April 24, 2024
Morteza Mokhtari

Morteza Mokhtari

Academic rank: Associate professor
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Education: PhD. in Genetics and Animal Breeding
Phone: 03443347061
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Education

  • PhD. in Animal Breeding and Genetics , Tehran University , Iran (2011 - 2016)
    Thesis title: Genetic Evaluation of Production and Reproduction Traits of Iranian Holstein Cows Using Structural Equation Modeling
  • MSc. in Animal Breeding and Genetics , Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz , Iran (2003 - 2005)
    Thesis title: Genetic trends for growth traits in Kermani Sheep
  • BSc. in Animal Science , Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman , Iran (1998 - 2002)
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Ongoing Research Plan

  • Genetic evaluation of domestic animals
  • Conservative Genetics
  • Genomic Selection
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Research activities

Journal articles
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Morteza Mokhtari, Ali Esmailizadeh, roholla mirmahmoodi, zahra roudbari, Arsalan Brazandeh, Juan pablo Gutierrez, Ehsan Mohebbinejad (2024) Genetic and phenotypic analysis of reproductive traits in the Murciano-Granadina does: Predictive ability of the statistical models and estimation of genetic parameters SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH: 232; 107221
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Ahmad Yazdanpanah, Jamal Fayazi, Hedayatollah Roshanfekr, Azar Rashedi Dehsahraei, Morteza Mokhtari (2023) The comparison of standard multiple-trait and structural equation modeling approaches for the estimation of genetic and phenotypic parameters of growth traits in Arman sheep Journal of Livestock Science and Technology: 11(2); 69-76
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zahra roudbari, Morteza Mokhtari, Abdolvahab Ebrahimpour Gorji, Tomasz Sadkowski, AyehSadat Sadr, Masoud Shirali (2023) Identification of Hub Genes and Target miRNAs Crucial for Milk Production in Holstein Friesian Dairy Cattle Genes: 14; 2105
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Elahe Sanjari, Ali Esmailizadeh, Mehdi Momen, Ahmad aytollahi mehrgardi, Morteza Mokhtari (2023) Genome-wide association study identifies significant SNP and related genes associated with body size in Yorkshire pigs using latent variable modeling Journal of Agricultural Science: -; DOI: https://doi.org
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Morteza Mokhtari, Ali Esmailizadeh, roholla mirmahmoodi, Juan pablo Gutierrez, Ehsan Mohebbinejad (2023) Comparison of non-linear models and genetic parameter estimation for growth curve traits in the Murciano-Granadina goat breed SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH: 226; 107059
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Elahe Sanjari, Ali Esmailizadeh, Mehdi Momen, Ahmad aytollahi mehrgardi, Morteza Mokhtari (2023) The accuracy of breeding values for body size latent trait in pigs under different prediction models Journal of Livestock Science and Technology: 11; DOI: 10.22103/JLST.2
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Morteza Mokhtari, Arsalan Brazandeh, zahra roudbari, jamil bahrampour, Farhad Ghafouri, Mahmoud Amiri Roudbar (2022) Genetic analysis of parent-of-origin effects on growth traits and yearling greasy fleece weight in Raeini Cashmere goat SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH: 216; 106813
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Farhad Ghafouri, Pouya Zamani, Morteza Mokhtari (2022) Relative contribution of Imprinting, X chromosome and Litter effects to phenotypic variation in economic traits of sheep JOURNAL OF ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS: 139; 611-622
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Arsalan Brazandeh, Morteza Mokhtari, zahra roudbari, roholla mirmahmoodi (2022) A meta-analysis study of the association between FecB polymorphism and litter size in sheep Journal of Livestock Science and Technology: ;
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Marzieh Atapour, Mohammad Razmkabir, Morteza Mokhtari (2022) Genetic evaluation of age at first calving and days open under different censoring scenarios in Iranian Holstein cows Tropical Animal Health and Production: 54; 257
