Qing Zhang

1 week ago | nature.com | Qing Zhang

AbstractAnkylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic, inflammatory arthritis of the spine and peripheral joints which is known to have a strong association with the human leukocyte antigen B27 (HLA-B27). Quantitative real-time PCR and flow cytometry are the predominant methods for HLA-B27 gene and antigen, respectively, which are too time-consuming and labor-intensive to realize rapid analysis. Therefore, a rapid diagnostic tool is highly required.

3 weeks ago | nature.com | Shuai Chen |Qing Zhang |Xingtan Zhang |Ruicai Long

AbstractAlfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), a globally important forage crop, is valued for its high nutritional quality and nitrogen-fixing capacity. Here, we present a high-quality pan-genome constructed from 24 diverse alfalfa accessions, encompassing a wide range of genetic backgrounds. This comprehensive analysis identified 433,765 structural variations and characterized 54,002 pan-gene families, highlighting the pivotal role of genomic diversity in alfalfa domestication and adaptation.

1 month ago | besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Yongzhi Yan |Zhimin Qi |Qing Zhang

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The authors declare no conflict of interest. Supporting Information Filename Description jec70045-sup-0001-Supinfo.docxWord 2007 document , 1.3 MB Table S1. The Moran's I statistic for spatial autocorrelation in the generalised linear models. Table S2. Variance inflation factors of predictor variables in the piecewise structural equation models. Figure S1. Relationships between biodiversity and landscape-scale fragmentation at different scales.

1 month ago | mdpi.com | Qing Zhang |Xianglin Zhang |Lulu Wang |Shizhen Zhang

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1 month ago | mdpi.com | Guoping Huang |Qiao Shi |Wenqing Li |Qing Zhang

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