Research Articles (h-index: 16, total citations: 807)
2019
Wu RF, Xu XM, Zhou Q (2019) Evolution of sex determination mechanisms and sex chromosomes. SCIENTIA SINICA Vitae. doi: 10.1360/N052018-00208
2018
Zhang JY, Zhou Q. (2018) On the regulatory evolution of new genes throughout their life history. Mol Biol Evol. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msy206.
Wang Z, Lyu J, Wang F, Miao C, Nan Z, Zhang J, Xi Y, Zhou Q, Yang X, Ge W. (2018) The histone deacetylase HDAC1 positively regulates Notch signaling during Drosophila wing development. Biol Open. doi: 10.1242/bio.029637.
Lin JQ, Zhou Q, Yang HQ, Fang LM, Tang KY, Sun L, Wan QH, Fang SG. (2018) Molecular mechanism of temperature-dependent sex determination and differentiation in Chinese alligator revealed by developmental transcriptome profiling. Sci Bull. 4: 209-212.
2017
Seki R, L. C., Fang Q, Hayashi S, Egawa S, Hu J, Xu L, Pan H, Kondo M, Sato T, Matsubara H, Kamiyama N, Kitajima K, Saito D, Liu Y, Gilbert MTP, Zhou Q, Xu X, Shiroishi T, Irie N, Tamura K, Zhang G. (2017) Functional roles of Aves class-specific cis-regulatory elements on macroevolution of bird-specific features. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/ncomms14229
2016
Gibilisco L, Zhou Q, Mahajan S, Bachtrog D.(2016) Alternative Splicing within and between Drosophila Species, Sexes, Tissues, and Developmental Stages. PLoS Genet 9;12(12)
Yin W, Wang ZJ, Li QY, Lian JM, Zhou Y, Lu BZ, Jin LJ, Qiu PX, Zhang P, Zhu WB, Wen B, Huang YJ, Lin ZL, Qiu BT, Su XW, Yang HM, Zhang GJ, Yan GM, Zhou Q*(2016) Evolutionary trajectories of snake genes and genomes revealed by comparative analyses of five-pacer viper. Nat Commun 6;7:13107.
2015
Zhou Q, Bachtrog D (2015) Ancestral chromatin configuration constrains chromatin evolution on differentiating sex chromosomes in Drosophila. PLoS Genet 11(6): e1005331.
Zhang J, Li C, Zhou Q, Zhang G. (2015) Improving the ostrich genome assembly using optical mapping data. Gigascience. doi: 10.1186/s13742-015-0062-9.
2014
Zhou Q*, Zhang J, Bachtrog D, An N, Huang Q, Jarvis ED, Gilbert MTP, Zhang G. (2014) Sex chromosomes demonstrate complex evolutionary trajectories across bird taxa. Science 346: 1332 *correspondence author
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Wang Z, Zhang J, Yang W, An N, Zhang P, Zhang G, Zhou Q* (2014) Temporal genomic evolution of bird sex chromosomes. BMC Evol Biol 14: 250 *correspondence author
Avian Genomics Consortium* (2014) Whole genome analyses resolve the early branches in the tree of life of modern birds. Science 346: 1320-1331 *together with other 103 co-authors
Avian Genomics Consortium* (2014) Comparative genomics across modern bird species reveal insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation. Science 346: 1311-1320 *together with other 97 co-authors
2013
Lott SE, Villalta J, Zhou Q, Bachtrog D, Eisen M (2013) Species with more X-linked genes less effectively dosage compensate during Drosophila embryogenesis. PLoS Genet 10(2): e1004159
Zhou Q, Ellison EC, Kaiser BV, Alekseyenko AA, Gorchakov AA, Bachtrog D (2013) The epigenome of evolving sex chromosomes: dosage compensation and heterochromatin formation. PloS Biol11(11): e1001711
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Alekseyenko AA, Ellison CE, Gorchakov AA, Zhou Q, Kaiser VB, Toda N, Walton Z, Peng S, Park PJ, Bachtrog D, Kuroda MI (2013) Conservation and de novo acquisition of dosage compensation on newly evolved sex chromosomes in Drosophila. Genes Dev 27: 853-858.
