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quantitative genetics, sustainable livestock breeding, molecular basis of behaviour
Switzerland

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Employment (4)

Agroscope: Posieux, Fribourg, CH

2018-03-01 to present | Researcher (Animal GenoPhenomics)
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Claudia Kasper

University of Zurich: Zurich, CH

2017-05-17 to 2018-02-28 | Research associate (Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies)
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Claudia Kasper

University of Bern: Bern, CH

2012-10-01 to 2017-12-31 | PhD student (Institute of Ecology and Evolution)
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Claudia Kasper

Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin: Berlin, Berlin, DE

2011-10-01 to 2012-07-05 | Research assistant
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Claudia Kasper

Education and qualifications (4)

Universität Bern: Bern, BE, CH

2012-10-01 to 2016-03-10 (Institute for Ecology and Evolution)
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Claudia Kasper

Université de Strasbourg: Strasbourg, Alsace, FR

2007-10-01 to 2009-10-01 | Diplôme Universitaire de Recherche Spécialisée en Sciences de la Vie (Faculté de Psychologie)
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Claudia Kasper

CNRS Délégation Alsace: Strasbourg, Alsace, FR

2007-10-01 to 2009-10-01 | Diplôme Universitaire de Recherche Spécialisée en Sciences de la Vie (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien)
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Claudia Kasper

Universität Wien: Wien, Wien, AT

2003-10-01 to 2005-11-05 | Master of Science (Department for Neurobiology and Cognition)
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Claudia Kasper

Works (18)

Animal board invited review: Heritability of nitrogen use efficiency in fattening pigs: Current state and possible directions

animal
2024-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1751-7311
Contributors: C. Kasper
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Claudia Kasper

Genome-wide association study and regional heritability mapping of protein efficiency and performance traits in Swiss Large White pigs

2023-11-28 | Preprint | Author
Contributors: Esther Ewaoluwagbemiga; Audald Lloret-Villas; Adéla Nosková; Hubert Pausch; Claudia Kasper
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Claudia Kasper

Describing posterior distributions of variance components: Problems and the use of null distributions to aid interpretation

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2023-10 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2041-210X
Part of ISSN: 2041-210X
Contributors: Joel L Pick; Claudia Kasper; Hassen Allegue; Niels Dingemanse; Ned A. Dochtermann; Kate L. Laskowski; Marcos Robalinho Lima; Holger Schielzeth; David F. Westneat; Jonathan Wright et al.
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Claudia Kasper

Genetic analysis of protein efficiency and its association with performance and meat quality traits under a protein-restricted diet

Genetics Selection Evolution
2023-06-02 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1297-9686
Contributors: Esther Ewaoluwagbemiga; Giuseppe Bee; Claudia Kasper
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Claudia Kasper

Accuracy of predicting chemical body composition of growing pigs using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

Animal
2021-08-16 | Journal article
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Claudia Kasper

Omics Application in Animal Science—A Special Emphasis on Stress Response and Damaging Behaviour in Pigs

Genes
2020-08-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2073-4425
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Claudia Kasper

Investigating the potential for genetic improvement of nitrogen and phosphorus efficiency in a Swiss large white pig population using chemical analysis

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
2020-03-20 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0931-2668
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Claudia Kasper
grade
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Heritabilities, social environment effects and genetic correlations of social behaviours in a cooperatively breeding vertebrate

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2019-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1010-061X
Part of ISSN: 1420-9101
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Claudia Kasper

Genetische Parameter der Proteineffizienz in einer Schweizer Schweinepopulation

Agrarforschung Schweiz
2019-04-09 | Journal article
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Claudia Kasper

Brain activation patterns following a cooperation opportunity in a highly social cichlid fish

Physiology & Behavior
2018-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0031-9384
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Claudia Kasper

Divergent brain gene expression profiles between alternative behavioural helper types in a cooperative breeder

Molecular Ecology
2018-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0962-1083
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Claudia Kasper

Consistent cooperation in a cichlid fish is caused by maternal and developmental effects rather than heritable genetic variation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85023762820

Contributors: Kasper, C.; Kölliker, M.; Postma, E.; Taborsky, B.
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Claudia Kasper via Scopus - Elsevier
grade
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Genetics and developmental biology of cooperation

Molecular Ecology
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85028089148

Contributors: Kasper, C.; Vierbuchen, M.; Ernst, U.; Fischer, S.; Radersma, R.; Raulo, A.; Cunha-Saraiva, F.; Wu, M.; Mobley, K.B.; Taborsky, B.
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Claudia Kasper via Scopus - Elsevier
grade
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Who helps and why?: Cooperative networks in Mpimbwe

Current Anthropology
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84945291845

Contributors: Kasper, C.; Mulder, M.B.
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Claudia Kasper via Scopus - Elsevier
grade
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Network measures for dyadic interactions: Stability and reliability

American Journal of Primatology
2011 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-79959572019

Contributors: Voelkl, B.; Kasper, C.; Schwab, C.
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Claudia Kasper via Scopus - Elsevier
grade
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A social network analysis of primate groups

Primates
2009 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-70349490772

Contributors: Kasper, C.; Voelkl, B.
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Claudia Kasper via Scopus - Elsevier
grade
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Social structure of primate interaction networks facilitates the emergence of cooperation

Biology Letters
2009 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-67749108197

Contributors: Voelkl, B.; Kasper, C.
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Claudia Kasper via Scopus - Elsevier
grade
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Tolerated mouth-to-mouth food transfers in common marmosets

Primates
2008 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-40749122887

Contributors: Kasper, C.; Voelkl, B.; Huber, L.
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Claudia Kasper via Scopus - Elsevier
grade
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Peer review (4 reviews for 4 publications/grants)

Review activity for Animals. (1)
Review activity for Genetics, selection, evolution. (1)
Review activity for Hydrobiologia. (1)
Review activity for PloS one. (1)