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Conservation genomics of the critically endangered Chinese pangolin
The Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla, MP) has been extensively exploited and is now on the brink of extinction, but its population structure, evolutionary history, and adaptive potential are unclear. Here, we...
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Geographical patterns and determinants of insect biodiversity in China
Insects play important roles in the maintenance of ecosystem functioning and the provision of livelihoods for millions of people. However, compared with terrestrial vertebrates and angiosperms, such as the gia...
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Spatial-temporal population dynamics of the critically endangered Blue-crowned Laughingthrush Pterorhinus courtoisi: a 22-year longitudinal study
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Open AccessPandaGUT provides new insights into bacterial diversity, function, and resistome landscapes with implications for conservation
The gut microbiota play important roles in host adaptation and evolution, but are understudied in natural population of wild mammals. To address host adaptive evolution and improve conservation efforts of thre...
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Open AccessEvolutionary genomics of camouflage innovation in the orchid mantis
The orchid mantises achieve camouflage with morphological modifications in body color and pattern, providing an interesting model for understanding phenotypic innovation. However, a reference genome is lacking...
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Global patterns of phylogenetic diversity and transmission of bat coronavirus
Bats are reservoirs for multiple coronaviruses (CoVs). However, the phylogenetic diversity and transmission of global bat-borne CoVs remain poorly understood. Here, we performed a Bayesian phylogeographic anal...
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Molecular mechanisms of adaptive evolution in wild animals and plants
Wild animals and plants have developed a variety of adaptive traits driven by adaptive evolution, an important strategy for species survival and persistence. Uncovering the molecular mechanisms of adaptive evo...
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Open AccessCommunity structure of the solitary giant pandas is maintained by indirect social connections
Indirect interactions between individual solitary mammals, such as the giant panda, are often overlooked because of their nature, yet are important for maintaining the necessary sociality in solitary species.
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Digital Noah’s Ark: last chance to save the endangered species
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Open AccessMolecular mechanisms and topological consequences of drastic chromosomal rearrangements of muntjac deer
Muntjac deer have experienced drastic karyotype changes during their speciation, making it an ideal model for studying mechanisms and functional consequences of mammalian chromosome evolution. Here we generate...
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Open AccessThe giant panda is cryptic
The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is an iconic mammal, but the function of its black-and-white coloration is mysterious. Using photographs of giant pandas taken in the wild and state-of-the-art image analy...
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Open AccessMulti-omics reveals the positive leverage of plant secondary metabolites on the gut microbiota in a non-model mammal
Flavonoids are important plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) that have been widely used for their health-promoting effects. However, little is known about overall flavonoid metabolism and the interactive effect...
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On the origin of SARS-CoV-2—The blind watchmaker argument
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A whole-genome association approach for large-scale interspecies traits
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How two sesquiterpenes drive horse manure rolling behavior in wild giant pandas
In this work, we discussed and counter-commented Paul J. Weldon's comments on our recent paper (Zhou et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 117:32493, 2020a), where we reported that BCP/BCPO (beta-caryophyllene/caryoph...
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Exploring marine endosymbiosis systems with omics techniques
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Open AccessTsen-Hwang Shaw: Founder of Vertebrate Zoology in China
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Diet drives convergent evolution of gut microbiomes in bamboo-eating species
Gut microbiota plays a critical role in host physiology and health. The coevolution between the host and its gut microbes facilitates animal adaptation to its specific ecological niche. Multiple factors such a...
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A new era for evolutionary developmental biology in non-model organisms
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Open AccessChromosome-level genome assembly for giant panda provides novel insights into Carnivora chromosome evolution
Chromosome evolution is an important driver of speciation and species evolution. Previous studies have detected chromosome rearrangement events among different Carnivora species using chromosome painting strat...
