Wansheng Liu

Professor of Genomics

Wansheng Liu

Research Summary

Functional annotation of farm animal genomes, structure and function of mammalian sex (X and Y) chromosome, spermatogenesis and male fertility.

Huck Affiliations

Publication Tags

Genes Genome Cattle Sheep Y Linked Genes Rna Micrornas Holstein Y Chromosome Testis Ancestry Body Weight Sires Artificial Insemination Rna Editing Corpus Luteum Breeds Milk Lactation Cows Taurine Proteins Bulls Fertility Messenger Rna

Most Recent Papers

Reconstitution and modernization of lost Holstein male lineages using samples from a gene bank

Chad Dechow, Wansheng Liu, L. Specht, H. Blackburn, 2020, Journal of Dairy Science

Genome-wide profiling of RNA editing sites in sheep

Yuanyuan Zhang, Deping Han, Xianggui Dong, Jiankui Wang, Jianfei Chen, Yanzhu Yao, Hesham Y.A. Darwish, Wansheng Liu, Xuemei Deng, 2019, Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Molecular profiling demonstrates modulation of immune cell function and matrix remodeling during luteal rescue

Camilla K. Hughes, Samar W. Maalouf, Wan Sheng Liu, Joy L. Pate, 2019, Biology of reproduction on p. 1581-1596

DNA methylation patterns in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from Holstein cattle with variable milk yield

Chad D. Dechow, Wan Sheng Liu, 2018, BMC genomics

Short communication: Two dominant paternal lineages for North American Jersey artificial insemination sires

Chad Daniel Dechow, Wansheng Liu, J. S. Idun, B. Maness, 2018, Journal of dairy science on p. 2281-2284

Superconductivity in the half-Heusler compound TbPdBi

H. Xiao, T. Hu, W. Liu, Y.L. Zhu, P.G. Li, G. Mu, J. Su, K. Li, Z.Q. Mao, 2018, Physical Review B

Single-Crystal Silicon Optical Fiber by Direct Laser Crystallization

Xiang Ji, S. Lei, Shaoyong Yu, Hua Cheng, Wansheng Liu, N. Poilvert, Y. Xiong, Ismaila Dabo, Suzanne Mohney, John Badding, Venkatraman Gopalan, 2017, Acs Photonics on p. 85-92

A silicon microwire under a three-dimensional anisotropic tensile stress

Xiang Ji, N. Poilvert, Wansheng Liu, Y. Xiong, Hua Cheng, John Badding, Ismaila Dabo, Venkatraman Gopalan, 2017, Applied Physics Letters

Factors associated with eating performance for long-term care residents with moderate-to-severe cognitive impairment.

Wansheng Liu, E Galik, Marie Boltz, E Nahm, N Lerner, B Resnick, 2016, Journal of Advanced Nursing on p. 348-360