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Morteza Mokhtari, Arsalan Brazandeh, zahra roudbari, Farhad Ghafouri, Mahmoud Amiri Roudbar (2022) Quantifying parent-of-origin variation in growth and reproductive traits of Kermani sheep Journal of Agricultural Science: 160; -
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Morteza Jafaroghli, Farhad Ghafouri, Seyed Javad Khorami, Arsalan Brazandeh, Morteza Mokhtari (2022) Application of structural equation models for genetic evaluation of lifetime reproductive traits and age at first lambing in Moghani sheep SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH: 214; 106
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Morteza Mokhtari, Arsalan Brazandeh, zahra roudbari, Farhad Ghafouri, Najmeh Kargar Borzi (2022) Sexual dimorphism in early body weight traits of Raeini Cashmere goat: sex-specific heritability and cross-sex correlations Journal of Livestock Science and Technology: 10; 1-6
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Tatiana Deniskova, Ali Esmailizadeh, Arsen Dotsev, Olga Koshkina, Mohammad Ali Farahvashi, Morteza Mokhtari, Mozhdeh Moosanezhad Khabisi, Feng-Hua Lv, Natalia Zinovieva (2022) A Search for Eurasian Sheep Relationships: Genomic Assessment of the Autochthonous Sheep Breeds in Russia and the Persian Plateau Diversity: 14 (6); 445
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Farhad Ghafouri, Morteza Mokhtari, Mohsen Gholizadeh, Mahmoud Amiri Roudbar, Mokhtari Ali Abbasi (2022) Parental imprinting effects on growth traits and Kleiber ratio in sheep Journal of Agricultural Science: 160; 260-269
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Morteza Jafaroghli, Mohammad Soflaee Shahrbabk, Farhad Ghafouri, Morteza Mokhtari (2021) Structural equation modeling for genetic analysis of body weight traits in Moghani sheep Journal of Livestock Science and Technology: 9 (2); 59-65
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Morteza Jafaroghli, Mohammad Soflaee Shahrbabk, Farhad Ghafouri, Morteza Mokhtari (2021) Estimation of the autosomal and sex-linked genetic parameters for growth rate and efficiency-related traits in Moghani sheep Journal of Livestock Science and Technology: 9; 69-75
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Hesam Amoo Posht-e Masari, Seyed Hassan Hafezian, Morteza Mokhtari, Ghodratollah Rahimi Mianji, Rostam Abdollahi Arpanahi (2021) Inferring causal relationships among growth curve traits of Lori-Bakhtiari sheep using structural equation models SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH: 203; 1-7
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Najmeh Kargar Borzi, Morteza Mokhtari (2020) The Comparison of Four Economical Selection Indices for Improving the Performance of Kermani Sheep under Rural Production System Iranian Journal of Applied Animal Science: 10 (4); 631-637
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Arsalan Brazandeh, Morteza Mokhtari, moslem moghbeli dabene, zahra roudbari (2020) Analyzing Simple Sequence Repeats Derived from Expressed Sequence Tags in Dromedary Camels Iranian Journal of Applied Animal Science: 10; 555-565
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Mohammad Razmkabir, Morteza Mokhtari, Peyman Mahmoudi, Amir Rashidi (2020) The comparison of standard and fully recursive multivariate models for genetic evaluation of growth traits in Markhoz goat: predictive ability of models and ranking of animals Journal of Agricultural Science: 158; 511-517
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yahya Mohammadi, Davood Ali Saghi, Ali Reza Shahdadi, Guilherme J. M. Rosa, Morteza Mokhtari (2020) Inferring phenotypic causal structures among body weight traits via structural equation modeling in Kurdi sheep Acta Scientiarum - Animal Sciences: 42; -
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Morteza Mokhtari, Arsalan Brazandeh, moslem moghbeli dabene, zahra roudbari, Najmeh Kargar Borzi (2019) Inferring causal relationships among growth traits in Kermani sheep applying structural equation modeling Journal of Livestock Science and Technology: 7 (2); 29-35
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yahya Mohammadi, Morteza Mokhtari, Davood Ali Saghi, Ali Reza Shahdadi (2019) Modeling the growth curve in Kordi sheep: The comparison of non-linear models and estimation of genetic parameters for the growth curve traits SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH: 177; 117-123
