Journal
Genetic Aspects of Growth of Holstein-Friesian Dairy Cows from Birth to Maturity. 2006. M. P. Coffey, J. Hickey, and S. Brotherstone. J. Dairy Sci. 89:322–329. Download
Genetic parameters for EUROP carcass traits within different groups of cattle in Ireland. 2007. J. M. Hickey, M. G. Keane, D. A. Kenny, A. R. Cromie, and R. F. Veerkamp. J. Anim. Sci. 85:314–321. Download
Heterogeneity of genetic parameters for calving difficulty in Holstein heifers in Ireland. 2007. J.M. Hickey, M.G. Keane, D.A. Kenny, A.R. Cromie, P. R. Amer and R.F Veerkamp. J. Dairy Sci. 90: 3900–3908. Download
Estimation of accuracy and bias in genetic evaluations with genetic groups using sampling. 2008. J. M. Hickey, M. G. Keane, D. A. Kenny, A. R. Cromie, H. A. Mulder and R. F. Veerkamp. J. Anim. Sci. 86:1047-1056. Download
Estimation of prediction error variances via Monte Carlo sampling methods using different formulations of the prediction error variance. 2009. J.M. Hickey, R.F. Veerkamp, M.P.L. Calus, H.A. Mulder, and R. Thompson. Genetics Selection Evolution, 41:23. Download
Accuracy of estimated genomic breeding values for wool and meat traits in a multi-breed sheep population. 2010. H. D. Daetwyler, J. M. Hickey, J. M. Henshal, S. Dominik, B. Gredler,J. H. J. van der Werf and B. J. Hayes. Animal Production Science, 50: 1004-1010. Download
A combined long-range phasing and long haplotype imputation method to impute phase for SNP genotypes. 2011. Hickey, J.M., Kinghorn, B.P., Tier, B., Wilson, J.F., Dunstan, N., and van der Werf, J.H.J. Genetics Selection Evolution, 43, 12. Download
Different models of genetic variation and their effect on genomic evaluation. 2011. Clark, S.A., J.M. Hickey, and J.H.J van der Werf. Genetics Selection Evolution, 43, 18. Download
Genotype imputation for the prediction of genomic breeding values in non-genotyped and low-density genotyped individuals. 2011. Cleveland, M.A., J.M. Hickey, and B.P. Kinghorn. BMC Proceedings 5(Suppl 3):S6. Download
Conference
Growth trajectories of Holstein dairy cows. 2005. M. P. Coffey, J. Hickey, and S. Brotherstone. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, York. Page 13. Download
Utilizing Multibreed Commercial Slaughter Information in Beef Selection Indices in Ireland. 2005. Hickey, J.M., P.R. Amer, A.R. Cromie, A. Grogan, M. P. L. Calus, B.W. Wickham, and R.F. Veerkamp. Proceedings of the annual Interbull meeting Uppsala, Sweden, June 2-4, Pages 109-112. Download
Genetic parameters for carcass traits within crossbred groups of cattle in Ireland. 2006. Hickey, J.M., M.G. Keane, P. Brophy, A.R. Cromie, and R.F. Veerkamp. Proceedings of the International Cattle Breeders Round Table, Milan, Italy, January 13-14, 2006. Download
Genetic parameters for carcass traits within crossbred groups of cattle in Ireland. 2006. Hickey, J.M., M.G. Keane, P. Brophy, A.R. Cromie and R.F. Veerkamp. Proceedings of the Irish Agricultural Research Forum, Tullamore, Ireland. Download
Accounting for heterogeneous variance components in multiple breed evaluations of beef traits in black and white cattle. 2006. Hickey, J.M., M.P.L. Calus, A.R. Cromie, M.G. Keane, P. Brophy, and R.F. Veerkamp. Proceedings of the World Congress of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, August 13-18, Session 24-14. Download
Heterogeneity of genetic parameters for calving difficulty in Holstein heifers in Ireland. 2007. Hickey, J.M., M.G. Keane, D.A. Kenny, A.R. Cromie, P. R. Amer and R.F. Veerkamp. Proceedings of the Irish Agricultural Research Forum, Tullamore, Ireland. Download
Heterogeneity of genetic parameters for calving difficulty in Holstein heifers in Ireland. 2007. Hickey, J.M., M.G. Keane, D.A. Kenny, A.R. Cromie, P. R. Amer and R.F. Veerkamp. Proceedings EAAP August 2007. Page 55. Download
Calculation of accuracies of EBV using sampling in a large multiple breed data set. 2007. Hickey, J.M., H.A. Mulder, D.I. Wilhelmus, I. Stranden and R.F. Veerkamp. Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Interbull 2007. Download
Estimation of prediction error variances via Monte Carlo sampling methods using different formulations of the prediction error variance. 2008. J.M. Hickey, R.F. Veerkamp, M.P.L. Calus, H.A. Mulder, and R. Thompson. Proceedings of the International Cattle Breeders Round Table, Cork, Ireland, January, 2008. Download
Long range phasing and haplotype imputation for improved genomic selection calibrations. 2009. J.M. Hickey, B. P. Kinghorn and J.H.J. van der Werf. Statistical Genetics of Livestock for thePost-Genomic Era. University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA, May 4-6, 2009. Download
Phasing of SNP data by combined recursive long range phasing and long range haplotype imputation. 2009. Hickey, J.M., Kinghorn, B.P., Tier, B., and van der Werf, J.H.J. Proceedings of AAABG. Pages 72-75. Download
A recursive algorithm for long range phasing of SNP genotypes. 2009. Kinghorn, B.P., Hickey, J.M., and van der Werf, J.H.J. Proceedings of AAABG. Pages 76-79. Download
Recursive Long Range Phasing And Long Haplotype Library Imputation: Application to Building A Global Haplotype Library for Holstein cattle. 2010. Hickey, J.M., Kinghorn, B.P., Cleveland, M., Tier, B. and van der Werf, J.H.J. Proceedings of 9th WCGALP. Download
Reciprocal recurrent genomic selection (RRGS) for total genetic merit in crossbred individuals. 2010. Kinghorn, B.P., Hickey, J.M., and van der Werf, J.H.J. Proceedings of 9th WCGALP. Download
How Would Different Models of Genetic Variation Affect Genomic Selection? 2010. Clark, S.A., Hickey, J.M., and van der Werf, J. H. J. Proceedings of 9th WCGALP. Download
The accuracy of genomic selection in predicting carcass traits in meat sheep. Slack-Smith, A., Kinghorn, B.P., Hickey, J.M. and van der Werf, J.H.J. Proceedings of 9th WCGALP. Download
Thesis
PhD Thesis - Multiple breed genetic evaluations of cattle in Ireland. 2008. Wageningen University and Research Centre, Lelystad, the Netherlands and University College Dublin, Ireland. Download
MSc. Mini Thesis - Application of a quadratic selection algorithm to restrict the variance of response to selection while maximising the response to selection in a poultry population. 2004. University of Edinburgh, Scotland.