MicroRNA in ovarian function

S. Maalouf, Wansheng Liu, J. Pate, 2016, Cell and Tissue Research on p. 7–18

Most-Cited Papers

Analyses of pig genomes provide insight into porcine demography and evolution

Martien A.M. Groenen, Alan L. Archibald, Hirohide Uenishi, Christopher K. Tuggle, Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Max F. Rothschild, Claire Rogel-Gaillard, Chankyu Park, Denis Milan, Hendrik Jan Megens, Shengting Li, Denis M. Larkin, Heebal Kim, Laurent A.F. Frantz, Mario Caccamo, Hyeonju Ahn, Bronwen L. Aken, Anna Anselmo, Christian Anthon, Loretta Auvil, Bouabid Badaoui, Craig W. Beattie, Christian Bendixen, Daniel Berman, Frank Blecha, Jonas Blomberg, Lars Bolund, Mirte Bosse, Sara Botti, Zhan Bujie, Megan Bystrom, Boris Capitanu, Denise Carvalho-Silva, Patrick Chardon, Celine Chen, Ryan Cheng, Sang Haeng Choi, William Chow, Richard C. Clark, Christopher Clee, Richard P.M.A. Crooijmans, Harry D. Dawson, Patrice Dehais, Fioravante De Sapio, Bert Dibbits, Nizar Drou, Zhi Qiang Du, Kellye Eversole, Joao Fadista, Susan Fairley, Thomas Faraut, Geoffrey J. Faulkner, Katie E. Fowler, Merete Fredholm, Eric Fritz, James G.R. Gilbert, Elisabetta Giuffra, Jan Gorodkin, Darren K. Griffin, Jennifer L. Harrow, Alexander Hayward, Kerstin Howe, Zhi Liang Hu, Sean J. Humphray, Toby Hunt, Henrik Hornshoøj, Jin Tae Jeon, Patric Jern, Matthew Jones, Jerzy Jurka, Hiroyuki Kanamori, Ronan Kapetanovic, Jaebum Kim, Jae Hwan Kim, Kyu Won Kim, Tae Hun Kim, Greger Larson, Kyooyeol Lee, Kyung Tai Lee, Richard Leggett, Harris A. Lewin, Yingrui Li, Wansheng Liu, Jane E. Loveland, Yao Lu, Joan K. Lunney, Jian Ma, Ole Madsen, Katherine Mann, Lucy Matthews, Stuart McLaren, Takeya Morozumi, Michael P. Murtaugh, Jitendra Narayan, Dinh Truong Nguyen, Peixiang Ni, Song Jung Oh, Suneel Onteru, Frank Panitz, Eung Woo Park, Hong Seog Park, Geraldine Pascal, Yogesh Paudel, Miguel Perez-Enciso, Ricardo Ramirez-Gonzalez, James M. Reecy, Sandra Rodriguez-Zas, Gary A. Rohrer, Lauretta Rund, Yongming Sang, Kyle Schachtschneider, Joshua G. Schraiber, John Schwartz, Linda Scobie, Carol Scott, Stephen Searle, Bertrand Servin, Bruce R. Southey, Goran Sperber, Peter Stadler, Jonathan V. Sweedler, Hakim Tafer, Bo Thomsen, Rashmi Wali, Jian Wang, Jun Wang, Simon White, Xun Xu, Martine Yerle, Guojie Zhang, Jianguo Zhang, Jie Zhang, Shuhong Zhao, Jane Rogers, Carol Churcher, Lawrence B. Schook, 2012, Nature on p. 393-398

Worldwide Patterns of Ancestry, Divergence, and Admixture in Domesticated Cattle

Jared E. Decker, Stephanie D. McKay, Megan M. Rolf, Jae Woo Kim, Antonio Molina Alcalá, Tad S. Sonstegard, Olivier Hanotte, Anders Götherström, Christopher M. Seabury, Lisa Praharani, Masroor Ellahi Babar, Luciana Correia de Almeida Regitano, Mehmet Ali Yildiz, Michael P. Heaton, Wan Sheng Liu, Chu Zhao Lei, James M. Reecy, Muhammad Saif-Ur-Rehman, Robert D. Schnabel, Jeremy F. Taylor, 2014, PLoS genetics

Genetic parameters of feed intake, production, body weight, body condition score, and selected type traits of Holstein cows in commercial tie-stall barns

J. E. Vallimont, Chad Daniel Dechow, J. M. Daubert, M. W. Dekleva, J. W. Blum, C. M. Barlieb, Wansheng Liu, G. A. Varga, Arlyn Judson Heinrichs, C. R. Baumrucker, 2010, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 4892-4901

Male-specific region of the bovine Y chromosome is gene rich with a high transcriptomic activity in testis development

Ti Cheng Chang, Yang Yang, Ernest F. Retzel, Wan Sheng Liu, 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 12373-12378

Clinical and molecular characterization of a re-established line of sheep exhibiting hemophilia A

C. D. Porada, C. Sanada, C. R. Long, J. A. Wood, J. DesaI, N. Frederick, L. Millsap, C. Bormann, S. L. Menges, C. Hanna, G. Flores-Foxworth, T. Shin, M. E. Westhusin, Wansheng Liu, H. Glimp, E. D. Zanjani, J. N. Lozier, V. Pliska, G. Stranzinger, H. Joerg, D. C. Kraemer, G. Almeida-Porada, 2010, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis on p. 276-285

ZNF280BY and ZNF280AY

Yang Yang, Ti Cheng Chang, Hiroshi Yasue, Arvind K. Bharti, Ernest F. Retzel, Wan Sheng Liu, 2011, BMC genomics

The expansion of the PRAME gene family in Eutheria

Ti Cheng Chang, Yang Yang, Hiroshi Yasue, Arvind K. Bharti, Ernest F. Retzel, Wansheng Liu, 2011, PLoS One

Copy number variation of PRAMEY across breeds and its association with male fertility in Holstein sires

X. P. Yue, T. C. Chang, J. M. DeJarnette, C. E. Marshall, C. Z. Lei, Wansheng Liu, 2013, Journal of dairy science on p. 8024-8034

Hot topic: Association of telomere length with age, herd, and culling in lactating Holsteins

D. E. Brown, Chad Daniel Dechow, Wansheng Liu, Kevin John Harvatine, Troy Ott, 2012, Journal of dairy science on p. 6384-6387

Regulating life or death

Samar W. Maalouf, Wansheng Liu, Istvan Albert, Joy Lee Pate, 2014, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology on p. 78-88