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Zhang, H., Windhorst, A., Bornhofen, E., Tulpova, Z., Novak, P., Macas, J., Simkova, H., Nadzieja, M., Kim, J. M., Cram, D., Cao, Y., Konkin, D. J. F., Sass, O., Welna, G., Himmelbach, A., Mascher, M., Link, W., Kwon, S.-J., Yang, T.-J. ... Jayakodi, M. (2026). Allelic variation at a single locus distinguishes spring and winter faba beans. Nature Genetics, 58(3), 655-663. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-026-02524-y
Bouquet, A. E. R. & Cai, Z. (2026). Assessment of opportunities to switch to polled bulls in organic cattle production in relation to genetic issues. DCA - Nationalt Center for Fødevarer og Jordbrug. Advisory report from DCA – National Center for Food and Agriculture
Chen, L., Li, H., Teng, J., Wang, Z., Qu, X., Chen, Z., Cai, X., Zeng, H., Bai, Z., Li, J., Pan, X., Yan, L., Wang, F., Lin, L., Luo, Y., Sahana, G., Lund, M. S., Ballester, M., Crespo-Piazuelo, D. ... Yi, G. (2026). Construction of a Multitissue Cell Atlas Reveals Cell-Type-Specific Regulation of Molecular and Complex Phenotypes in Pigs. Advanced Science, 13(8), Article e04961. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202504961
Clark, EL., Amaral, A., Baranasic, D., Barta, E., Cartick, G., Chua, P., Espinosa-Carrasco, J., Fang, L., Fischer, D., Foissac, S., Gillard, G., Giuffra, E., Hartwig, T., Heil, KF., Henkel, C., Kadarmideen, HN., Klingström, T., MacHugh, DE., Murdoch, BM. ... Larzul, C. (2026). Establishing the ELIXIR Domestic Animals Genome and Phenome Community. F1000Research, 15(ELIXIR)(339), Article 339. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.177500.1
Madsen, C. K., Hama, J., Nielsen, B., Janss, L., Ottosen, C.-O., Ramstein, G. & Brinch-Pedersen, H., (2026). Forædling af planter med forbedrede klimaeffekter, No. 2025-0896873, 24 p., Jan 09, 2026. Rådgivningsnotat fra DCA - Nationalt Center for Fødevarer og Jordbrug
Sun, J., Ibragimov, E., Morsing, M. K., Rydal, M. P., Nielsen, L. N., Cai, Z., Nielsen, J. P., Fredholm, M. & Karlskov-Mortensen, P. (2026). Genome-Wide Association Studies for 24 Hematological Traits in Production Pigs Before and After Weaning. Animal Genetics, 57(2), Article e70091. https://doi.org/10.1002/age.70091
Foldager, L., Lindgren, S. D., Gebreyesus, G. & Thodberg, K. (2026). Halevækst for ukuperede og kuperede svin fra fødsel til slagt: var den kuperet kortere end lovgivningen tillader? In P. Linde (Ed.), Symposium i Anvendt Statistik 2026 (pp. 184-193). Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet & Symposium i Anvendt Statistik.
