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Xiaoming Zhang
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yunnan
Language: Chinese, English
Evolution
Adaptation
Genetics
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Ancient Dna
Human Diversity
Animal Diversity
Prehistory
Population
Areas of Focus
- Human Evolution and Environmental Adaptation
- Population Genetics
- Genomics
- Bioinformatics
- Ancient DNA
- Prehistoric Human Diversity
- Prehistoric Animal Diversity
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)
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
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
