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Hans H. Cheng is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their work spans fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Immunology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

Their research topics include Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments, Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Animal Genetics and Reproduction, and Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Cheng include:

  • 3D genomics across the tree of life reveals condensin II as a determinant of architecture type (2021) published in Science
  • Functional annotations of three domestic animal genomes provide vital resources for comparative and agricultural research (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • An atlas of regulatory elements in chicken: A resource for chicken genetics and genomics (2023) published in Science Advances
  • Fourth Report on Chicken Genes and Chromosomes 2022 (2022) published in Cytogenetic and Genome Research
  • A pangenome graph reference of 30 chicken genomes allows genotyping of large and complex structural variants (2023) published in BMC Biology

They frequently collaborate with researchers such as Wesley C. Warren, C. J. Hearn, John R. Dunn, Huaijun Zhou, and Laurent Frantz.

Hans H. Cheng's work has been published in a variety of venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Virus Evolution

Best Publications

  • Characterization of microbial diversity by determining terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms of genes encoding 16S rRNA.

    Wen-Tso Liu;Terence L. Marsh;Hans Cheng;Larry J. Forney

  • A consensus linkage map of the chicken genome

    Martien A.M. Groenen;Hans H. Cheng;Nat Bumstead;Bernard F. Benkel

  • A genetic variation map for chicken with 2.8 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms

    Gane Ka Shu Wong;Gane Ka Shu Wong;Gane Ka Shu Wong;Bin Liu;Jun Wang;Jun Wang;Yong Zhang;Yong Zhang

  • First report on chicken genes and chromosomes 2000

    M Schmid;I Nanda;M Guttenbach;C Steinlein

  • Coordinated international action to accelerate genome-to-phenome with FAANG, the Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes project

    Leif Andersson;Leif Andersson;Alan L. Archibald;Cynthia D. Bottema;Rudiger Brauning

  • Genome-wide assessment of worldwide chicken SNP genetic diversity indicates significant absence of rare alleles in commercial breeds

    William M. Muir;Gane Ka-Shu Wong;Yong Zhang;Jun Wang

  • A high-density SNP-based linkage map of the chicken genome reveals sequence features correlated with recombination rate.

    Martien A.M. Groenen;Per Wahlberg;Mario Foglio;Hans H. Cheng

  • Evolution of the avian sex chromosomes from an ancestral pair of autosomes

    Anna Karin Fridolfsson;Hans Cheng;Neal G. Copeland;Nancy A. Jenkins

  • Development of a Genetic Map of the Chicken with Markers of High Utility

    Hans H. Cheng;Ilan Levin;Roger L. Vallejo;Hasan Khatib

  • A physical map of the chicken genome

    John W Wallis;Jan Aerts;Martien A M Groenen;Richard P M A Crooijmans

  • A review of the development of chicken lines to resolve genes determining resistance to diseases.

    Larry D Bacon;Henry D Hunt;H H Cheng

  • A New Chicken Genome Assembly Provides Insight into Avian Genome Structure

    Wesley C. Warren;La Deana W. Hillier;Chad Tomlinson;Patrick Minx

  • Genetic evaluation of a demographic bottleneck in the greater prairie chicken

    Juan L. Bouzat;Hans H. Cheng;Harris A. Lewin;Ronald L. Westemeier

  • The development and characterization of a 60K SNP chip for chicken

    Martien A.M. Groenen;Hendrik Jan Megens;Yalda Zare;Wesley C. Warren

  • Genetic Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci Affecting Susceptibility to Marek's Disease Virus Induced Tumors in F2 Intercross Chickens

    Roger L. Vallejo;Larry D. Bacon;Hsiao-Ching Liu;Richard L. Witter

  • High resolution mapping and identification of new quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting susceptibility to Marek's disease.

    N. Yonash;L. D. Bacon;R. L. Witter;H. H. Cheng

  • 3D genomics across the tree of life reveals condensin II as a determinant of architecture type

    Claire Hoencamp;Olga Dudchenko;Olga Dudchenko;Ahmed M.O. Elbatsh;Sumitabha Brahmachari

  • A strategy to identify positional candidate genes conferring Marek's disease resistance by integrating DNA microarrays and genetic mapping.

    H.-C. Liu;H. H. Cheng;V. Tirunagaru;L. Sofer

  • A Comprehensive Microsatellite Linkage Map of the Chicken Genome

    M.A.M. Groenen;R.P.M.A. Crooijmans;A. Veenendaal;H.H. Cheng

  • DNA marker technology: a revolution in animal genetics

    JB Dodgson;HH Cheng;R Okimoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry B. Dodgson
Jerry B. Dodgson Michigan State University
William M. Muir
William M. Muir Purdue University West Lafayette
Martien A. M. Groenen
Martien A. M. Groenen Wageningen University & Research
Susan J. Lamont
Susan J. Lamont Iowa State University
Huaijun Zhou
Huaijun Zhou University of California, Davis
Gane Ka-Shu Wong
Gane Ka-Shu Wong University of Alberta
Richard P. M. A. Crooijmans
Richard P. M. A. Crooijmans Wageningen University & Research
Hendrik-Jan Megens
Hendrik-Jan Megens Wageningen University & Research
Leif Andersson
Leif Andersson Texas A&M University
Alain Vignal
Alain Vignal Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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