Muchina, P., Kinyua, J., Khamis, F., Tanga, C. M., Bett, R., Ssepuuya, G., Nakimbugwe, D., Sinding, M.-H. S., Gebreyesus, G., Sahana, G. & Cai, Z. (2026). Human-mediated dispersal and breeding reshape global genomic patterns in black soldier flies. Genomics, 118(2), Article 111208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2026.111208
Teng, J., Zhao, X., Yan, Q., Yang, J., Pei, F., Zhang, X., Duan, C., Chen, Z., Xu, Q., Liu, Y., Xue, G., Xia, S., Wang, H., Gu, Y., Fang, L., Liu, H., Gao, H., An, J., Jiang, L. ... Zhang, Q. (2026). Integrative analysis of GWAS, Bayesian fine-mapping, Mendelian randomization and colocalization reveals genetic determinants underlying milk-related traits in dairy cattle. Genetics Selection Evolution, 58(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-025-01028-3
Liu, P., An, B., Zheng, J., Wang, Q., Yang, Z., Li, Z., Liu, D., Ying, F., Wen, J., Fang, L. & Zhao, G. (2026). Integrative Omics Defines Metabolic Biomarkers and Genetic Regulatory Mechanisms of Mortality Risk. Advanced Science, 13(3), Article e14464. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202514464
Gao, Y., Yang, L., Kuhn, K., Li, W., Zanton, G., Bowman, M., Zhao, P., Zhou, Y., Fang, L., Cole, J. B., Rosen, B. D., Ma, L., Li, C., Baldwin, R. L., Van Tassell, C. P., Zhang, Z., Smith, T. P. L. & Liu, G. E. (2026). Long read and preliminary pangenome analyses reveal breed-specific structural variations and novel sequences in Holstein and Jersey cattle. Journal of Advanced Research, 79, 137-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2025.04.014
Thodberg, K., Gebreyesus, G. & Foldager, L. (2026). Måling af halelængde hos grise med kuperede haler i deres vækstperiode. DCA - Nationalt Center for Fødevarer og Jordbrug. Rådgivningsnotat fra DCA - Nationalt Center for Fødevarer og Jordbrug
Lin, Q., Cai, X., Zhong, Z., Li, T., Chen, X., Ayalew, W., Xu, Z., Wei, C., Zhang, X., Cheng, H., Zhang, Z., Li, X., Tang, Y., Chen, S., Zhou, J., Si, J., Wu, X., Ning, C., Wang, Q. ... Zhang, Z. (2026). Meta-GWAS of Pig Semen Quality Traits Reveals Conserved Genes Regulating Mammalian Fertility. Advanced Science, 13(16), Article e15203. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202515203
Russello, H., Alison, J., He, Z. & Geissmann, Q. (2026). miniMon: A low-cost, low-tech mini timelapse camera trap for monitoring arthropods. Abstract from Environmental and Behavioral Monitoring with Open Source, Low Cost Tools' Symposium (SICB 2026).
Pan, X., Gong, W., Cai, X., Teng, J., Cai, J., Zeng, H., Ayalew, W., Shen, Q., Zhong, Z., Wang, Y., Zhang, W., Tian, Y., Xu, D., Gao, Y., Yin, H., Zhang, Y., Hou, J., Zhou, T., Li, J. ... Zhang, Z. (2026). Multi-Tissue Genetic Regulation of RNA Editing in Pigs. Advanced Science, 13(17), Article e18238. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202518238
Wang, C., Zhang, Y., Chen, C., Xu, X., Qin, S., Qi, J., Bao, Y., Li, H., Chen, R., Zheng, W., Chen, Z., Fang, L., Zhao, Y. & Liu, Y. (2026). Multi-Tissue Omics Analysis Uncovers Translational Regulation Underlying Complex Traits in Pigs. Advanced Science, 13(20), Article e74200. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.74200
Asp, T., (2026). Notat vedrørende ansøgning om brug af cisgene kartofler i sædskifteforsøg, No. 2026-0932063, 6 p., Feb 24, 2026. Rådgivningsnotat fra DCA - Nationalt Center for Fødevarer og Jordbrug
Asp, T., (2026). Notat vedrørende ansøgning om brug af genomredigeret byg i sædskifteforsøg, No. 2026-0932063, 10 p., Feb 24, 2026. Rådgivningsnotat fra DCA - Nationalt Center for Fødevarer og Jordbrug
Teng, J., Zhang, W., Gong, W., Chen, J., Gao, Y., Fang, L. & Zhang, Z. (2026). OmiGA for ultra-efficient molecular quantitative trait loci mapping. Nature Communications, 17(1), Article 2680. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-68978-0
