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Name	Xiaoming Zhang
Contact Information	zhangxiaoming@mail.kiz.ac.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Yunnan

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Name

Xiaoming Zhang

Contact Information

zhangxiaoming@mail.kiz.ac.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Yunnan

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty	Life Sciences
Work Experience	2021-10 - Present - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher (Level 4) 2018-01 - 2021-09 - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher (Level 2) 2015-10 - 2017-12 - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher (Level 3)
Awards	Cell Press 2020 China Annual Paper, Other, 2021 Yunnan Province Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award, Provincial, 2016 Chinese Academy of Sciences President's Award for Excellence, Institutional, 2014

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Faculty

Life Sciences

Work Experience

2021-10 - Present - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher (Level 4)
2018-01 - 2021-09 - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher (Level 2)
2015-10 - 2017-12 - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher (Level 3)

Awards

Cell Press 2020 China Annual Paper, Other, 2021
Yunnan Province Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award, Provincial, 2016
Chinese Academy of Sciences President's Award for Excellence, Institutional, 2014

Areas of Focus	Human Evolution and Environmental Adaptation Population Genetics Genomics Bioinformatics Ancient DNA Prehistoric Human Diversity Prehistoric Animal Diversity
Publications	Evidence for early domestic yak, taurine cattle, and their hybrids on the Tibetan Plateau, 8th Author, 2023 A Late Pleistocene human genome from Southwest China, 1st Author, 2022 The distinct morphological phenotypes of Southeast Asian aborigines are shaped by novel mechanisms for adaptation to tropical rainforests, Not mentioned, 2021 A Matrilineal Genetic Perspective of Hanging Coffin Custom in Southern China and Northern Thailand, 1st Author, 2020 Ancient genomes reveal tropical bovid species in the Tibetan Plateau contributed to the prevalence of hunting game until the late Neolithic, 11th Author, 2020 Genomic analyses reveal distinct genetic architectures and selective pressures in buffaloes, 9th Author, 2020 The Transcriptomic Landscape of Yaks Reveals Molecular Pathways for High Altitude Adaptation, 5th Author, 2019 Blunted nitric oxide regulation in Tibetans under high-altitude hypoxia, 23rd Author, 2018 Whole-genome resequencing reveals world-wide ancestry and adaptive introgression events of domesticated cattle in East Asia, 21st Author, 2018 Darwinian Positive Selection on the Pleiotropic Effects of KITLG Explain Skin Pigmentation and Winter Temperature Adaptation in Eurasians, 0th Author, 2018 EP300 contributes to high-altitude adaptation in Tibetans by regulating nitric oxide production, 20th Author, 2017 GCH1 plays a role in the high-altitude adaptation of Tibetans, 20th Author, 2017 Down-Regulation of EPAS1 Transcription and Genetic Adaptation of Tibetans to High-Altitude Hypoxia, 12th Author, 2017 Sherpas share genetic variations with Tibetans for high-altitude adaptation, 2nd Author, 2017 Cross-altitude analysis suggests a turning point at the elevation of 4,500m for polycythemia prevalence in tibetans., 19th Author, 2017 A Genetic Mechanism for Convergent Skin Lightening during Recent Human Evolution, 4th Author, 2016 HMOX2 Functions as a Modifier Gene for High-Altitude Adaptation in Tibetans, 0th Author, 2016 Y-chromosome diversity suggests southern origin and Paleolithic backwave migration of Austro-Asiatic speakers from eastern Asia to the Indian subcontinent, 1st Author, 2015 Genetic evidence of a recent Tibetan ancestry to Sherpas in the Himalayan region, 2nd Author, 2015 An Updated Phylogeny of the Human Y-Chromosome Lineage O2a-M95 with Novel SNPs, 1st Author, 2014 Genetic Evidence of Paleolithic Colonization and Neolithic Expansion of Modern Humans on the Tibetan Plateau, 4th Author, 2013 Identification of a Tibetan-Specific Mutation in the Hypoxic Gene EGLN1 and Its Contribution to High-Altitude Adaptation, 5th Author, 2013 Analysis of mitochondrial genome diversity identifies new and ancient maternal lineages in Cambodian aborigines, 1st Author, 2013 Genetic Evidence of an East Asian Origin and Paleolithic Northward Migration of Y-chromosome Haplogroup N, 5th Author, 2013

Areas of Focus

Human Evolution and Environmental Adaptation
Population Genetics
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Ancient DNA
Prehistoric Human Diversity
Prehistoric Animal Diversity

Publications

Evidence for early domestic yak, taurine cattle, and their hybrids on the Tibetan Plateau, 8th Author, 2023
A Late Pleistocene human genome from Southwest China, 1st Author, 2022
The distinct morphological phenotypes of Southeast Asian aborigines are shaped by novel mechanisms for adaptation to tropical rainforests, Not mentioned, 2021
A Matrilineal Genetic Perspective of Hanging Coffin Custom in Southern China and Northern Thailand, 1st Author, 2020
Ancient genomes reveal tropical bovid species in the Tibetan Plateau contributed to the prevalence of hunting game until the late Neolithic, 11th Author, 2020
Genomic analyses reveal distinct genetic architectures and selective pressures in buffaloes, 9th Author, 2020
The Transcriptomic Landscape of Yaks Reveals Molecular Pathways for High Altitude Adaptation, 5th Author, 2019
Blunted nitric oxide regulation in Tibetans under high-altitude hypoxia, 23rd Author, 2018
Whole-genome resequencing reveals world-wide ancestry and adaptive introgression events of domesticated cattle in East Asia, 21st Author, 2018
Darwinian Positive Selection on the Pleiotropic Effects of KITLG Explain Skin Pigmentation and Winter Temperature Adaptation in Eurasians, 0th Author, 2018
EP300 contributes to high-altitude adaptation in Tibetans by regulating nitric oxide production, 20th Author, 2017
GCH1 plays a role in the high-altitude adaptation of Tibetans, 20th Author, 2017
Down-Regulation of EPAS1 Transcription and Genetic Adaptation of Tibetans to High-Altitude Hypoxia, 12th Author, 2017
Sherpas share genetic variations with Tibetans for high-altitude adaptation, 2nd Author, 2017
Cross-altitude analysis suggests a turning point at the elevation of 4,500m for polycythemia prevalence in tibetans., 19th Author, 2017
A Genetic Mechanism for Convergent Skin Lightening during Recent Human Evolution, 4th Author, 2016
HMOX2 Functions as a Modifier Gene for High-Altitude Adaptation in Tibetans, 0th Author, 2016
Y-chromosome diversity suggests southern origin and Paleolithic backwave migration of Austro-Asiatic speakers from eastern Asia to the Indian subcontinent, 1st Author, 2015
Genetic evidence of a recent Tibetan ancestry to Sherpas in the Himalayan region, 2nd Author, 2015
An Updated Phylogeny of the Human Y-Chromosome Lineage O2a-M95 with Novel SNPs, 1st Author, 2014
Genetic Evidence of Paleolithic Colonization and Neolithic Expansion of Modern Humans on the Tibetan Plateau, 4th Author, 2013
Identification of a Tibetan-Specific Mutation in the Hypoxic Gene EGLN1 and Its Contribution to High-Altitude Adaptation, 5th Author, 2013
Analysis of mitochondrial genome diversity identifies new and ancient maternal lineages in Cambodian aborigines, 1st Author, 2013
Genetic Evidence of an East Asian Origin and Paleolithic Northward Migration of Y-chromosome Haplogroup N, 5th Author, 2013

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