蔡钰东，男，1994年生，博士研究生。长期从事反刍动物的基因组学和群体遗传学研究，利用古基因组学等技术对反刍动物的形成和适应性传播历史进行了系统深入的研究，揭示了反刍动物适应不同生态环境的遗传学基础，并针对反刍动物基因组特征进行了一系列生物信息学算法的优化和开发。相关研究成果以第一或通讯作者发表于Nature Communications、Molecular Biology and Evolution、Zoological Research等本领域高水平期刊。主持国家重点研发项目子课题1项、中国博士后科学基金面上资助1项、陕西省科学院“秦岭百人”青年拔尖人才项目1项。

1. 国家重点研发项目子课题，调控奶牛经济性状的关键基因和变异挖掘，2022-12至2027-11，在研，主持

2. 中国博士后科学基金面上资助，2022-11至2024-11，结题，主持

3. 陕西省科学院，秦岭百人”青年拔尖人才项目，2025-07至2030-07，在研，主持

1. Yudong Cai#,Xiuhua Gao#,Jiangping Mao#,Yu Liu#,Lu Tong#,Xilong Chen#,Yandong Liu,Wenyan Kou,Chuanjun Chang,Toshi Foster,Jialong Yao,Amandine Cornille,Muhammad Mobeen Tahir,Zhi Liu,Zhongye Yan,Siyi Lin,Fengwang Ma,Juanjuan Ma,Libo Xing,Na An,Xiya Zuo,Yanrong Lv,Zhengyang Zhao,Wenqiang Li,Qianjin Li,Caiping Zhao,Yanan Hu,Hangkong Liu,Chao Wang,Xueyan Shi,Doudou Ma,Zhangjun Fei*,Yu Jiang* & Dong Zhang*;Genome sequencing of'Fuji'apple clonal varieties reveals genetic mechanism of the spur-type morphology;Nature Communications;2024,15(1):10082

2. Qimeng Yang#,Jianfeng Sun#,Xinyu Wang,Jiong Wang,Quanzhong Liu,Jinlong Ru,Xin Zhang,Sizhe Wang,Ran Hao,Peipei Bian,Xuelei Dai,Mian Gong,Zhuangbiao Zhang,Ao Wang,Fengting Bai,Ran Li,Yudong Cai* & Yu Jiang*;SVLearn: a dual-reference machine learning approach enables accurate cross-species genotyping of structural variants;Nature Communications;2025,16(1):2406;

3. Yudong Cai#,Weiwei Fu#,Dawei Cai#,Rasmus Heller,Zhuqing Zheng,Jia Wen,Hui Li,Xiaolong Wang,Akil Alshawi,Zhouyong Sun,Siqi Zhu,Juan Wang,Miaomiao Yang,Songmei Hu,Yan Li,Zhirui Yang,Mian Gong,Yunan Hou,Tianming Lan,Kui Wu,Yulin Chen,Yu Jiang*,Xihong Wang*,Ancient Genomes Reveal the Evolutionary History and Origin of Cashmere-Producing Goats in China;Molecular Biology and Evolution;2020,37(7):2099-2109

4. Ningbo Chen#, Yudong Cai#, Qiuming Chen#, Ran Li#, Kun Wang#, Yongzhen Huang#, Songmei Hu,Shisheng Huang,Hucai Zhang,Zhuqing Zheng,Weining Song,Zhijie Ma,Yun Ma,Ruihua Dang,Zijing Zhang,Lei Xu,Yutang Jia,Shanzhai Liu,Xiangpeng Yue,Weidong Deng,Xiaoming Zhang,Zhouyong Sun,Xianyong Lan,Jianlin Han,Hong Chen,Daniel G Bradley,Yu Jiang* & Chuzhao Lei*;Whole-genome resequencing reveals world-wide ancestry and adaptive introgression events of domesticated cattle in East Asia,Nature Communications,2018,9(1):2337

5. Fengting Bai#,Yudong Cai#,Min Qiu,Chen Liang,Linqian Pan,Yayi Liu,Yanshuai Feng,Xuesha Cao,Qimeng Yang,Gang Ren,Shaohua Jiao,Siqi Gao,Meixuan Lu,Xihong Wang,Rasmus Heller,Johannes A Lenstra,Yu Jiang*;LCORL and STC2 Variants Increase Body Size and Growth Rate in Cattle and Other Animals;Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics;2025,23(3):qzaf025;

6. Hojjat Asadollahpour Nanaei#,Yudong Cai#,Akil Alshawi,Jiayue Wen,Tanveer Hussain,Wei-Wei Fu,Nai-Yi Xu1,Abdulameer Essa,Johannes A. Lenstra,Xihong Wang*, Yu Jiang*;Genomic analysis of indigenous goats in Southwest Asia reveals evidence of ancient adaptive introgression related to desert climate;Zoological Research;2023,44(1):20-29;

7. Xiangyu Pan#,Yudong Cai#,Zongjun Li#,Xianqing Chen#,Rasmus Heller#,Nini Wang#,Yu Wang,Chen Zhao,Yong Wang,Han Xu,Songhai Li,Ming Li,Cunyuan Li,Shengwei Hu,Hui Li,Kun Wang,Lei Chen,Bin Wei,Zhuqing Zheng,Weiwei Fu,Yue Yang,Tingting Zhang,Zhuoting Hou,Yueyang Yan,Xiaoyang Lv,Wei Sun,Xinyu Li,Shisheng Huang,Lixiang Liu,Shengyong Mao,Wenqing Liu,Jinlian Hua,Zhipeng Li,Guojie Zhang,Yulin Chen,Xihong Wang,Qiang Qiu,Brian P. Dalrymple,Wen Wang & Yu Jiang;Modes of genetic adaptations underlying functional innovations in the rumen;Science China Life Sciences;2021,64(1):1-21;

8. Chao Li#,Yujiang Wu#,Bingchun Chen#,Yudong Cai#,Jiazhong Guo#,Alexander S Leonard,Peter Kalds,Shiwei Zhou,Jingchen Zhang,Ping Zhou,Shangqu Gan,Ting Jia,Tianchun Pu,Langda Suo,Yan Li,Ke Zhang,Lan Li,Myagmarsuren Purevdorj,Xihong Wang,Ming Li,Yu Wang,Yao Liu,Shuhong Huang,Tad Sonstegard,Ming-Shan Wang,Stephen Kemp,Hubert Pausch,Yulin Chen,Jian-Lin Han*,Yu Jiang*,Xiaolong Wang*;Markhor-derived Introgression of a Genomic Region Encompassing PAPSS2 Confers High-altitude Adaptability in Tibetan Goats;Molecular Biology and Evolution;2022,39(12):msac253;

9. Zhuangbiao Zhang#,Ao Wang#,Honghong Hu#,Lulu Wang,Mian Gong,Qimeng Yang,Anguo Liu,Ran Li,Huanhuan Zhang,Qianqian Zhang,Ali Mujtaba Shah,Xihong Wang,Yachun Wang,Quanzhong Liu,Liutao Gao,Zhipeng Zhang,Congyong Wang,Yun Ma*,Yudong Cai*,Yu Jiang*;The efficient phasing and imputation pipeline of low-coverage whole genome sequencing data using a high-quality and publicly available reference panel in cattle;Animal Research and One Health;2022,1(1):4-16;