Zheya Sheng

The paper introduces a large chicken reference panel with 13,187 genomes, showing improved imputation accuracy and statistical power for genome-wide association studies.

The paper investigates the genetic architecture of long-term selection responses in Virginia chicken lines, identifying multiple loci and genetic mechanisms contributing to body weight variation.

The paper identifies adaptive selective-sweeps in Virginia chicken lines and shows they contribute significantly to body-weight divergence and genetic variance.

The paper identifies CMT2 genetic variation linked to methylation changes and temperature adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana using a novel genome-wide association method.