Dr Tunde Olasege
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institute for Molecular Bioscience

Journal Articles
Olasege, Babatunde S., van den Berg, Irene, Haile‐Mariam, Mekonnen, Ho, Phuong N., Yin Oh, Zhen, Porto‐Neto, Laercio R., Hayes, Ben J., Pryce, Jennie E. and Fortes, Marina R. S. (2024). Dissecting loci that underpin the genetic correlations between production, fertility, and urea traits in Australian Holstein cattle. Animal Genetics, 55 (4), 540-558. doi: 10.1111/age.13455
Olasege, Babatunde S., Oh, Zhen Yin, Tahir, Muhammad S., Porto-Neto, Laercio R, Hayes, Ben J. and Fortes, Marina R. S. (2024). Genomic regions and biological pathways associated with sex-limited reproductive traits in bovine species. Journal of Animal Science, 102 skae085, 1-10. doi: 10.1093/jas/skae085
Tahir, Muhammad S., Porto-Neto, Laercio R., Reverter, Antonio, Olasege, Babatunde S., Sajid, Mirza R., Wockner, Kimberley B., Tan, Andre W.L. and Fortes, Marina R.S. (2022). Utility of multi-omics data to inform genomic prediction of heifer fertility traits. Journal of Animal Science, 100 (12) skac340, 1-10. doi: 10.1093/jas/skac340
Olasege, Babatunde S., Porto-Neto, Laercio R., Tahir, Muhammad S., Gouveia, Gabriela C., Cánovas, Angela, Hayes, Ben J. and Fortes, Marina R. S. (2022). Correlation scan: identifying genomic regions that affect genetic correlations applied to fertility traits. BMC Genomics, 23 (1) 684, 1-20. doi: 10.1186/s12864-022-08898-7
Olasege, Babatunde S., Tahir, Muhammad S., Gouveia, Gabriela C., Kour, Jagish, Porto-Neto, Laercio R., Hayes, Ben J. and Fortes, Marina R. S. (2021). Genetic parameter estimates for male and female fertility traits using genomic data to improve fertility in Australian beef cattle. Animal Production Science, 61 (18), 1863-1872. doi: 10.1071/an21097
Tahir, Muhammad S., Porto-Neto, Laercio R., Gondro, Cedric, Shittu, Olasege B., Wockner, Kimberley, Tan, Andre W. L., Smith, Hugo R., Gouveia, Gabriela C., Kour, Jagish and Fortes, Marina R. S. (2021). Meta-analysis of heifer traits identified reproductive pathways in Bos indicus cattle. Genes, 12 (5) 768, 768. doi: 10.3390/genes12050768
Xu, Zhong, Sun, Hao, Zhang, Zhe, Zhao, Qing-bo, Olasege, Babatunde Shittu, Qiu-meng, Li, Yue, Yang, Ma, Pei-pei, Zhang, Xiang-zhe, Wang, Qi-shan and Pan, Yu-chun (2020). Genome-wide detection of selective signatures in a Jinhua pig population. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 19 (5), 1314-1322. doi: 10.1016/S2095-3119(19)62833-9
Zhang, Suoyu, Zhang, Jinxin, Olasege, Babatunde Shittu, Ma, Peipei, Qiu, Xiaotian, Gao, Hong, Wang, Changcun, Wang, Yuan, Zhang, Qin, Yang, Hongjie, Wang, Zhigang, Ding, Xiangdong and Pan, Yuchun (2020). Estimation of genetic parameters for reproductive traits in connectedness groups of Duroc, Landrace and Yorkshire pigs in China. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 137 (2), 211-222. doi: 10.1111/jbg.12431
Xu, Zhong, Sun, Hao, Zhang, Zhe, Zhang, Cheng-Yue, Zhao, Qing-Bo, Xiao, Qian, Olasege, Babatunde Shittu, Ma, Pei-Pei, Zhang, Xiang-Zhe, Wang, Qi-Shan and Pan, Yu-Chun (2020). Selection signature reveals genes associated with susceptibility loci affecting respiratory disease due to pleiotropic and hitchhiking effect in Chinese indigenous pigs. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 33 (2), 187-196. doi: 10.5713/ajas.18.0658
