Professor | Zhongyi Wu | Asia Growth Partners

Name	Zhongyi Wu
Contact Information	wzhongyi@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Guangdong

Name

Zhongyi Wu

Contact Information

wzhongyi@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Guangdong

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Sun Yat-Sen University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	PhD: Not mentioned Notable contribution in genetics of speciation and natural selection Pioneered 'ultra-microevolution' research Published over 200 papers in top journals like Science, Nature, PNAS Cited over 20,000 times Ranked in Elsevier's 'Top 100 Global Scientists in Biological Sciences' for five consecutive years Led major projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Sun Yat-Sen University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

PhD: Not mentioned
Notable contribution in genetics of speciation and natural selection
Pioneered 'ultra-microevolution' research
Published over 200 papers in top journals like Science, Nature, PNAS
Cited over 20,000 times
Ranked in Elsevier's 'Top 100 Global Scientists in Biological Sciences' for five consecutive years
Led major projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation

Areas of Focus	Somatic evolution patterns and mechanisms Molecular and population genetics of Drosophila speciation Origin and adaptive evolution patterns of viruses
Publications	Very large hidden genetic diversity in one single tumor–Evidence for tumors-in-tumor, Chen BJ, Wu XR, Ruan YS, Zhang YL, Cai QC, Zapata L, Wu CI, Lan P, Wen HJ, 2022 On the origin of SARS-CoV-2—The blind watchmaker argument, Wu CI, Wen HJ, Lu J, et al., 2021 Mutations beget more mutations—rapid evolution of mutation rate in response to the risk of runaway accumulation, Ruan YS, Wang HY, Chen BJ, Wen HJ, Wu CI, 2020 Tumorigenesis as the paradigm of quasi-neutral molecular evolution, Chen BJ, Shi ZK, Chen QJ, Shen X, Shibata D, Wen HJ, Wu CI, 2019 Death of new microRNA genes in Drosophila via gradual loss of fitness advantages, Lu GA, Zhao YX, Yang H, Lan A, Shi SH, Liufu ZQ, Huang Y, Tang T, Xu J, Shen X, Wu CI, 2018 Weak regulation of many targets is cumulatively powerful—an evolutionary perspective on microRNA functionality, Zhao YX, Shen X, Tang T, Wu CI, 2017 The ecology and evolution of cancer: the ultra-microevolutionary process, Wu CI, Wang HY, Ling SP, Lu XM, 2016

Areas of Focus

Somatic evolution patterns and mechanisms
Molecular and population genetics of Drosophila speciation
Origin and adaptive evolution patterns of viruses

Publications

Very large hidden genetic diversity in one single tumor–Evidence for tumors-in-tumor, Chen BJ, Wu XR, Ruan YS, Zhang YL, Cai QC, Zapata L, Wu CI*, Lan P*, Wen HJ*, 2022
On the origin of SARS-CoV-2—The blind watchmaker argument, Wu CI*, Wen HJ, Lu J, et al., 2021
Mutations beget more mutations—rapid evolution of mutation rate in response to the risk of runaway accumulation, Ruan YS, Wang HY, Chen BJ, Wen HJ*, Wu CI*, 2020
Tumorigenesis as the paradigm of quasi-neutral molecular evolution, Chen BJ, Shi ZK, Chen QJ, Shen X, Shibata D, Wen HJ*, Wu CI*, 2019
Death of new microRNA genes in Drosophila via gradual loss of fitness advantages, Lu GA, Zhao YX, Yang H, Lan A, Shi SH, Liufu ZQ, Huang Y, Tang T, Xu J, Shen X*, Wu CI*, 2018
Weak regulation of many targets is cumulatively powerful—an evolutionary perspective on microRNA functionality, Zhao YX, Shen X, Tang T, Wu CI, 2017
The ecology and evolution of cancer: the ultra-microevolutionary process, Wu CI*, Wang HY, Ling SP, Lu XM*, 2016

Somatic Evolution Mechanisms Patterns Drosophila Speciation Molecular Genetics Population Genetics Viruses Origin Adaptive Evolution

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