2025
Chen G, Xie Y and Zhang G (2025) Phylogenomics and comparative genomic perspective on the avian radiation. Nat Rev Biodivers, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44358-025-00062-9
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2024
Chen G, Yu D, Yang Y, Li X, Wang X, Sun D, Lu Y, Ke R, Zhang G, Cui J and Feng S (2024) Adaptive expansion of ERVK solo-LTRs is associated with Passeriformes speciation events. Nat Commun, 15, 3151. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47501-3
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2023
Yang C, Zhou Y, Song Y, Wu D, Zeng Y, Nie L, Liu P, Zhang S, Chen G, Xu J, Zhou H, Zhou L, Qian X, Liu C, Tan S, Zhou C, Dai W, Xu M, Qi Y, Wang X, Guo L, Fan G, Wang A, Deng Y, Zhang Y, Jin J, He Y, Guo C, Guo G, Zhou Q, Xu X, Yang H, Wang J, Xu S, Mao Y, Jin X, Ruan J, Zhang G (2023) The complete and fully-phased diploid genome of a male Han Chinese. Cell Res 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-023-00849-5
Germain RR, Feng S, Chen G, Graves GR, Tobias JA, Rahbek C, Lei F, Fjeldså J, Hosner PA, Gilbert MTP, Zhang G, Nogués-Bravo D (2023b) Species-specific traits mediate avian demographic responses under past climate change. Nat Ecol Evol 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02055-3
Germain RR, Feng S, Buffan L, Carmona CP, Chen G, Graves GR, Tobias JA, Rahbek C, Lei F, Fjeldså J, Hosner PA, Gilbert MTP, Zhang G, Nogués-Bravo D (2023a) Changes in the functional diversity of modern bird species over the last million years. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120:e2201945119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2201945119
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2022
Li X, Gao R, Chen G, Price AL, Øksnebjerg DB, Hosner PA, Zhou Y, Zhang G, Feng S (2022) Draft genome assemblies of four manakins. Sci Data 9:564. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01680-0
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2021
Sinding M-HS, Ciucani MM, Ramos-Madrigal J, Carmagnini A, Rasmussen JA, Feng S, Chen G, Vieira FG, Mattiangeli V, Ganjoo RK, Larson G, Sicheritz-Pontén T, Petersen B, Frantz L, Gilbert MTP, Bradley DG (2021) Kouprey (Bos sauveli) genomes unveil polytomic origin of wild Asian Bos. iScience 24:103226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.103226
Thorup K, Pedersen L, da Fonseca RR, Naimi B, Nogués-Bravo D, Krapp M, Manica A, Willemoes M, Sjöberg S, Feng S, Chen G, Rey-Iglesia A, Campos PF, Beyer R, Araújo MB, Hansen AJ, Zhang G, Tøttrup AP, Rahbek C (2021) Response of an Afro-Palearctic bird migrant to glaciation cycles. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 118:e2023836118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023836118
Wang Z, Zhang J, Xu X, Witt C, Deng Y, Chen G, Meng G, Feng S, Xu L, Szekely T, Zhang G, Zhou Q (2021) Phylogeny and Sex Chromosome Evolution of Palaeognathae. Journal of Genetics and Genomics S1673852721001995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgg.2021.06.013
Xie D, Chen G, Meng X, Wang H, Bi X, Fang M, Yang C, Zhou Y, Long E, Feng S (2021) Comparable Number of Genes Having Experienced Positive Selection among Great Ape Species. Animals 11:3264. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113264
2020
Wang Z-J, Chen G-J, Zhang G-J, Zhou Q (2020) Dynamic evolution of transposable elements, demographic history, and gene content of paleognathous birds. Zoological Research 41:1–11. https://doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.175
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2019
Feng S, Fang Q, Barnett R, Li C, Han S, Kuhlwilm M, Zhou L, Pan H, Deng Y, Chen G, Gamauf A, Woog F, Prys-Jones R, Marques-Bonet T, Gilbert MTP, Zhang G (2019) The Genomic Footprints of the Fall and Recovery of the Crested Ibis. Current Biology 29:340-349.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.12.008