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ARS Home Northeast Area Beltsville, Maryland (BARC) Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory People & Locations







Gary C Fok
                        Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory

                        




                        
                        Information Technology Specialist (Applications Software)
                        Phone: (301) 504-8675
                        
                        
                        Fax: (301) 504-8092(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
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                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Modeling identical twins and clones in genetic evaluations

- (Proceedings)Van Raden, P.M., Fok, G.C., Toghiani, S., Nicolazzi, E.L. 2023. Modeling identical twins and clones in genetic evaluations. Interbull Bulletin. 59:63-68.Standardizing lactation yields from national data with age-parity-season-region corrections for fair comparisons across individual cows and environments

- (Abstract Only)Miles, A.M., Van Raden, P.M., Hutchison, J.L., Fok, G.C., Schutz, M.M. 2023. Standardizing lactation yields from national data with age-parity-season-region corrections for fair comparisons across individual cows and environments. Journal of Dairy Science. 106(Suppl. 1):189-190(abstr. 2716).Adding and reporting genomically discovered ancestors in US evaluations

- (Proceedings)Carrillo, J., Van Raden, P.M., Ogwo, E.O., Mota, R.R., Wiggans, G.R., Bacheller, L.R., Fok, G.C., Null, D.J. 2022. Adding and reporting genomically discovered ancestors in US evaluations. Interbull Bulletin. 57:23-27.Flexible testing and use of milk-only records

- (Abstract Only)Van Raden, P.M., Fok, G.C., Bacheller, L.R., Jansen, G.B., Carrillo, J.A. 2022. Flexible testing and use of milk-only records [abstract]. Journal of Dairy Science. 105(Suppl. 1):199(abstr. 1498V).Adding genomically discovered maternal grandsires and maternal great grandsires to the US evaluation system

- (Abstract Only)Mota, R., Wiggans, G.R., Nani, J.P., Bacheller, L.R., Fok, G.C., Carillo, J., Van Raden, P.M. 2022. Adding genomically discovered maternal grandsires and maternal great grandsires to the US evaluation system [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Animal Genetics and Genomics Conference, Visions III: Star gazing into the galaxy of animal genetics and genomics, Iowa State University, November 3-4, 2021, Ames, Iowa. p. 50.Investigating conception rate for beef service sires bred to dairy cows and heifers
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)McWhorter, T.M., Hutchison, J.L., Norman, H.D., Cole, J.B., Fok, G.C., Lourenco, D.A.L., Van Raden, P.M. 2020. Investigating conception rate for beef service sires bred to dairy cows and heifers. Journal of Dairy Science. 103(11):10374–10382. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2020-18399.Enhancements to U.S. genetic and genomic evaluations in 2018 and 2019

- (Proceedings)Nicolazzi, E., Bacheller, L.R., Fok, G.C., Parker Gaddis, K.L., Jensen, L., Megonigal, Jr, J.H., Norman, H.D., Null, D.J., Walton, L.M., Wiggans, G.R., Cole, J.B., Durr, J.W., Van Raden, P.M. 2019. Enhancements to U.S. genetic and genomic evaluations in 2018 and 2019. Interbull Bulletin. 55:26-29.Bull fertility evaluations for Angus service sires bred to Holstein cows

- (Abstract Only)Hutchison, J.L., Van Raden, P.M., Cole, J.B., Fok, G.C., Norman, H.D. 2017. Bull fertility evaluations for Angus service sires bred to Holstein cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 100(Suppl. 2):242(abstr. T45).Genomic predictions for crossbreds from all-breed data

- (Abstract Only)Tooker, M.E., Van Raden, P.M., Fok, G.C. 2017. Genomic predictions for crossbreds from all-breed data. Journal of Dairy Science. 100(Suppl. 2):409–410(abstr. 461).


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