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Overview

Xuhua Xia is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada. Their research spans a diverse set of fields primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Medicine. Their work encompasses various subfields including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Plant Science, Genetics, and Ecology.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics

Xia has published extensively, with a notable number of papers in frequent venues such as Preprints.org, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Life, Viruses, and Microorganisms.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Domains and Functions of Spike Protein in SARS-Cov-2 in the Context of Vaccine Design, 2021, Viruses
  • Detailed Dissection and Critical Evaluation of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mRNA Vaccines, 2021, Vaccines
  • Extreme Genomic CpG Deficiency in SARS-CoV-2 and Evasion of Host Antiviral Defense, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution

Co-authorship is a notable aspect of Xia's research activity. Frequent collaborators include Yulong Wei, Parisa Aris, Heba Farookhi, Alibek Kruglikov, and Masoud Mohamadzadeh, reflecting collaborative research efforts in related scientific questions.

In addition to journal papers, Xia has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Apple Academic Press eBooks: A Mathematical Primer of Molecular Phylogenetics (2020).

Best Publications

  • DAMBE: Software Package for Data Analysis in Molecular Biology and Evolution

    X. Xia;Z. Xie

  • An index of substitution saturation and its application.

    Xuhua Xia;Zheng Xie;Marco Salemi;Lu Chen

  • DAMBE5: a comprehensive software package for data analysis in molecular biology and evolution

    Xuhua Xia

  • Data Analysis in Molecular Biology and Evolution

    Xuhua Xia

  • Assessing substitution saturation with DAMBE

    Xuhua Xia;Philippe Lemey

  • DAMBE7: New and Improved Tools for Data Analysis in Molecular Biology and Evolution.

    Xuhua Xia

  • DAMBE6: New Tools for Microbial Genomics, Phylogenetics, and Molecular Evolution.

    Xuhua Xia

  • Evolution and expression of FOXL2

    J Cocquet;E Pailhoux;F Jaubert;N Servel

  • Domains and Functions of Spike Protein in Sars-Cov-2 in the Context of Vaccine Design.

    Xuhua Xia

  • An evolutionary and functional analysis of FoxL2 in rainbow trout gonad differentiation.

    Daniel Baron;Julie Cocquet;Xuhua Xia;Marc Fellous

  • Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery.

    Xuhua Xia

  • The goldfish (Carassius auratus) as a model for neuroendocrine signaling

    Jason T. Popesku;Christopher J. Martyniuk;Christopher J. Martyniuk;Jan Mennigen;Huiling Xiong

  • A General Model of Codon Bias Due to GC Mutational Bias

    Gareth A. Palidwor;Theodore J. Perkins;Xuhua Xia

  • Structure, evolution and expression of the FOXL2 transcription unit

    J. Cocquet;E. De Baere;M. Gareil;M. Pannetier

  • Effects of fluoxetine on the reproductive axis of female goldfish (Carassius auratus).

    Jan A. Mennigen;Christopher J. Martyniuk;Christopher J. Martyniuk;Kate Crump;Huiling Xiong

  • Maximizing Transcription Efficiency Causes Codon Usage Bias

    Xuhua Xia

  • Extreme Genomic CpG Deficiency in SARS-CoV-2 and Evasion of Host Antiviral Defense.

    Xuhua Xia

  • What Amino Acid Properties Affect Protein Evolution

    Xuhua Xia;Wen-Hsiung Li

  • How Optimized Is the Translational Machinery in Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium and Saccharomyces cerevisiae?

    Xuhua Xia

  • Rapid evolution of animal mitochondrial DNA

    Xuhua Xia

Frequent Co-Authors

Vance L. Trudeau
Vance L. Trudeau University of Ottawa
Reiner A. Veitia
Reiner A. Veitia Université Paris Cité
Andrew R. Cossins
Andrew R. Cossins University of Liverpool
Kwok-Yung Yuen
Kwok-Yung Yuen University of Hong Kong
Benjamin K. Tsang
Benjamin K. Tsang Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Martin Holcik
Martin Holcik Carleton University
Marc Fellous
Marc Fellous Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Etsuko N. Moriyama
Etsuko N. Moriyama University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Wen-Hsiung Li
Wen-Hsiung Li Academia Sinica
James P. Balhoff
James P. Balhoff University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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