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(i) Professional Preparation
Ph.D. in Animal Breeding, minors in Genetics and Statistics, Cornell University, 1978
M.S. in Animal Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975
B.S. in Animal Science, certification in Genetics, University of California-Davis, 1974
(ii) Appointments
1999–present C.F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture
1997–present Section Leader, Animal Breeding and Genetics, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University
1990–1994 Assistant Director, Agriculture Experiment Station (1/2 time).
1987–present Assistant, Associate, Full Professor, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University
(iii) Selected publications most relevant to forensics
Ciobanu, D.C., J. Bastiaansen, M. Malek, J. Woollard, G.S. Plastow, and M.F. Rothschild. "Evidence for new alleles in the protein kinase AMP-activated, subunit gene associated with low glycogen content in pig skeletal muscle and improved meat quality." Genetics 159 (2001): 1151-1162.
Gellin, J., S. Brown, J. Graves, M. Rothschild, L. Schook, J. Womach, and M. Yerle. "Comparative gene mapping workshop: Progress in agriculturally important animals." Mammal. Genom. 11 (2000): 140-144.
Grapes, L., M. Malek, and M.F. Rothschild. "Identification of monozygous twins and microsatellite mutation rate in pigs from QTL linkage analysis data." J. Anim. Breed. Genet. 188 (2001): 311-316.
Kim, K.S., N. Larsen, T. Short, G. Plastow, and M.F. Rothschild. "A missense variant of the melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) gene is associated with fatness, growth and feed intake traits." Mammal. Genom. 11 (2000): 131-135.
Malek, M., J.C.M. Dekkers, H.K. Lee, T.J. Baas, and M.F. Rothschild. "A molecular genome scan analysis to identify chromosomal regions influencing economic traits in the pig I. Growth and body composition." Mammal. Gen. 12 (2001): 637-645.
(iv) Synergistic activities
a. Directly in Forensics. Dr. Rothschild has been the USDA-CSRS National Swine Genome Coordinator, participant on IFAFS and USDA training grants, a PI on internal Genomics Center proposal at Iowa State University, and a consultant to several swine genetics companies.