On February 28, 2023, at the headquarters of Yangxiang Co., Ltd. in Guigang City, Guangxi, Yingzi Gene Technology Co., Ltd., in collaboration with Yangxiang Co., Ltd. and Xiubo Gene, held a national-scale Pig Genetics Technology Conference and the Yingzi Gene Liquid Phase Chip Launch Event, jointly announcing the Company's Genotyping by Target Sequencing product - the Pig 80K Functional Mutations Genotyping Kit. The Chief Scientist of Yingzi Gene, Li Xinyun, the Vice President of Yangxiang Co., Ltd., Gao Yuanfei, the Executive Vice President of Yangxiang Co., Ltd., Zhang Conglin, the Vice Chairman of Xiubo Co., Ltd., Li Jialian, the General Manager of Xiubo Co., Ltd., Shi Guangxiao, as well as authoritative experts and representatives from the industry and enterprises, attended the launch event. They collectively witnessed the release of the "Pig 80K Functional Variants Genotyping Array" and experienced the innovative achievements of Yingzi Gene in the field of breeding, earning unanimous recognition from various sectors of society!

The Pig 80K Functional Mutations Genotyping Kit was jointly researched and developed by Yangxiang Co., Ltd. and Yingzi Gene in collaboration with Huazhong Agricultural University. Integrating the latest achievements in porcine genome research, the locus design has significantly enhanced the efficiency of mining valuable genomic information and improving the accuracy of breeding value assessment, thereby providing a new and powerful tool to accelerate the improvement of breeding pigs.

↑ Li Xinyun, the Professor of Huazhong Agricultural University and Chief Scientist of Yingzi Gene, Introducing the Yingzi Gene Liquid Phase Chip

At the meeting, Li Xinyun, the Professor of Huazhong Agricultural University and Chief Scientist of Yingzi Gene provided a comprehensive introduction to the Pig 80K Functional Variants Genotyping Array. The Pig 80K Functional Variants Genotyping Array is a liquid-phase chip featuring on-demand customization, flexibility for upgrading and higher information capacity compared with solid-phase chips. 

To unearth functional genomic loci in pigs, the genetic breeding team at Huazhong Agricultural University spent several years in systematically analyzing the pig genome, conducting multi-omics studies on 12 pig tissues. They have meticulously annotated the pig genome, created an integrated omics functional gene discovery technology and platform, and identified over 300,000 functional mutation loci. Based on these research findings, they then carefully selected 80,483 functional loci and finally designed the Pig 80K Functional Mutations Genotyping Kit. Locus typing is carried out using self-developed precise capture sequencing technology, with the accuracy and detection rates exceeding 99%.

The Pig 80K Functional Variants Genotyping Array, in combination with Yingzi Gene's self-developed breeding value evaluation algorithm KAML and the genomic big data processing platform HiBLUP, enables more efficient utilization of genomic and phenotypic data, thereby enhancing breeding value evaluation accuracy and breeding efficiency.

↑ HiBLUP Genomic Selection and Breeding Platform

↑ The Official Launch of the Pig 80K Functional Variants Genotyping Array

The launch of the Pig 80K Functional Variants Genotyping Array will bring new vitality to the field of genomic breeding and drive a new application of liquid-phase gene chips in the breeding industry. Yingzi Gene is committed to the research and application of functional locus gene chip breeding technology, and providing customers with more efficient solutions for genomic breeding.