Software
magicdesign - R package for creating and testing MAGIC population designs.
magicdesignee - Shiny app implementation of magicdesign.
breeding exercise - Simple breeding exercise in R for teaching.
Talks
Defining the causes and consequences of phantom epistasis in heterotic hybrids; 18th Eucarpia Biometrics in Plant Breeding Conference; September 21 - 23, 2022 [Link]
MAGIC population design; Rank Symposium on Meiosis: Controlling the Recombination Landscape; April 4 - 7, 2022 [Link]
Origin Specific Genomic Selection (OSGS); UK Plant Science Presents webinar; October 27, 2020 [Link]
Teaching materials
IBD, IBS, Genetic distance, Population structure; CIHEAM-IAMZ XXIII International Master in Plant Genetics, Genomics and Breeding; February 15 - 19, 2021 [Link]
Conventional vs Advanced Breeding Methods; Genetic Improvement of Crops (4th year undergraduate course for the University of Edinburgh Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security); November 1, 2022 [Link]
Genetic relationship (IBD, IBS, Genetic distance, Population structure); CIHEAM-IAMZ XXIV International Master in Plant Genetics, Genomics and Breeding; February 8 - 9, 2024 [Link]
Publications (first author)
Yang CJ, Russell J, Mackay I & Powell W (2024) Opportunities to improve the recommendation of plant varieties under the Recommended List (RL) system. Submitted. [R Scripts]
Yang CJ, Ladejobi O, Mott R, Powell W & Mackay I (2022) Analysis of historical selection in winter wheat. Theor Appl Genet. [Link] [R Scripts]
Yang CJ, Edmondson R, Piepho H-P, Powell W & Mackay I (2021) Crafting for a better MAGIC: systematic design and test for multiparental advanced generation inter-cross population. G3 11: jkab295. [Link] [R Scripts]
Yang CJ, Russell J, Ramsay L, Thomas W, Powell W & Mackay I (2021) Overcoming barriers to the registration of new plant varieties under the DUS system. Commun Biol 4: 302. [Link] [R Scripts]
Yang CJ, Sharma R, Gorjanc G, Hearne S, Powell W & Mackay I (2020) Origin Specific Genomic Selection: a simple process to optimize the favorable contribution of parents to progeny. G3 10: 2445-2455. [Link] [R Scripts]
Yang CJ, Samayoa LF, Bradbury PJ, Olukolu BA, Xue W, York AM, Tuholski MR, Wang W, Daskalska LL, Neumeyer MA, Sanchez-Gonzalez JJ, Romay MC, Glaubitz JC, Sun Q, Buckler ES, Holland JB & Doebley JF (2019) The genetic architecture of teosinte catalyzed and constrained maize domestication. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 116: 5643-5652. [Link]
Yang CJ, Kursel LE, Studer AJ, Bartlett ME, Whipple CJ & Doebley JF (2016) A gene for genetic background in Zea mays: fine-mapping enhancer of teosinte branched1.2 to a YABBY class transcription factor. Genetics 204: 1573-1585. [Link]
All Publications
Please visit my Google Scholar profile for a complete list of publications. Many thanks to all the co-authors, collaborators and colleagues - none of these publications would have been possible without their amazing effort.