Areas of Focus
- Molecular Ecology
- Microsatellite DNA Markers
- DHPLC Technology
Work Experience
- 2003-2006 - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
- 2006-present - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1994 - Bachelor's Degree: Northeast Forestry University
- 1999 - Master's Degree: Northwest Agriculture University
- 2003 - Doctorate: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publications
- Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera:Noctuinae) and some remarks on their isolation, Ji YJ, Zhang DX, Hewitt GM, Kang L & Li D-M, 2003
- Evolutionary conservation and versatility of a new set of primers for amplifying the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions in insects and other invertebrates, Ji YJ, Zhang DX & He LJ, 2003
- Isolation, characterization and cross-species amplification of eight microsatellite DNA loci in the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria), Zhang DX, Yan LN, Ji YJ, Kang L, Hewitt GM & Huang Z-S, 2003
- Some unorthodox views on the classification and evolution of the migratory locusts in China prompted by molecular population genetic study, Zhang DX, Yan LN, Kang L, Ji YJ, 2003
- Mitochondrial DNA diversity and preliminary biogeographic inference of the evolutionary history of the black-spotted pond frog (Rana nigromaculata) populations in China, Yang YH, Zhang DX, Li YM & Ji YJ, 2004
- Some features of microsatellite DNA in lepidopteran genomes and implications for their isolation, Ji YJ & Zhang DX, 2004
- Ten polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci for paternity and population genetics analysis in the fen raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius), Ji YJ, Smith H, Zhang DX & Hewitt GM, 2004
- Eight polymorphic microsatellite loci for the critically endangered crested ibis, Nipponia nippon (Ciconiiformes: Threskiornithidae), Ji YJ, Liu YD, Ding CQ & Zhang DX, 2004
- Novel polymorphic microsatellite markers developed in the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Ji YJ, Wu YC & Zhang DX, 2005
- Ten polymorphic microsatellite markers developed in the masson pine moth Dendrolimus punctatus Walker (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae), Ji YJ, Hua YP, Liu YD, Liu HT, Shi CM, Li DM & Zhang DX, 2005
- Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers for the vulnerable Hainan Eld’s deer Cervus eldi hainanus in China, Zhang Q, Ji YJ, Zeng ZG, Song YL & Zhang DX, 2005
- Eight polymorphic microsatellite markers developed in the Chinese scorpion Mesobuthus martensii (Scorpiones:Buthidae), Ji Y-J, Leng L, Shi C-M, Hua Y-P & Zhang DX, 2008
- Haplotype reconstruction for scnp DNA: a consensus vote approach with extensive sequence data from populations of the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria), Huang ZS, Ji YJ & Zhang DX, 2008
- Microsatellite variation in China’s Hainan Eld’s deer (Cervus eldi hainanus) and implications for their conservation, Zhang Q, Zeng ZG, Ji YJ, Zhang DX & Song YL, 2008