Christa Ferst Honaker

This study uses low-coverage sequencing across multiple generations of a chicken intercross to identify novel minor-effect QTL contributing to body weight, increasing power and explaining more phenotypic variance.

The paper describes a method for high-resolution genotype imputation in outbred intercrosses using low-coverage whole-genome sequencing and evaluates it in a chicken F2 pedigree.

The paper examines genomic signatures of bidirectional selection in chicken lines and finds that selection on standing genetic variation leads to diverse haplotype patterns.

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.