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Wei-Guo Du
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Physiology
Evolution
Ecology
Reptiles
Lizards
Climate Change
Adaptation
Thermoregulation
Biodiversity
Conservation
Areas of Focus
- Physiology and Evolutionary Ecology
Work Experience
- 2010-07~Present - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
- 2007-04~2010-04 - University of Sydney, Australia - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2004-08~2007-04 - Hangzhou Normal University - Associate Professor, Professor
- 2003-08~2004-08 - University of Sydney, Australia - Visiting Scholar
- 1997-11~2000-03 - Hangzhou Normal University - Lecturer
- 1994-07~1997-11 - Zhejiang Normal University - Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2000-03--2003-03 PhD: Zhejiang University
- 1991-09--1994-07 Master's: East China Normal University
- 1987-09--1991-07 Bachelor's: Zhejiang Normal University
Publications
- Genetically Encoded Lizard Color Divergence for Camouflage and Thermoregulation, 11th Author, 2024
- Gut microbiota modulation enhances the immune capacity of lizards under climate warming, 11th Author, 2024
- Optimizing protected areas to boost the conservation of key protected wildlife in China, 11th Author, 2023
- Global Protected Areas as refuges for amphibians and reptiles under climate change, 11th Author, 2023
- Chromosome-level genome assembly and population genomics of Mongolian racerunner (Eremias argus) provide insights into high-altitude adaptation in lizards, 11th Author, 2023
- 中国两栖爬行动物多样性监测进展与展望, 7th Author, 2023
- Divergent effects of climate change on the egg-laying opportunity of species in cold and warm regions, 11th Author, 2023
- Distinct responses and range shifts of lizard populations across an elevational gradient under climate change, 11th Author, 2023
- Maternal egg care enhances hatching success and offspring quality in an oviparous skink, 11th Author, 2022
- Higher metabolic plasticity in temperate compared to tropical lizards suggests increased resilience to climate change, 11th Author, 2022
- Variable impacts on reproductive energetics may render oviparous squamates more vulnerable to climate warming than viviparous species, 11th Author, 2022
- Role of Cyp19a1 in the female pathway of a freshwater turtle species (Mauremys reevesii) with temperature-dependent sex determination, 4th Author, 2022
- Temperate and tropical lizards are vulnerable to climate warming due to increased water loss and heat stress, 5th Author, 2022
- 爬行动物胚胎的行为热调节, 2nd Author, 2022
- Offspring Sex Is Not Determined by Gestation Temperature in a Viviparous Lizard (Eremias multiocellata) from the Desert Steppe of Inner Mongolia, 5th Author, 2022
- The eggshell-matrix protein gene OC-17 is functionally lost in the viviparous Chinese crocodile lizard, 11th Author, 2022
- The behavioural and physiological ecology of embryos: responding to the challenges of life inside an egg, 11th Author, 2022
- A reciprocal egg-swap experiment reveals sources of variation in developmental success among populations of a desert lizard, 11th Author, 2021
- MOLECULAR SENSORS FOR TEMPERATURE DETECTION DURING BEHAVIORAL THERMOREGULATION IN TURTLE EMBRYOS, 11th Author, 2021
- GROW FAST BUT DON'T DIE YOUNG: MATERNAL EFFECTS MEDIATE LIFE-HISTORY TRADE-OFFS OF LIZARDS UNDER CLIMATE WARMING, 11th Author, 2021
- POPULATION ORIGIN, MATERNAL EFFECTS, AND HYDRIC CONDITIONS DURING INCUBATION DETERMINE EMBRYONIC AND OFFSPRING SURVIVAL IN A DESERT-DWELLING LIZARD, 11th Author, 2021
- EFFECTS OF HYPOXIA ON THE THERMAL PHYSIOLOGY OF A HIGH-ELEVATION LIZARD: IMPLICATIONS FOR UPSLOPE-SHIFTING SPECIES, 11th Author, 2021
- Ancient Demographics Determine the Effectiveness of Genetic Purging in Endangered Lizards, 11th Author, 2021
- Latitudinal embryonic thermal tolerance and plasticity shape the vulnerability of oviparous species to climate change, 11th Author, 2021
- Phenotypic consequences of maternally selected nests: a cross-fostering experiment in a desert lizard, 11th Author, 2021
- Behavioural thermoregulation by the endangered crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) in captivity, 11th Author, 2020
- Captivity Influences Gut Microbiota in Crocodile Lizards (Shinisaurus crocodilurus), 6th Author, 2020
- 乌龟胚胎能影响自身性别, 10th Author, 2020
- Impacts of maternal characteristics and temperature on juvenile survival in the crocodile lizard: Implications for conservation, 11th Author, 2019
- Adaptive responses of the embryos of birds and reptiles to spatial and temporal variations in nest temperatures, 11th Author, 2019
- The Embryos of Turtles Can Influence Their Own Sexual Destinies, 11th Author, 2019
- Introduction to the special issue Developmental plasticity in reptiles: Physiological mechanisms and ecological consequences, 2nd Author, 2018
- Proximate mechanisms of earlier hatching in parasitic cuckoos: yolk energy and embryonic metabolism, 11th Author, 2018
- Biological buffers and the impacts of climate change, 3rd Author, 2018
- Proximate causes of altitudinal differences in body size in an agamid lizard, 11th Author, 2018
- Female lizards choose warm, moist nests that improve embryonic survivorship and offspring fitness, 11th Author, 2018
- Phenology and the physiological niche are co-adapted in a desert-dwelling lizard, 11th Author, 2018
- Reduced egg shell permeability affects embryonic development and hatchling traits in Lycodon rufozonatum and Pelodiscus sinensis, 11th Author, 2018
- Environmental causes of between-population difference in growth rate of a high-altitude lizard, 11th Author, 2018
- Latitudinal and Temperature-Dependent Variation in Embryonic Development Rate and Offspring Performance in a Freshwater Turtle, 11th Author, 2018
- The vulnerability of developing embryos to simulated climate warming differs between sympatric desert lizards, 11th Author, 2018
- A comprehensive database of thermal developmental plasticity in reptiles, 6th Author, 2018
- How frequent and important is behavioral thermoregulation by embryonic reptiles?, 2nd Author, 2018
- Anticipatory parental effects in a subtropical lizard in response to experimental warming, 11th Author, 2018
- Phenotypic plasticity may help lizards cope with increasingly variable temperatures, 11th Author, 2018
- A global test of the cold-climate hypothesis for the evolution of viviparity of squamate reptiles, 11th Author, 2018
- A simulated heat wave shortens the telomere length and lifespan of a desert lizard, 11th Author, 2018
- Patterns of developmental plasticity in response to incubation temperature in reptiles, 6th Author, 2018
- Food Restriction Affects Maternal Investment but not Neonate Phenotypes in a Viviparous Lizard, 11th Author, 2017
- Effects of Incubation Temperature on the Expression of Sex-Related Genes in the Chinese Pond Turtle, Mauremys reevesii, 11th Author, 2017
- Maternal Food Availability Affects Offspring Performance and Survival in a Viviparous Lizard, 11th Author, 2017
- Thermal Ecology of Three Coexistent Desert Lizards: Implications for Habitat Divergence and Thermal Vulnerability, 11th Author, 2017
- Reduced egg shell permeability
Awards
- Second Prize, Provincial Level (2008): Adaptation and Evolution of Reproductive Life History Strategies of Northern Grass Lizards
- China Zoological Society Youth Science and Technology Award (2007)
