Yusheng Zhao

Apr 9, 2024 | nature.com | Miaomiao Li |Jingzhong Xie |Yiwen Li |Tzion Fahima |Lingli Dong |Yusheng Zhao

AbstractCrop wild relatives offer natural variations of disease resistance for crop improvement. Here, we report the isolation of broad-spectrum powdery mildew resistance gene Pm36, originated from wild emmer wheat, that encodes a tandem kinase with a transmembrane domain (WTK7-TM) through the combination of map-based cloning, PacBio SMRT long-read genome sequencing, mutagenesis, and transformation.

Dec 7, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Fang Liu |Jie Zhang |Yusheng Zhao |Renate Schmidt

AbstractGenome-wide association studies (GWAS) are a ubiquitous tool for identifying genetic variants associated with complex traits in structured populations. During the past years, many fast GWAS algorithms based on a state-of-the-art model, namely the linear mixed model, have been published to cope with the rapidly growing data size. In this study, we provide a comprehensive overview and benchmarking analysis of commonly used GWAS algorithms.

Mar 28, 2023 | dx.doi.org | Yusheng Zhao |MIchael Kleeman |Michael Kleeman |de Blas |Jose Antonio |José Antonio

Formaldehyde (HCHO) is a ubiquitous organic compound found in urban atmospheres across the globe. (1,2) HCHO concentrations in urban areas are typically an order of magnitude higher than concentrations of larger aldehydes such as acetaldehyde or more complex molecules with an aldehyde functional group. (3) HCHO can be emitted directly to the atmosphere (primary), or it can form as a product from the reaction of more complex organic molecules (secondary).