Sun, H., Liao, Y., Wang, Z., Zhang, Z., Oyelami, F. O., Olasege, B. S., Wang, Q. and Pan, Y. (2019). ETph: enhancers and their targets in pig and human database. Animal Genetics, 51 (2), 311-313. doi: 10.1111/age.12893
Olasege, B. S., Zhang, S., Zhao, Q., Liu, D., Sun, H., Wang, Q., Ma, P. and Pan, Y. (2019). Genetic parameter estimates for body conformation traits using composite index, principal component, and factor analysis. Journal of Dairy Science, 102 (6), 5219-5229. doi: 10.3168/jds.2018-15561
Xu, Zhong, Sun, Hao, Zhang, Zhe, Zhao, Qingbo, Olasege, Babatunde Shittu, Li, Qiumeng, Yue, Yang, Ma, Peipei, Zhang, Xiangzhe, Wang, Qishan and Pan, Yuchun (2019). Assessment of autozygosity derived from runs of homozygosity in Jinhua pigs disclosed by sequencing data. Frontiers in Genetics, 10 274. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00274
Sun, Hao, Zhang, Zhe, Olasege, Babatunde Shittu, Xu, Zhong, Zhao, Qingbo, Ma, Peipei, Wang, Qishan and Pan, Yuchun (2019). Application of partial least squares in exploring the genome selection signatures between populations. Heredity, 122 (3), 288-293. doi: 10.1038/s41437-018-0121-y
Zhao, Qing-Bo, Sun, Hao, Zhang, Zhe, Xu, Zhong, Olasege, Babatunde Shittu, Ma, Pei-Pei, Zhang, Xiang-Zhe, Wang, Qi-Shan and Pan, Yu-Chun (2019). Exploring the structure of haplotype blocks and genetic diversity in chinese indigenous pig populations for conservation purpose. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 15. doi: 10.1177/1176934318825082
Sun, Hao, Olasege, Babatunde Shittu, Xu, Zhong, Zhao, Qingbo, Ma, Peipei, Wang, Qishan, Lu, Shaoxiong and Pan, Yuchun (2018). Genome-wide and trait-specific markers: A perspective in designing conservation programs. Frontiers in Genetics, 9 (SEP) 389. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00389
Zhang, Zhe, Ma, Peipei, Li, Qiumeng, Xiao, Qian, Sun, Hao, Olasege, Babatunde Shittu, Wang, Qishan and Pan, Yuchun (2018). Exploring the genetic correlation between growth the immunity based om summary statistics genome-wide association studies. Frontiers in Genetics, 9 393. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00393
Zhang, Suo-Yu, Olasege, Babatunde Shittu, Liu, Deng-Ying, Wang, Qi-Shan, Pan, Yu-Chun and Ma, Pei-Pei (2018). The genetic connectedness calculated from genomic information and its effect on the accuracy of genomic prediction. PLoS ONE, 13 (7) e0201400. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201400
Conference Paper
Wockner, K. B., Tahir, M. S., Kour, J., Tan, W. L. A., Olasege, B. S., Porto-Neto, L. R., Little, B. A., Wilson, C. R., Dollemore, W., Reverter, A., Hayes, B. and Fortes, M. R. S. (2021). PHENOBANK: A platform to facilitate collaboration and genomic selection for female fertility in beef cattle. Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 2 - 4 November 2021. Armidale, NSW, Australia: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics.
Thesis
Olasege, Babatunde (2023). Correlation Scan: developing and applying a new method to uncover the genomic locations that affect the genetic correlations between traits. PhD Thesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/0fdd592