In this interview, Dr. Matt Spangler has a conversation with Dr. Merlyn Nielsen about his career as a quantitative geneticist who began a working in beef cattle and transitioned to developing long-term mouse selection lines. Dr. Nielsen grew up on a diversified farm in Nebraska and attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln before completing his graduate studies at Iowa State University. He discusses how he developed a passion for Animal Breeding and his work related to food utilization and reproductive efficiency in a model species and in beef cattle.
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In this interview, Dr. Matt Spangler has a conversation with Dr. Merlyn Nielsen about his career as a quantitative geneticist who began a working in beef cattle and transitioned to developing long-term mouse selection lines. Dr. Nielsen grew up on a diversified farm in Nebraska and attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln before completing his graduate studies at Iowa State University. He discusses how he developed a passion for Animal Breeding and his work related to food utilization and reproductive efficiency in a model species and in beef cattle.
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