Zhiquan Wang

TL;DR: To understand the biology and evolution of ruminants, the cattle genome was sequenced to about sevenfold coverage and provides a resource for understanding mammalian evolution and accelerating livestock genetic improvement for milk and meat production.

TL;DR: The relationship of feedlot feed efficiency, performance, and feeding behavior with digestion and energy partitioning of 27 steers is determined and has practical implications for the selection of animals that eat less at a similar BW and growth rate and for the environmental sustainability of beef production.

TL;DR: Comparing the genome of Tibetan wild boars with those of neighboring Chinese domestic pigs further showed the impact of thousands of years of artificial selection and different signatures of selection in wild boar and domestic pig.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that 30,000–50,000 loci will be needed to conduct whole genome association studies in cattle, based on a much larger sample of marker loci and across eight breeds of cattle.

TL;DR: The results indicate that behavior traits may contribute to the variation in the efficiency of growth of beef cattle, and there are potential correlated responses to selection to improve efficiency.