2012
Zhou Q, Zhu HM, Huang QF, Zhao L, Zhang GJ, Roy SW, Vicoso B, Xuan ZL, Ruan J, Zhang Y, Zhao RP, Ye C, Zhang XQ, Wang J, Wang W, Bachtrog D (2012) Deciphering neo-sex and B chromosome evolution by the draft genome of Drosophila albomicans. BMC Genomics 13: 109.
Zhou Q, Bachtrog D (2012) Sex-specific adaptation drives early sex chromosome evolution in Drosophila. Science 337: 341-345.
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Zhou Q, Bachtrog D (2012) Chromosome-wide gene silencing initiates Y degeneration in Drosophila. Curr Biol 22: 522-525.
Zhan Z, Ding Y, Zhao R, Zhang Y, Yu H, Zhou Q, Yang S, Xiang H, Wang W (2012) Rapid functional divergence of a newly evolved polyubiquitin gene in Drosophila and its role in the trade-off between male fecundity and lifespan. Mol Biol Evol 29: 1407-1416.
Long Q, Zhou Q, Ji L, Wu J, Wang W, Xie J (2012) Mycobacterium smegmatis genomic characteristics associated with its saprophyte lifestyle. J Cell Biochem 113: 3051-3055.
Assis R, Zhou Q, Bachtrog D (2012) Sex-biased transcriptome evolution in Drosophila. Genome Biol Evol 4: 1189-1200.
2011
Kaiser VB, Zhou Q, Bachtrog D (2011) Nonrandom gene loss from the Drosophila miranda neo-Y chromosome. Genome Biol Evol 3: 1329-1337.
2010
Ding Y, Zhao L, Yang S, Jiang Y, Chen Y, Zhao R, Zhang Y, Zhang G, Dong Y, Yu H, Zhou Q, Wang W (2010) A young Drosophila duplicate gene plays essential roles in spermatogenesis by regulating several Y-linked male fertility genes. PLoS Genet 6: e1001255.
2008
Zhou Q, Zhang G, Zhang Y, Xu S, Zhao R, Zhan Z, Li X, Ding Y, Yang S, Wang W (2008) On the origin of new genes in Drosophila. Genome Res 18: 1446-1455.
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Zhou Q, Wang J, Huang L, Nie W, Wang J, Liu Y, Zhao X, Yang F, Wang W (2008) Neo-sex chromosomes in the black muntjac recapitulate incipient evolution of mammalian sex chromosomes. Genome Biol 9: R98.
Yang S, Arguello JR, Li X, Ding Y, Zhou Q, Chen Y, Zhang Y, Zhao R, Brunet F, Peng L, Long M, Wang W (2008) Repetitive element-mediated recombination as a mechanism for new gene origination in Drosophila. PLoS Genet 4: e3.
2006
Zhou Q, Huang L, Zhang J, Zhao X, Zhang Q, Song F, Chi J, Yang F, Wang W (2006) Comparative genomic analysis links karyotypic evolution with genomic evolution in the Indian muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak vaginalis). Chromosoma 115: 427-436.
Yu H, Jiang H, Zhou Q, Yang J, Cun Y, Su B, Xiao C, Wang W (2006) Origination and evolution of a human-specific transmembrane protein gene, c1orf37-dup. Hum Mol Genet 15: 1870-1875.
2004
Zhou Q, Wang W (2004) Detecting natural selection at the DNA level. Zool Res 25: 73-80.
Invited Review Articles
Ding Y, Zhou Q*, Wang W (2012) Origins of new genes and evolution of their novel functions. Annu Rev Ecol Evol Syst 43: 345-363. *co-first author
Zhou Q, Wang W (2008) On the origin and evolution of new genes--a genomic and experimental perspective. J Genet Genomics 35: 639-648.
Book Chapters
Zhang J, Li J, Zhou Q. Genomic and Transcriptomic Analyses of Avian Sex Chromosomes and Sex-Linked Genes. Methods Mol Biol. 2017;1650:69-85.
Wang W, Zhou Q, Li X Origin of New Genes. In: Zhang G, editor. Molecular Genetics: Beijing Normal University Publishing Group. pp. in press
Articles in Press or Preparation
Zhou Q, Walton Z, Dunn J, Bachtrog D (2015) Proteom evolution of young sex chromosomes of Drosophila uncoverred by ribosomal footprinting. in preparation
Zhou Q*, Wang Z, Jin L, Li Q, Bachtrog D, Zhang G (2015) Genome, venome and sex chromosome evolution of a viper snake. in preparation * correspondence author
