Areas of Focus
- Horse Genetic Resources Research
- Horse DNA Paternity Testing
- Donkey Molecular Genetics Research
- Donkey Breeding
- Horse Racing and Culture
Work Experience
- 2003.6—Present - China Agricultural University - Researcher at the Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, and the Horse Research Center
- 2000.11—2003.6 - China Agricultural University - Postdoctoral Researcher at the College of Biological Sciences
- 1999.4—2000.10 - Shelterwood Laboratory, Texas, USA - Genetic Diagnostics
- 1998.7—1999.4 - China Agricultural University - Researcher at the National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1995.9—1998.7 PhD: China Agricultural University
- 1992.9—1995.7 Master's Degree: Shenyang Agricultural University
- 1988.9—1992.7 Bachelor's Degree: Tarim University
Publications
- Ancient Patrilineal Lines and Relatively High ECAY Diversity Preserved in Indigenous Horses Revealed with Novel Y-Chromosome Markers, Liu, S., Yang, Y., Pan, Q., Sun, Y., Ma, H., Liu, Y., Wang, M., Zhao, C., & Wu, C., 2020
- Novel Variants in the HMGA2 Gene Are Associated with Withers Height in Debao Pony, Liu, S., Jiang, S., Dong, X. G., Cui, R., Ling, Y., & Zhao, C., 2020
- The Origin of a Coastal Indigenous Horse Breed in China Revealed by Genome-Wide SNP Data, H.Y. Ma, S.W. Wang, G.Z. Zeng, J.T. Guo, M.H. Guo, X.G. Dong, G.Y. Hua, Y. Liu, M. Wang, Y. Ling, X.D. Ding, C.J. Zhao, Ch. Wu, 2019
- The relationship between the variants in the 5'-untranslated regions of equine chorionic gonadotropin genes and serum equine chorionic gonadotropin levels, S.Q. Liu, S. Lian, Y.Z. Yang, C. Fu, H.Y. Ma, Z.Y. Xiong, Y. Ling, C.J. Zhao, 2017
- The origin of chinese domestic horses revealed with novel mtDNA variants, Y.Z. Yang, Q. Zhu, S.Q. Liu, C.J. Zhao, Ch. Wu, 2017
- A suspect horse excluded by analysis of species- and male-specific DNA and mtDNA, H.Y. Xu, W.P. Han, C.J. Zhao, Dugarjaviin Manglai, 2011
- Molecular and cytogenetic paternity testing of a male offspring of a hinny, C.J. Zhao, Y.H. Qin, X.H. Lee, Ch. Wu, 2006
- Differentiating among horse (Equus caballus), donkey (Equus asinus) and their hybrids with combined analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial gene polymorphism, C.J. Zhao, G.C.Han, Y.H. Qin, Ch. Wu, 2005
- Genetic Diversity of Tibetan Horse and its Relationships with Mongolian Horse and Ningqiang Pony Assessed by Microsatellite Polymorphism, D. Du, C.J. Zhao, H. Zhang, G.C. Han, 2011