Rate My Professor Pekka Uimari

Uimari's research specializations lie in animal science, agronomy, quantitative genetics, genomic selection, and breeding programs for livestock, with a focus on pigs and cattle. His academic interests encompass genetic parameters and social interactions for feeding behavior and production traits, resilience traits, inbreeding rates and effective population sizes, selection signatures, genetic diversity, population structure, and adipose gene expression profiles across breeds. He manages projects including PiGCross for single-step genomic evaluations, Perinnöllisen edistymisen ja monimuotoisuuden seuranta, and AI in monitoring pig health. Uimari has produced 74 research outputs, including 66 articles. Key publications are 'Detection of selection signatures in indigenous African cattle reveals genomic footprints of adaptation, production and temperament traits' (2026, Mammalian Genome), 'Genomic insights into the population structure and genetic diversity of Ugandan indigenous cattle' (2025, Animal Genetics), 'Adipose gene expression profiles in Northern Finncattle, Mirandesa cattle, Yakutian cattle and commercial Holstein cattle' (2024, Scientific Reports), 'Inheritance of feed intake-based resilience traits and their correlation with production traits in Finnish pig breeds' (2024, Journal of Animal Science), 'Signatures of positive selection after the introduction of genomic selection in the Finnish Ayrshire population' (2024, Journal of Dairy Science), and 'Estimation of social genetic effects on feeding behaviour and production traits in pigs' (2021, Animal). He serves as Editor in Chief of Agricultural and Food Science and is a member of the organizing committee for the Agrinatura General Assembly and Conference 2024.