Zehui Wei

　　 　　

Zehui Wei

Associate Professor

Supervisor of Doctoral/Master's Candidates

College of Animal Science and Technology

Northwest A&F University

E-mail:weizehui7848@163.com

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2009 – presentAssociate Professor in College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University

2010-2011 Visiting scholar in Poultry Science, University of Georgia

2005 – 2009Lecturer in College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University

2002 – 2005PhD in College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Animal Genetic and Breeding

1999 – 2002Master in College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Animal Genetic and Breeding

1994 – 1998 Bachelor inCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia Agriculture University,AnimalScience

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Poultry genetic and breeding;Adaptability of animals to high altitude

RECENT MAIN PUBLICATIONS

Zou K., Wang F., Zhang Z., Zhou Y., Li P., Wang D., Zhu M., Jia C. & Wei Z. (2023) Optimized CRISPR/Cas9 system for gene knockout in chicken DF1 cells. Poultry Science 102, 102970.

XinruSong,DanWang,YangZhou,YifangSun,XianpeiAo,RuidongHao,MengyuGao,YijingXu,PengchengLi,CunlingJia,ZehuiWei. (2023) Yolk precursor synthesis and deposition in hierarchical follicles and effect on egg production performance of hens. Poultry Science, 102 (7), 102756.

Yang H., Wei Y., Tang J., Yang S., Jiang X., Huang Y., Lan X., Lei C., Wei Z., Chen H. (2022) Association analysis of indels in the VISFATIN gene with five cattle breeds and their growth traits. Animal Biotechnology, 1-7.

Yang H., Yue B., Yang Y., Tang J., Yang S., Qi A., Qu K., Lan X., Lei C., Wei Z., Huang B. & Chen H. (2022) Distribution of Copy Number Variation in SYT11 Gene and Its Association with Growth Conformation Traits in Chinese Cattle. Biology (Basel), 11.

Zhu M., Wang D., Zou K., Wang F., Zhang Z., Song X., Jia C., Wei Z. (2022) Insulin-like growth factor-1 regulates follicle selection of hens by promoting proliferation and inhibiting apoptosis of granulosa cells in prehierarchical follicles in vitro. Animal Reproduction Science, 247, 107091.

Zhao H., Wu M., Tang X., Li Q., Yi X., Wang S., Jia C., Wei Z., Sun X. (2021) Function of Chick Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue During the Embryonic and Posthatch Period. Frontiers in Physiology, 12, 684426.

Huang S.J., Purevsuren L., Jin F., Zhang Y.P., Liang C.Y., Zhu M.Q., Wang F., Jia C.L., Wei Z.H. (2021) Effect of anti-müllerian hormone on the development and selection of ovarian follicle in hens. Poultry Science, 100, 100959.

Wei Z., Abraham M., Chadwick E.V. & Beckstead R.B. (2020) Histomonas meleagridis isolates compared by virulence and gene expression. Veterinary Parasitology 286, 109233.

Wei Z., Li P., Huang S., Lkhagvagarav P., Zhu M., Liang C. & Jia C. (2019) Identification of key genes and molecular mechanisms associated with low egg production of broiler breeder hens in ad libitum. BMC Genomics 20, 408.

Jia C., Kong X., Koltes J.E., Gou X., Yang S., Yan D., Lu S. & Wei Z. (2016) Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis Unraveling Transcriptional Regulation of High-Altitude Adaptation of Tibetan Pig. PloS One 11, e0168161.

Jia C.L., He L.J., Li P.C., Liu H.Y. & Wei Z.H. (2016) Effect of egg composition and oxidoreductase on adaptation of Tibetan chicken to high altitude. Poultry Science 95, 1660-5.

Bai Y., He L., Li P., Xu K., Shao S., Ren C., Liu Z., Wei Z. & Zhang Z. (2016a) Efficient Genome Editing in Chicken DF-1 Cells Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System. G3 (Bethesda) 6, 917-23.

Wei Z.H., Zhang H., Jia C.L., Ling Y., Gou X., Deng X.M. & Wu C.X. (2007) Blood gas, hemoglobin, and growth of Tibetan chicken embryos incubated at high altitude. Poultry Science 86, 904-8.