Laboratory of Genomic Diversity and Evolution
Species adapts to the varying environment via their phenotypic diversity as determinedby genomic diversity. Understanding the genetic basis of evolution and adaptation is of tremendous importance for biodiversity conservation. Our research bridges the traditional fields of wildlife ecology and biogeography to the cutting-edge advances in molecular genetics and the emerging fields of genomics and bioinformatics. Employingthese powerful new tools we are aiming to describe the hierarchy of biodiversity, to reconstruct evolutionary and demographic patterns, and to answer basic and applied questions associated with mammalian adaptation, population structure, behavior, and systematic relationships.
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代表性论文
1. Zhang MQ, Xu X, Luo SJ , The genetics of brown coat color and white spotting in domestic yaks (Bos grunniens) , Animal Genetics , 2014 , [in press]
2. Luo SJ, Zhang Y, Johnson WE, Miao L, Martelli P, Antunes A, Smith JLD, O’Brien SJ , Sympatric Asian felid phylogeography reveals a major Indochinese-Sundaic divergence , Molecular Ecology , 2014 , 23(8): 2072-2092
3. Xu X, Dong GX, Hu XS, Miao L, Zhang XL, Zhang DL, Yang HD, Zhang TY, Zou ZT, Zhang TT, Zhuang Y, Bhak J, Cho YS, Dai WT, Jiang TJ, Xie C, Li RQ, Luo SJ , The genetic basis of white tigers , Current Biology , 2013 , 23(11): 1031-1035 , [Cover Story]
4. Driscoll CA, Luo SJ, MacDonald D, Dinerstein E, Chestin I, Pereladova O and O'Brien SJ , Restoring tigers to the Caspian region , Science , 2011 , 333: 822-823
5. Luo SJ, Johnson WE, and O’Brien SJ , Applying molecular genetic tools to tiger conservation , Integrative Zoology , 2010 , 5: 351-362 , [Review]
6. Luo SJ, Johnson WE, Martenson J, Antunes A, Martelli P, Uphyrkina O, Traylor-Holzer K, Smith JLD and O’Brien SJ , Subspecies genetic assignments of worldwide captive tigers increase conservation value of captive populations. , Current Biology , 2008 , 18(8): 592-596 , [Cover Story]
7. Luo SJ, Cai QX, David VA, Zhang L, Martelli P, Lim NTL, Ferrand N, Chin SC, Gaubert P, Joao Ramos M, O’Brien SJ, Antunes A, and Johnson WE , Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota, Manis spp.) , Molecular Ecology Notes , 2007 , 7(2): 269-272
8. Luo SJ, Johnson WE, David VA, Menotti-Raymond M, Stanyon R, Cai QX, Beck T, Yuhki N, Pecon-Slattery J, Smith JLD, and O’Brien SJ , Development of Y chromosome intraspecific polymorphic markers in the Felidae , Journal of Heredity , 2007 , 98(5): 400-413
9. Luo SJ, Kim JH, Johnson WE, and 19 others , Phylogeography and genetic ancestry of tigers (Panthera tigris) , PLoS Biology , 2004 , 2 (12): 2275-2293/e442 , [Cover Story]