Bouquet, A. E. R., Meinert, C. Æ. & Kargo, M. (2026). Optimizing selection decisions in the Danish Dairy Shorthorn conservation program. DCA - Nationalt Center for Fødevarer og Jordbrug. Advisory report from DCA – National Center for Food and Agriculture
Ollivier, R., Robin, S., Galland, M., Paulmann, M. K., Shih, P. Y., Morlière, S., Gershenzon, J., Kunert, G., Pilet-Nayel, M. L., Simon, J. C. & Sugio, A. (2026). Pea transcriptional and phytohormonal responses to adapted and non-adapted aphid biotypes at early stages of infestation. Scientific Reports, 16(1), Article 8456. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-38098-2
Yang, L., Gao, Y., Kuhn, K. L., Bhowmik, N., Li, W., Zanton, G., Fang, L., Cole, J. B., Li, C., Baldwin, VI, R. L., Van Tassell, C. P., Rosen, B. D., Ma, L., Smith, T. P. L. & Liu, G. E. (2026). Phased-assembly-driven pangenome graphs for structural variant genotyping and complex trait mapping in dairy cattle. Nature Communications, 17(1), Article 2186. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-68807-4
Wang, S., Khaipho-Burch, M., Johnson, L. C., Miller, Z. R., Bradbury, P. J., Speed, D., Allen, W. J., Romay, M. C., Xue, J., Buckler, E. S., Ramstein, G. P. & Song, B. (2026). Predicted protein 3D structures provide essential insights into the genetic architecture underlying phenotypic diversity in maize. Genome Research, 36(1), 214-225. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.280514.125
Shi, T., Shan, H., Wang, H., Guo, X., Li, H., Han, B., Zhu, S., Wang, F., Tan, G., Niyazbekova, Z., Ren, J., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Q., Zheng, W., Jia, M., Zhang, A., Cao, X., Sun, H., Sun, D. ... Jiang, Y. (2026). Single-Cell Transcriptomic Atlases of Camels and Cattle Unravel Molecular Evolution of Digestive and Metabolic Systems. Advanced Science, 13(20), Article e19346. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202519346
Hou, Y., Zou, D., Chu, Q., Zhan, B., Wang, R., Guan, D., Wang, W., Feng, X., Li, X., Zhu, X., Bai, Z., Gao, Y., Yin, H., Xu, T., Yuan, Z., Hu, X., Yang, N., Zhou, H., Fang, L. & Zhang, Z. (2026). The ChickenGTEx portal: a pan-tissue catalogue of regulatory variants shaping transcriptomic and phenotypic diversity. Nucleic Acids Research, 54(D1), D982-D993. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf731
Romé, H. J. S., Bagge, M. & Jensen, J. (2026). The Genetic Basis of Resistance to Late Blight in Tetraploid Potatoes. Crop Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.20900/cbgg20260001
Kurta, K., Sallam, M., Elmersson, L., Enrich-Essvein, T., Vias-Valera, S., Gunnarsson, S., Wall, H., Dunn, I. C., de Koning, D. J., Johnsson, M. & Rodriguez-Navarro, A. B. (2026). Variation in cranial and caudal keel bone composition and its association with keel damage severity in laying hens. Poultry Science, 105(6), Article 106859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2026.106859
Liu, X., Wang, T., Zheng, Z., Dong, C., Liu, W., Niu, Z., Yang, Y., Wu, X., Qiu, Q., Yang, Y., Li, K., Lenstra, J. A., Yan, P., Kang, M., Li, B., Fang, L. & Liu, J. (2025). A 14-bp motif in the KIT active promoter region is critical for melanin accumulation in yaks, mice, and humans. BMC Biology, 23(1), Article 208. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02311-x
Lissner, E. S., Janns, L., Giannini-Kurina, F., Blicher-Mathiesen, G. & Thorsen, M. (2025). Abstract 154 Field-level nitrogen leadching and crop yield under extreme climate events. Abstract from LuWQ2025. Land Use and Water Quality: Agriculture and the Environment , Aarhus, Denmark.
