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