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Morteza Mokhtari, Mohammad Razmkabir, Heydar Ghiasi, yahya Mohammadi (2019) Genetic Evaluation of Growth Rate and Efficiency Related Traits in Raeini Cashmere Goat Iranian Journal of Applied Animal Science: 9(2); 275-282
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Morteza Mokhtari, Najmeh Kargar Borzi, Masood Asadi Fozi, Mohammad Reza Bahrayni Behzadi (2019) Evaluation of non-linear models for genetic parameters estimation of growth curve traits in Kermani sheep Tropical Animal Health and Production: 51; 1-12
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Morteza Mokhtari, Masood Asadi Fozi, Juan pablo Gutierrez, David Notter (2019) Genetic and phenotypic aspects of early reproductive performance in Raeini Cashmere goats Tropical Animal Health and Production: 51; 1-8
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Hesam Amoo Posht-e Masari, Seyed Hassan Hafezian, Rostam Abdollahi Arpanahi, Morteza Mokhtari, Ghodratollah Rahimi Mianji, Amir Taheri-Yeganeh (2019) The comparison of alternative models for genetic evaluation of growth traits in Lori-Bakhtiari sheep: implications on predictive ability and ranking of animals SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH: 137; 59-64
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Morteza Mokhtari, Mohammad Moradi Shahrbabak, Ardeshir Nejati Javaremi, Guilherme J. M. Rosa (2018) The application of recursive mixed models for estimating genetic and phenotypic relationships between calving difficulty and lactation curve traits in Iranian Holsteins: A comparison with standard mixed models Iranian Journal of Applied Animal Science: 8(4); 105-110
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Amir Rashidi, Mohammad Almasi, Morteza Mokhtari (2018) Inbreeding effects on lamb pre-weaning growth traits and survival in three Iranian sheep breeds Journal of Livestock Science and Technology: 6(2); -
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moslem moghbeli dabene, Arsalan Brazandeh, Morteza Mokhtari, Omid Ali Esmaeilipour, yadolla badakshan (2018) Evaluation of Body Surface Temperature in Broiler Chickens during the Rearing Period Based on Age, Air Temperature and Feather Condition Iranian Journal of Applied Animal Science: 8; 499-504
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Morteza Mokhtari, moslem moghbeli dabene, Rostam Abdollahi Arpanahi (2018) The application of recursive multivariate model for genetic evaluation of early growth traits in Raeini Chasmere goat: A comparison with standard multivariate model SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH: 165; 54-61
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Heydar Ghiasi, Tressa Maria Lupi, Morteza Mokhtari (2018) The estimation of genetic parameters for growth curve traits in Raeini Cashmere goat described by Gompertz model SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH: 165; 66-70
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heydar ghiasi, Morteza Mokhtari (2018) Possibility of modifying the growth trajectory in Raeini Cashmere goat Tropical Animal Health and Production: 18; 1-10
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Morteza Mokhtari, Mohammad Razmkabir, yahya Mohammadi, Mohammad Soflaee Shahrbabk (2017) Comparisons of different models for lactation curves of fat to protein ratio and somatic cell score of Holstein cows in Iran Journal of Livestock Science and Technology: 5(2); 35-41
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Morteza Mokhtari, moslem moghbeli dabene, Juan pablo Gutierrez (2017) Genetic variability and population structure of Raeini Cashmere goats determined by pedigree analysis Journal of Livestock Science and Technology: 5; 43-50
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Mahboubeh Iranmanesh, Ali Esmailizadeh, Mohammad Mohammadabadi, Elmira Zand, Morteza Mokhtari, Dong Dong Wu (2016) A molecular genome scan to identify DNA segments associated with live weight in Japanese quail MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS: 43; 1267-1272
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Morteza Mokhtari, Mohammad Moradi Shahrbabak, Ardeshir Nejati Javaremi, Guilherme J. M. Rosa (2016) Relationship between calving difficulty and fertility traits in first-parity Iranian Holsteins under standard and recursive models JOURNAL OF ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR TIERZUCHTUNG UND ZU: 133; 513-522
