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Huaijun Zhou is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus also in agricultural and biological sciences.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, Huaijun Zhou has contributed extensively to subfields such as genetics, molecular biology, animal science and zoology, epidemiology, and agronomy and crop science.

Key subfields of study include:

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Epidemiology
  • Agronomy and Crop Science

The scientist's work primarily revolves around topics like genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, as well as livestock and poultry management. Additional research topics include virology and viral diseases, animal virus infection studies, animal genetics and reproduction, and cancer-related molecular mechanisms.

Major topics covered in research are:

  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Livestock and Poultry Management
  • Virology and Viral Diseases
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research

Huaijun Zhou has published in journals and venues that frequently publish their work, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Scientific Reports
  • Poultry Science
  • Genes

They have also authored a book titled Advances in poultry genetics and genomics, published in 2020 by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Huaijun Zhou include:

  • Functional annotations of three domestic animal genomes provide vital resources for comparative and agricultural research, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Cerebellar nuclei evolved by repeatedly duplicating a conserved cell-type set, 2020, Science
  • Pig genome functional annotation enhances the biological interpretation of complex traits and human disease, 2021, Nature Communications
  • A compendium of genetic regulatory effects across pig tissues, 2024, Nature Genetics
  • A comparative analysis of chromatin accessibility in cattle, pig, and mouse tissues, 2020, BMC Genomics

Recurring collaborators in their research include Rodrigo A. Gallardo, Susan J. Lamont, T. Ross Kelly, Dailu Guan, and Zhangyuan Pan.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Gene Expression Is Altered in Piglet Small Intestine by Weaning and Dietary Glutamine Supplementation

    Junjun Wang;Junjun Wang;Lixiang Chen;Lixiang Chen;Lixiang Chen;Peng Li;Xilong Li

  • 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

  • Probiotics Stimulate Production of Natural Antibodies in Chickens

    Hamid R. Haghighi;Jianhua Gong;Carlton L. Gyles;M. Anthony Hayes

  • Functional annotations of three domestic animal genomes provide vital resources for comparative and agricultural research

    Colin Kern;Ying Wang;Xiaoqin Xu;Zhangyuan Pan

  • Genetic characterization of biodiversity in highly inbred chicken lines by microsatellite markers

    H. Zhou;S. J. Lamont

  • Pig genome functional annotation enhances the biological interpretation of complex traits and human disease.

    Zhangyuan Pan;Yuelin Yao;Hongwei Yin;Zexi Cai

  • Commensal Enterobacteriaceae Protect against Salmonella Colonization through Oxygen Competition

    Yael Litvak;Khin K.Z. Mon;Henry Nguyen;Ganrea Chanthavixay

  • Insulin-like growth factor-I gene polymorphism associations with growth, body composition, skeleton integrity, and metabolic traits in chickens

    H. Zhou;A. D. Mitchell;J. P. McMurtry;C. M. Ashwell

  • Cerebellar nuclei evolved by repeatedly duplicating a conserved cell-type set

    Justus M. Kebschull;Ethan B. Richman;Noam Ringach;Drew Friedmann

  • Evaluation of the coverage and depth of transcriptome by RNA-Seq in chickens

    Ying Wang;Noushin Ghaffari;Charles D. Johnson;Ulisses M Braga-Neto

  • Transplantation of UC-MSCs on collagen scaffold activates follicles in dormant ovaries of POF patients with long history of infertility.

    Lijun Ding;Guijun Yan;Bin Wang;Lu Xu

  • Chicken quantitative trait loci for growth and body composition associated with transforming growth factor-beta genes

    H. Li;Nader Deeb;H. Zhou;A. D. Mitchell

  • Gene expression profiling of chicken lymphoid cells after treatment with Lactobacillus acidophilus cellular components.

    Jennifer T. Brisbin;Huaijun Zhou;Huaijun Zhou;Huaijun Zhou;Joshua Gong;Parviz Sabour

  • Identification of differentially expressed miRNAs in chicken lung and trachea with avian influenza virus infection by a deep sequencing approach

    Ying Wang;Vinayak Brahmakshatriya;Huifeng Zhu;Blanca Lupiani

  • Integrated analysis of microRNA expression and mRNA transcriptome in lungs of avian influenza virus infected broilers

    Ying Wang;Vinayak Brahmakshatriya;Blanca Lupiani;Sanjay M Reddy

  • Genome-Wide Linkage Analysis to Identify Chromosomal Regions Affecting Phenotypic Traits in the Chicken. III. Skeletal Integrity

    H. Zhou;H. Zhou;Nader Deeb;C. M. Evock-Clover;A. D. Mitchell

  • Improving amino acid nutrition to prevent intrauterine growth restriction in mammals

    Gang Lin;Gang Lin;Xiaoqiu Wang;Xiaoqiu Wang;Guoyao Wu;Guoyao Wu;Cuiping Feng

  • Appropriate Chicken Sample Size for Identifying the Composition of Broiler Intestinal Microbiota Affected by Dietary Antibiotics, Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Technique

    H. Zhou;H. Zhou;J. Gong;J. T. Brisbin;H. Yu

  • Salmonella enterica Serovars Enteritidis Infection Alters the Indigenous Microbiota Diversity in Young Layer Chicks.

    Khin K. Z. Mon;Perot Saelao;Michelle M. Halstead;Ganrea Chanthavixay

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan J. Lamont
Susan J. Lamont Iowa State University
Jack C. M. Dekkers
Jack C. M. Dekkers Iowa State University
Guoyao Wu
Guoyao Wu Texas A&M University
Thomas E. Spencer
Thomas E. Spencer University of Missouri
Shayan Sharif
Shayan Sharif University of Guelph
Hans H. Cheng
Hans H. Cheng Agricultural Research Service
Fuller W. Bazer
Fuller W. Bazer Texas A&M University
Gwonhwa Song
Gwonhwa Song Korea University
Michael H. Kogut
Michael H. Kogut Agricultural Research Service
Christopher K. Tuggle
Christopher K. Tuggle Iowa State University

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