Liu, H., Zhang, J., Cui, T., Zhang, X., Li, K., Wang, F., Luo, Q., Fei, S., Chen, B., Zhu, C., Chen, K., Zhu, X., Li, B., Zhao, J., Fang, L. & Ou, M. (2025). A chromosome-level genome assembly of the male darkbarbel catfish (Pelteobagrus vachelli) using PacBio HiFi and Hi-C data. Scientific Data, 12(1), Article 351. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04662-0
White, E. L. F., Kjetså, M., Peippo, J., Morgan, L., Kantanen, J., Comizzoli, P., Steffensen, L. L., Kargo, M., Matson, T., Mayer, I. & Honkatukia, M. (2025). Across borders – the status and future opportunities for long-term conservation of Nordic animal genetic resources. Genetic Resources, 6(11), 57-70. https://doi.org/10.46265/genresj.baiq2696
Han, B., Li, H., Zheng, W., Zhang, Q., Chen, A., Zhu, S., Shi, T., Wang, F., Zou, D., Song, Y., Ye, W., Du, A., Fu, Y., Jia, M., Bai, Z., Yuan, Z., Liu, W., Tuo, W., Hope, J. C. ... Sun, D. (2025). A multi-tissue single-cell expression atlas in cattle. Nature Genetics, 57(10), 2546-2561. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-025-02329-5
Zhu, S. L., Yan, Y. N., Jia, M. H., Li, H. C., Han, B., Shi, T., Xu, L. B., Wang, X. W., Zhang, Q., Zheng, W. J., Xu, J. H., Chen, L., Qi, W., Cai, S. J., Chen, X. P., Gu, F. F., Liu, J. X., Liu, G. E., Jiang, Y. ... Sun, H. Z. (2025). Antioxidants promote metabolic remodeling in cattle rumen epithelium revealed by single-cell resolution. iMeta, 4(6), Article e70100. https://doi.org/10.1002/imt2.70100
Stephansen, R. B., van Breukelen, A. E., Almasi, F., González-Recio, O., Teran, E., Milkevych, V., Miglior, F., Baes, C. F., Bakke, K. A., Benzoni, L., Finocchiaro, R., Frizzarin, M., Krattenmacher, N., Lassen, J., Pryce, J. E., Richardson, C. & Gredler-Grandl, B. (2025). Are methane sniffer phenotypes useful for genetic ranking of dairy cattle? In Book of Abstracts - ADSA 2025 Annual Meeting (pp. 143-144). Article 1513 https://www.adsa.org/Portals/0/SiteContent/Docs/Meetings/2025ADSA/Abstracts_BOOK_2025_20250624-1249.pdf
Morales Moreira, Z. P., Kak, K., Wei, Z. W., Yanez-Ortuno, D., Wang, N. R., Hedges, J. B., Chen, M. Y., Geissmann, Q., Zhang, W., Chatterton, S., Ryan, K. S. & Haney, C. H. (2025). Azomycin produced by Pseudomonas has both phytotoxic and anti-oomycete activity. Journal of Bacteriology, 207(12). https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00292-25
Teng, J., Duan, C., Zhang, X., Chen, Z., Ning, C., Li, R., Gao, Y., Gao, H., Liu, H., Li, J., Wang, X. & Zhang, Q. (2025). Bayesian fine-mapping and Mendelian randomization leveraging expression quantitative trait loci reveal novel candidate causal genes for body conformation traits in cattle. Journal of Dairy Science, 108(8), 8637-8647. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2025-26361
Sandrock, C., Generalovic, T. N., Paul, K., Petersen, G. E. L., Sellem, E., Smith, M. B., Tapio, M., Yakti, W., Beukeboom, L. W., Deruytter, D., Jiggins, C. D., Lefebvre, T., Librado, P., Pannebakker, B. A., Picard, C. J., Rhode, C., Sørensen, J. G., Bouwman, A. C., Hansen, L. S. & Obšteter, J. (2025). BugBook: Genetics of insects as food and feed. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 11(18), S397-S455. https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588-bja10260
Cantet, R. J. C. & Jensen, J. (2025). Causal inference and GWAS: Rubin, Pearl, and Mendelian randomization. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 142(2), 200-213. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12898
Zhou, H., Clark, E., Guan, D., Lagarrigue, S., Fang, L., Cheng, H., Tuggle, C. K., Kapoor, M., Wang, Y., Giuffra, E. & Egidy, G. (2025). Comparative Genomics and Epigenomics of Transcriptional Regulation. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 13(1), 73-98. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-animal-111523-102217
Dai, D., Si, J., Jiang, L., Han, B., Wang, K., Wang, X., Yan, S., Yin, Y., Chen, W., Mao, H., Pauciullo, A., Li, S. T., Fang, L. & Zhang, Y. (2025). Comparative Single-Cell Transcriptomic Landscape Reveals the Regulatory Mechanisms of Lactation during Selective Breeding in Asian Water Buffalo. Advanced Science, 12(37), Article e08847. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202508847
Ali, Z., Tan, Q. W., Lim, P. K., Chen, H., Pfeifer, L., Julca, I., Lee, J. M., Classen, B., de Vries, S., de Vries, J., Vinter, F., Alvarado, C., Layens, A., Mizrachi, E., Motawie, M. S., Joergensen, B., Ulvskov, P., Van de Peer, Y., Ho, B. C. ... Mutwil, M. (2025). Comparative transcriptomics in ferns reveals key innovations and divergent evolution of the secondary cell walls. Nature Plants, 11(5), 1028-1048. Article gix116. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-01978-y
Si, J., Dai, D., Gorkhali, N. A., Wang, M., Wang, S., Sapkota, S., Kadel, R. C., Sadaula, A., Dhakal, A., Faruque, M. O., Omar, A. I., Sari, E. M., Ashari, H., Dagong, M. I. A., Yindee, M., Rushdi, H. E., Elregalaty, H., Amin, A., Radwan, M. A. ... Zhang, Y. (2025). Complete Genomic Landscape Reveals Hidden Evolutionary History and Selection Signature in Asian Water Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis). Advanced Science, 12(4), e2407615. Article 2407615. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202407615
Magnussen, M. G., Bouquet, A. E. R., Nielsen, H. M., Thomasen, J. R., Hjortø, L., Voergaard, J. L. & Kargo, M. (2025). Consequences of including CO2 taxes in the selection index of the Danish Blue line used for beef on dairy crossbreeding. In Book of Abstracts of the 76th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (pp. 583-583). EAAP.
