Transcriptome. bioRxiv, 495038 (2022)

Halecker, S.; Metzger, J.; Strube, C.; Krabben, L.; Kaufer, B.; Denner, J.: Virological and Parasitological Characterization of Mini-LEWE Minipigs Using Improved Screening Methods and an Overview of Data on Various Minipig Breeds. Microorganisms 9 (12), 2617 (2021)

Teixeira, H.; Salmona, J.; Arredondo, A.; Mourato, B.; Manzi , S.; Rakotondravony, R.; Mazet, O.; Chikhi, L.; Metzger, J.; Radespiel, U.: Impact of model assumptions on demographic inferences: the case study of two sympatric mouse lemurs in northwestern Madagascar. BMC Ecology and Evolution 21 (1), 197 (2021)

Teixeira, H.; Montade, V.; Salmona, J.; Metzger, J.; Bremond, L. e. a.: Past environmental changes affected lemur population dynamics prior to human impact in Madagascar. Communications Biology 4 (1), 1084 (2021)

Mischke, R.; Metzger, J.; Distl, O.: An FGA Frameshift Variant Associated with Afibrinogenemia in Dachshunds. Genes 12 (7), 1065 (2021)

Braun, M.; Lehmbecker, A.; Eikelberg, D.; Hellige, M.; Beineke, A.; Metzger, J.; Distl, O.: De novo ZIC2 frameshift variant associated with frontonasal dysplasia in a Limousin calf. BMC Genomics 22 (1), 1 (2021)

Metzger, J.; Kreft, O.; Sieme, H.; Martinsson, G.; Reineking, W.; Hewicker-Trautwein, M.; Distl, O.: Hanoverian F/W-line contributes to segregation of Warmblood fragile foal syndrome type 1 variant PLOD1:c.2032G>A in Warmblood horses. Equine Veterinary Journal 53 (1), pp. 51 - 59 (2021)

Schachler, K.; Distl, O.; Metzger, J.: Tracing selection signatures in the pig genome gives evidence for selective pressures on a unique curly hair phenotype in Mangalitza. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 22142 (2020)

Khaveh, N.: From pig to cell: experimental investigation of transcriptional patterns promoting phenotypic expression in the pig. Dissertation, xi, 101 Seiten pp. (2025)

Khaveh, N.; Berghöfer, J.; Ralph, B.; Buschow, R.; Cirksena, K.; Drögemüller, C.; Fatima, A.; Grabert, G.; Gerold, G.; Grahofer, A. et al.; Herwig, R.; Jung, K.; Kacprowski, T.; Lo, B.-W.; Sardoabi, R. S.; Vingron, M.; Mundlos, S.; Metzger, J.: Integrative multi-omics analysis of growth plate regulation underlying body size in miniature pigs. Research Square (2025)