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Morteza Mokhtari, Mohammad Moradi Shahrbabak, Ardeshir Nejati Javaremi, Guilherme J. M. Rosa (2015) Bayesian threshold-linear model for genetic evaluation of direct and maternal calving traits in Iranian primiparous Holstein cattle Journal of Livestock Science and Technology: 3; 39-49
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Morteza Mokhtari, Mohammad Moradi Shahrbabak, Ardeshir Nejati Javaremi, Guilherme J. M. Rosa (2015) Genetic relationship between heifers and cows fertility and milk yield traits in first-parity Iranian Holstein dairy cows LIVESTOCK SCIENCE: 182; 76-82
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Morteza Mokhtari, Seyyed Reza Miraei-Ashtiani, Morteza Jafaroghli, Juan pablo Gutierrez (2015) Studying Genetic Diversity in Moghani Sheep Using Pedigree Analysis Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology: 17; 1151-1160
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Morteza Mokhtari, Mohammad Moradi Shahrbabak, Ali Esmailizadeh, Hossein Moradi Shahrbabak, Juan pablo Gutierrez (2013) Pedigree analysis of Iran-Black sheep and inbreeding effects on growth and reproduction traits SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH: 116; 14-20
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Morteza Mokhtari, Mohammad Moradi Shahrbabak, Ali Esmailizadeh, Rostam Abdollahi Arpanahi, Juan pablo Gutierrez (2013) Genetic diversity in Kermani sheep assessed from pedigree analysis SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH: 114; 202-205
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Ali Esmailizadeh, Seyyed Reza Miraei-Ashtiani, Morteza Mokhtari, Masood Asadi Fozi (2011) Growth Performance of Crossbred Lambs and Productivity of Kurdi Ewes as Affected by the Sire Breed under Extensive Production System Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology: 13; 701-708
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yahya Mohammadi, Amir Rashidi, Morteza Mokhtari, Ali Esmailizadeh (2010) Quantitative genetic analysis of growth traits and Kleiber ratios in Sanjabi sheep SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH: 93; 88-93
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Morteza Mokhtari, Amir Rashidi, Ali Esmailizadeh (2009) Estimates of phenotypic and genetic parameters for reproductive traits in Kermani sheep SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH: 88; 27-31
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Morteza Mokhtari, Amir Rashidi (2009) Genetic trends estimation for body weights of Kermani sheep at different ages using multivariate animal models SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH: 88; 23-26
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Ali Esmailizadeh, omid dayani, Morteza Mokhtari (2009) Lambing season and fertility of fat-tailed ewes under an extensive production system are associated with liveweight and body condition around mating ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE: 49; 1086-1092
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Morteza Mokhtari, Amir Rashidi, yahya Mohammadi (2008) Estimation of genetic parameters for post-weaning traits of Kermani sheep SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH: 80; 22-27
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Amir Rashidi, Morteza Mokhtari, Ahmad Safi Jahanshahi, Mohammad Reza Mohammad Abadi (2007) Genetic parameter estimates of pre-weaning growth traits in Kermani sheep SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH: 74; 165-171
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Courses

  • Goat Production
  • Applied Animal Breeding
  • Principles of Statistics and its Application in Animal Science
  • Principles of Animal Breeding
  • Advanced Biostatistics
  • Population Genetics
  • Experimentation of Agricultural Designs
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Executive activities

  • Conference Chair (2021 - 2021)
  • Chancellor of University (2020 - 2021)
  • Boss (2020 - 2021)
  • Vice Chancellor for Research and Education (2020 - 2020)
  • Member (2019 - 2022)
  • Dean, Faculty of Agriculture (2017 - 2020)
  • Manager of Educational and Graduate Studies Affairs (2016 - 2017)
  • Vice Chancellor for Education and Research Affairs (2011 - 2011)
  • Vice Chancellor for Cultural and Student Affairs (2010 - 2011)
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