Jicai Jiang
Bio
Our research is centered on developing statistical methods for elucidating the genetic basis of complex traits in domestic animals. Areas of interest include:
- incorporating functional annotations into genetic/genomic analysis
- scalable mixed-model analysis
- large-scale genetic fine-mapping
Publications
- SLEMM: million-scale genomic predictions with window-based SNP weighting , BIOINFORMATICS (2023)
- Editorial: Bridging (Epi-) Genomics and Environmental Changes: The Livestock Research , FRONTIERS IN GENETICS (2022)
- Exploring methods to summarize gut microbiota composition for microbiability estimation and phenotypic prediction in swine , JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE (2022)
- Genomic characterization of autozygosity and recent inbreeding trends in all major breeds of US dairy cattle , JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE (2022)
- Investigation of rumen long noncoding RNA before and after weaning in cattle , BMC GENOMICS (2022)
- The Addition of Epistatic Genetic Effects Increases Genomic Prediction Accuracy for Reproduction and Production Traits in Duroc Pigs Using Genomic Models , (2022)
- Use of Host Feeding Behavior and Gut Microbiome Data in Estimating Variance Components and Predicting Growth and Body Composition Traits in Swine , GENES (2022)
- A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Association Study of Epistasis Effects of Production Traits and Daughter Pregnancy Rate in US Holstein Cattle , GENES (2021)
- Effect of Temperature and Maternal Age on Recombination Rate in Cattle , FRONTIERS IN GENETICS (2021)
- On the Use of Z-Scores for Fine-Mapping with Related Individuals , (2021)