Faculty
Dr. Sohail Ahmad
Professor

(HEC Approved Supervisor)


Ph.D. Animal Breeding & Genetics (UAF), M Sc (Hons) (AUP), DHMP (Netherlands)
Phone : +92-91-9239743  
Cell : +92-333-9259703  
Fax :
Email : [email protected]
Address : Ground Floor, Atta U Rahman Block, the institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, The University of Agriculture Peshawar(25120).
Work Experience : 25 Year(s)
Research Interest :
  • Animal genetic resource characterization
  • Population genetics
  • Candidate gene analysis Functional genomics
  • Trancriptomics and epigenetics in farm animals
  • Genomic selection and Bioinformatics application to improve farm animals production
  • Epigenetic analysis of traits in farm animals
  • Total Publications : 10
    Publications (Latest Ten)
    1. Chessa, B., F. Pereira, F. Arnaud, A. Amorim, F. Goyache, I. Mainland, R.R. Kao, J. M. Pemberton, D. Beraldi, M. Stear, A. Alberti, M. Pittau, L. Iannuzzi, M.H. Banabazi, R. Kazwala, Y.-P. Zhang, J.J. Arranz, B.A. Ali, Z. Wang, M. Uzun, M. Dione, I. Olsaker, L.-E. Holm, U. Saarma, S. Ahmad, N. Marzanov, E. Eythorsdottir, M.J. Holland, P. Ajmone-Marsan, M.W. Bruford, J. Kantanen, T.E. Spencer. M. Palmarini. 2009. Revealing the history of sheep domestication using retrovirus integrations, Science. 324(5926) 532-536

    2. Ubaidullah, L.A. Lodhi, S. Ahmad, S. Sultan and Y. Khan. 2009, In vitromaturation of oocytes in different maturation media containing estrous buffalo serum, estrous cow serum and follicular fluid from buffalo. Pak. J. Zool. Suppl. Ser-1. 9(213-218)

    3. Ibrahim. M., S. Ahmad, Z.A. Swati, and M.S. Khan. 2010. Genetic diversity in Balkhi, Hashtnagri and Michni sheep populations using SSR markers. African Journal of Biotechnology. 9(45), 7617-7628

    4. Ahmad. S and M.S. Khan. 2010. Factors affecting wool Characteristics of Kari sheep in Pakistan. Turk. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 2010; 34(6):485-492.

    5. Sayed Ali AskarMusavi, Sohail Ahmad, Muhammad Ibrahim. 2011. Molecular Characterization of Hazaragie sheep native to Central Afghanistan. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 81 (7): 711-717

    6. Ibrahim, M, S. Ahmad, Z.A. Swati, and Gufranullah .2011. Fat tailed sheep production systems in the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. Trop. Anim. Health and Prod. 43:1395-1403

    7. Ahmad. S., M.S. Khan, Z.A. Swati, Ihsanullah and M.S. Khan. 2012. Reproductive behaviour of Kari sheep under controlled conditions. J. Anim. Plant Sci. Ser- 22(2 Suppl.)(38-44)

    8. Khan, M.S., S. Ahmad, M.S. Khan and M.T. Zeb. 2013. Hormonal profile of Kari ewes with variable gestation length. Pak. Vet. J.34(4): 548-550

    9. Sayed Ali AskarMusavi, Sohail Ahmad and Muhammad Ibrahim. 2013. Documentation and morphology of Hazaragie sheep native to central Afghanistan. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 83 (9): 934-941

    10. Ijaz Ali, Maria Khan Panni, Aqib Iqbal, Iqbal Munir, Sohail Ahmad& Abid Ali. 2015. Molecular Characterization of Echinococcus Species in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Acta Scientiae Veterinariae, 2015. 43: 1277.