Chalabi, S., Loonen, L., Boekhorst, J., Li, H., Fang, L., Harrison, P. W., Lakhal, W., Lluch, J., Sokolov, A., Djebali, S., Rau, A., Giuffra, E. & Wells, J. (2025). Differences in maternal diet fiber content influence patterns of gene expression and chromatin accessibility in fetuses and piglets. Genomics, 117(2), Article 110995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2025.110995
Christensen, T., Denver, S., Lund, T. B., Olsen, S. B., Nielsen, H. M., Kargo, M. & Sandøe, P. (2025). Do consumers want specialized breeding goals for organic dairy cows – and how much are they willing to pay for individual breeding traits?. Abstract from The International Food Marketing Research Symposium (IFMRS) 2025, Athen, Greece.
Giagnoni, G., Foldager, L., Stephansen, R. B., Liu, H., Lassen, J. & Weisbjerg, M. R. (2025). Do feed conversion efficiency and its inverse, feed conversion ratio, differ in their distributions for dairy cows?. 200. Abstract from 76th Annual Meeting of The European Federation of Animal Science, Innsbruck, Austria.
Zhu, D., Shi, K., Li, C., Yan, Y., Li, H., Bai, Z., Tan, L., Guan, D., Zhao, Y., Wang, Y., Fan, B., Jiang, Z., Xu, Z., Feng, C., Fang, L., Hu, X. & ChickenGTEx Consortium (2026). Egg-laying ChickenGTEx resource deciphers context-specific regulatory effects on fertility traits. Nature Communications, 17(1), Article 553. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67245-y
Holur, P., Enevoldsen, K. C., Rajesh, S., Mboning, L., Georgiou, T., Bouchard, L. S., Pellegrini, M. & Roychowdhury, V. (2025). Embed-Search-Align: DNA sequence alignment using Transformer models. Bioinformatics, 41(3), Article btaf041. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btaf041
Ssemakula, F., Nawoya, S., Kunyanga, C. N., Akol, R., Nakimbugwe, D., Bett, R. C., Karstoft, H., Bjerge, K., Katumba, A., Mwikirize, C. & Gebreyesus, G. (2025). Emerging technologies for fast determination of nutritional quality and safety of insects for food and feed: A review. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 239, Article 111126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2025.111126
van der Heide, M. E. & Janss, L., (2025). Estimated usage of organic and non-organic feed and protein-rich feedstuff for organic pig and poultry in 2024, No. 2025-0830467, 22 p., Sept 10, 2025. Rådgivningsnotat fra DCA - Nationalt Center for Fødevarer og Jordbrug
Ramírez-Díaz, J., Bobbo, T., Guldbrandtsen, B., Schönherz, A. A., Cozzi, P., Kusza, S., Sahana, G., Stella, A. & Manunza, A. (2025). Exploring the complex population structure and admixture of four local Hungarian sheep breeds. Frontiers in Genetics, 16, Article 1507315. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2025.1507315
Tariku, H. G., Nielsen, H. M., Walusimbi, S., Hansen, L. S., Gebreyesus, G., Rugira-Kugonza, D., Bett , R. C., Nakimbugwe, D., Geoffrey, S. & Kassie, G. T. (2025). Farmers’ Preferences for Larval Traits in Small-Scale Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Production System [019]. 43-43. Poster session presented at BSFcon 2025, Cambridge, United Kingdom.