Education
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Ph.D. Genetics, Texas A&M University 2004
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M.S. Biology, Sul Ross State University 2000
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B.S. Zoology, Sul Ross State University 1997
Scholarly Interests
Mammalian molecular genetics, genomics, and population genetics; animal disease genomics; utilization of population and quantitative genetics to elucidate host loci and relevant variation influencing differential susceptibility to disease, adaptability, and feed efficiency; next generation sequencing and de novo genome assembly as a mechanism to enable novel research programs in non-model mammalian and avian species of interest.
Publications
Genome-wide association study for feed efficiency and growth traits in U.S. beef cattle.
Christopher M Seabury, David L Oldeschulte, Mahdi Saatchi, Jonathan E Beever, Jared E Decker, Yvette A Halley, Eric K Bhattarai, Maral Molaei, Harvey C Freetly, Stephanie L Hansen, Helen Yampara-Iquise, Kristen A Johnson, Monty S Kerley, JaeWoo Kim, Daniel D Loy, Elisa Marques, Holly L Neibergs, Robert D Schnabel, Daniel W Shike, Matthew L Spangler, Robert L Weaber, Dorian J Garrick, Jeremy F Taylor
BMC genomics.
2017
18(1):386.
Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Mitochondrial Population Genomics Reveals Structure, Divergence, and Evidence for Heteroplasmy.
Yvette A Halley, David L Oldeschulte, Eric K Bhattarai, Joshua Hill, Richard P Metz, Charles D Johnson, Steven M Presley, Rebekah E Ruzicka, Dale Rollins, Markus J Peterson, William J Murphy, Christopher M Seabury
PloS one.
2015
10(12).
Results of the BRD CAP project: progress toward identifying genetic markers associated with BRD susceptibility.
Alison Van Eenennaam, Holly Neibergs, Christopher Seabury, Jeremy Taylor, Zeping Wang, Erik Scraggs, Robert D Schnabel, Jared Decker, Andrzej Wojtowicz, Sharif Aly, Jessica Davis, Patricia Blanchard, Beate Crossley, Paul Rossitto, Terry Lehenbauer, Robert Hagevoort, Erik Chavez, J Shannon Neibergs, James E Womack
Animal health research reviews.
2014
15(2):157-60.
Susceptibility Loci Revealed for Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex in Pre-Weaned Holstein Calves
*Holly L. Neibergs, *Christopher M. Seabury, Andrzej J. Wojtowicz, Zeping Wang,Erik Scraggs, Jennifer Kiser, Mahesh Neupane, James E. Womack, Alison Van Eenennaam, G. Robert Hagevoort, Terry W. Lehenbauer, Sharif Aly, Jessica Davis, Jeremy F. Taylor
BMC Genomics
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2014
QTLs associated with dry matter intake, metabolic mid-test weight, growth or feed efficiency have little overlap across 4 beef cattle studies
Mahdi Saatchi, Jonathan E Beever, Jared E. Decker, Dan B. Faulkner, Harvey C Freetly, Stephanie L Hansen, Helen Yampara-Iquise, Kristen A Johnson, Stephen D Kachman, Monty S Kerley, JaeWoo Kim, Daniel D Loy, Elisa Marques, Holly L Neibergs, E John Pollak, Robert D Schnabel, Christopher M Seabury, Daniel W Shike, Warren M Snelling, Matthew L Spangler, Robert L Weaber, Dorian J Garrick, and Jeremy F Taylor
BMC genomics.
2014
A draft de novo genome assembly for the northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) reveals evidence for a rapid decline in effective population size beginning in the Late Pleistocene.
Halley YA, Dowd SE, Decker JE, Seabury PM, Bhattarai E, Johnson CD, Rollins D, Tizard IR, Brightsmith DJ, Peterson MJ, Taylor JF, Seabury CM
PLoS One.
2014
9(3).
Worldwide patterns of ancestry, divergence, and admixture in domesticated cattle.
Decker JE, McKay SD, Rolf MM, Kim J, Molina Alcalá A, Sonstegard TS, Hanotte O, Götherström A, Seabury CM, Praharani L, Babar ME, Correia de Almeida Regitano L, Yildiz MA, Heaton MP, Liu WS, Lei CZ, Reecy JM, Saif-Ur-Rehman M, Schnabel RD, Taylor JF
PLoS Genet.
2014
10(3).
A multi-platform draft de novo genome assembly and comparative analysis for the Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao).
Christopher M Seabury, Scot E Dowd, Paul M Seabury, Terje Raudsepp, Donald J Brightsmith, Poul Liboriussen, Yvette Halley, Colleen A Fisher, Elaine Owens, Ganesh Viswanathan, Ian R Tizard
PloS one.
2013
8(5).
Evolution of the bovine TLR gene family and member associations with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection.
Colleen A Fisher, Eric K Bhattarai, Jason B Osterstock, Scot E Dowd, Paul M Seabury, Meenu Vikram, Robert H Whitlock, Ynte H Schukken, Robert D Schnabel, Jeremy F Taylor, James E Womack, Christopher M Seabury
PloS one.
2011
6(11).
Resolving the evolution of extant and extinct ruminants with high-throughput phylogenomics.
Jared E Decker, J Chris Pires, Gavin C Conant, Stephanie D McKay, Michael P Heaton, Kefei Chen, Alan Cooper, Johanna Vilkki, Christopher M Seabury, Alexandre R Caetano, Gary S Johnson, Rick A Brenneman, Olivier Hanotte, Lori S Eggert, Pamela Wiener, Jong-Joo Kim, Kwan Suk Kim, Tad S Sonstegard, Curt P Van Tassell, Holly L Neibergs, John C McEwan, Rudiger Brauning, Luiz L Coutinho, Masroor E Babar, Gregory A Wilson, Matthew C McClure, Megan M Rolf, Jaewoo Kim, Robert D Schnabel, Jeremy F Taylor
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
2009
106(44):18644-9.
A 4,103 marker integrated physical and comparative map of the horse genome.
T Raudsepp, A Gustafson-Seabury, K Durkin, M L Wagner, G Goh, C M Seabury, C Brinkmeyer-Langford, E-J Lee, R Agarwala, E Stallknecht-Rice, A A Schäffer, L C Skow, T Tozaki, H Yasue, M C T Penedo, L A Lyons, K A Khazanehdari, M M Binns, J N MacLeod, O Distl, G Guérin, T Leeb, J R Mickelson, B P Chowdhary
Cytogenetic and genome research.
2008
122(1):28-36.
Evaluation of novel Brucella melitensis unmarked deletion mutants for safety and efficacy in the goat model of brucellosis.
Melissa M Kahl-McDonagh, Philip H Elzer, Sue D Hagius, Joel V Walker, Quinesha L Perry, Christopher M Seabury, Andreas B den Hartigh, Renee M Tsolis, L Garry Adams, Donald S Davis, Thomas A Ficht
Vaccine.
2006
24(24):5169-77.
