Kisun Pokharel

Senior Scientist
  • Phone number +358295326760
  • Email address kisun.pokharel@luke.fi
  • Address Tietotie 4 31600 JOKIOINEN

Genomic insights into the population structure and genetic diversity of Ugandan indigenous cattle

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2025

Unmapped reads from whole-genome sequencing data reveal pathogen diversity in European and African cattle breeds

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2025

Epidemiological landscape and genetic prospects for marker-assisted selection in Kazakh sheep

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2025

Oar_Finn: the genome assembly and annotation of an exceptionally fertile Finnsheep (Ovis aries) Ewe

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2025

Life cycle sustainability assessment of an agricultural product in rural areas of Western Nepal : case study of goat meat

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2025

The genome assembly of the farmed European whitefish Coregonus lavaretus L. from the Finnish selective breeding programme

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2025

Pure wild forest reindeer (Rangifer tarandus fennicus) or hybrids? A whole-genome sequencing approach to solve the taxonomical status

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2024

Adipose gene expression profiles in Northern Finncattle, Mirandesa cattle, Yakutian cattle and commercial Holstein cattle

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2024

Hepatocyte-specific loss of melanocortin 1 receptor disturbs fatty acid metabolism and promotes adipocyte hypertrophy

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2024

EquCab_Finn: A new reference genome assembly for the domestic horse, Finnhorse

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2024

Inferences about the population history of Rangifer tarandus from Y chromosome and mtDNA phylogenies

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2024

Whole-genome sequencing provides novel insights into the evolutionary history and genetic adaptation of reindeer populations in northern Eurasia

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2023

Design and validation of a 63K genome-wide SNP-genotyping platform for caribou/reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

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2022

Differences in Adipose Gene Expression Profiles between Male and Female Even Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in Sakha (Yakutia)

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2022

Adipose gene expression profiles reveal insights into the adaptation of northern Eurasian semi-domestic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

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2021

Functional Fertility Genomics in Sheep

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2020

Functional profiling of the endometrium transcriptome during preimplantation development in Finnsheep, Texel and their F1 crosses

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2020

Identification and characterization of miRNAs during early pregnancy in domestic sheep

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2020

Genome sequence and comparative analysis of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in northern Eurasia

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2020

Gene Expression Profiling of Corpus luteum Reveals Important Insights about Early Pregnancy in Domestic Sheep

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2020

Whole blood transcriptome analysis reveals footprints of cattle adaptation to sub‐arctic conditions

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2019

Whole-Genome Sequencing of Three Native Cattle Breeds Originating From the Northernmost Cattle Farming Regions

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2019

Comparative mRNA and miRNA expression in European mouflon (Ovis musimon) and sheep (Ovis aries) provides novel insights into the genetic mechanisms for female reproductive success

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2019

Integrated ovarian mRNA and miRNA transcriptome profiling characterizes the genetic basis of prolificacy traits in sheep (Ovis aries)

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2018