Haipeng Yu

PhD Student

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

About me

I am a Ph.D. student in the Morota Lab in the Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. My research interest is focused on applying statistical methods to study quantitative genetics.

Interests

Quantitative Genetics
Statistical Genetics
Methodology

Education

PhD Student, Quantitative Genetics

University of Nebraska - Lincoln & Virginia Tech
M.S., Animal Breeding and Genetics, 2016

North Dakota State University
B.S., Veterinary Medicine, 2013

Qingdao Agricultural University

Publications

Genomic Bayesian confirmatory factor analysis and Bayesian network to characterize a wide spectrum of rice phenotypes

Haipeng Yu, Malachy Campbell, Qi Zhang, Harkamal Walia, and Gota Morota

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Do stronger measures of genomic connectedness enhance prediction accuracies across management units?

Haipeng Yu, Matthew L. Spangler, Ronald M. Lewis, and Gota Morota

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Haipeng Yu, Matthew L. Spangler, Ronald M. Lewis, and Gota Morota

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Software

R package
- Connectedness: An R package to 1) measure the connectedness across management units using genomic or pedigree data and 2) assess the connectedness between training and testing sets in genomic prediction. Github Source & Documentation

Teaching

Graduate Teaching Assistant at Virginia Tech
- ALS 3104: Animal Breeding and Genetics
Guest Lecture at Univeristy of Nebraska-Lincoln
- ASCI 944/STAT 844 Quantitative Methods for Genomics of Complex Traits Slide & R
Graduate Teaching Assistant at North Dakota State University
- ANSC 357: Animal Genetics
- AGRI 189: Skills for Academic Success

Haipeng Yu

PhD Student

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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