Ai Huashui, Ph.D., is a researcher and doctoral supervisor specializing in animal population genetics and adaptive evolution. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also atraining scientist in theYoungScientists’ TrainingProgram in Jiangxi Province and a candidate for the Jiangxi Province New Century BaiQianWan Talent Project. Since 1998, He has been engaged in research related to animal genetics, breeding, and reproduction. His main research interests focus on two fields: 1) applying bioinformatics technologies to study the utilization and protection of animal genetic resources; and 2) using systems biology techniques to analyze the genetic mechanisms underlying complex traits in livestock, such as adaptability and disease resistance.

Selected Publications

1. Zhang Zhou (#), Ai Huashui (*), Huang Lusheng (*). Whole-genome sequences restore the original classification of dabbling ducks (genus Anas). Genet Sel Evol. 2024 May 13;56(1):37.

2. Li Jingquan (#), Huang T, Zhang M, Tong X, Chen J, Zhang Z, Huang F, Ai Huashui (*), Huang Lusheng. Metagenomic sequencing reveals swine lung microbial communities and metagenome-assembled genomes associated with lung lesions-a pilot study. Int Microbiol. 2023 Nov;26(4):893-906.

3. Chen JiaQi (#), Zhang MP, Tong XK, Li JQ, Zhang Z, Huang F, Du HP, Zhou M, Ai HuaShui (*), Huang LuSheng (*). Scan of the endogenous retrovirus sequences across the swine genome and survey of their copy number variation and sequence diversity among various Chinese and Western pig breeds. Zool Res. 2022 May 18;43(3):423-441.

4. Zhang Mingpeng (#), Yang Qiang, Ai Huashui (*), Huang Lusheng (*). Revisiting the Evolutionary History of Pigs via De Novo Mutation Rate Estimation in A Three-generation Pedigree. Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics. 2022 Dec;20(6):1040-1052.

5. Ai Huashui (#,*), Zhang Mingpeng (#), Yang B, Goldberg A, Li W, Ma J, Brandt D, Zhang Z, Nielsen Rusmas (*), Huang Lusheng (*). Human-Mediated Admixture and Selection Shape the Diversity on the Modern Swine (Sus scrofa) Y Chromosomes. Mol Biol Evol. 2021 Oct 27;38(11):5051-5065.

6. Tong Xinkai (#), Huang T, Zhang M, Chen J, Zhang Z, Li J, Du H, Ling Z, Wu Z, Yang B, Xiao S, Ai Huashui (*). Four genetic loci affecting swine lung lesions identified by whole-genome sequencing-based association studies. Sci China Life Sci. 2021 Sep;64(9):1571-1574.

7. Huang Tao (#), Zhang M, Tong X, Chen J, Yan G, Fang S, Guo Y, Yang B, Xiao S, Chen C, Huang Lusheng (*), Ai Huahsui (*). Microbial communities in swine lungs and their association with lung lesions. Microb Biotechnol. 2019 Mar;12(2):289-304.

8. Ai Huashui (#), Fang Xiaodong (#), Yang Bin (#), Huang Zhiyong, Chen Hao, Mao Likai, Zhang Feng, Zhang Lu, Cui Leilei, He Weiming, Yang Jie, Yao Xiaoming, Zhou Lisheng, Han Lijuan, Li Jing, Sun Silong, Xie Xianhua, Lai Boxian, Su Ying, Lu Yao, Yang Hui, Huang Tao, Deng Wenjiang, Nielsen Rasmus, Ren Jun (*), Huang Lusheng (*). Adaptation and possible ancient interspecies introgression in pigs identified by whole-genome sequencing. Nat Genet, 2015, 47(3):217-225.