Xiaoning Zhu

The paper maps a multi-layered molecular QTL atlas in chicken to understand complex trait regulation across tissues and developmental stages.

The paper uses long-read RNA-seq to uncover isoform-level and context-specific regulatory effects in cattle, improving the resolution of molecular atlases and GWAS loci.

The paper identifies sex-specific genetic regulatory effects in chickens using whole-genome sequencing and transcriptomes, revealing sex-dependent gene regulation and structural variants.

The paper presents a multi-tissue sheep atlas identifying regulatory variants and their effects on molecular phenotypes, revealing allelic heterogeneity and evolutionary patterns.

The paper constructs a cattle cell-type-specific regulatory variant atlas by integrating bulk and single-cell RNA-seq data, identifying eQTL and linking them to GWAS loci for breeding insights.

The ChickenGTEx project provides a multi-tissue reference of regulatory variants in chicken, analyzing their functional impacts and utility in genetics, genomics, and evolutionary studies.