Wei-Wei Zhou,
Research Area
Speciation and biodiversity formation, primarily using reptiles and amphibians as model systems.
Contact Information
E-mail: zhouweiwei@lzu.edu.cn
Location: Room 108B, Xiu Yun Building
Education
2007.09-2012.07 Ph.D. (Genetics), Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
2003.09-2007.07 B.Sc. (Biological Sciences), Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Work Experience
2020.05-present Yong Researcher, Institute of Innovation Ecology, Lanzhou University, China
2017.09-2018.09 Visiting scholar, The University of Arizona, America
2016.01-2020.04 Associate Researcher, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2012.07-2015.12 Assistant Researcher, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Main Publications in Recent 5 Years
*means corresponding author,# means co-first author
Zhou W, Jin J, Wu J, Chen H, Yang J, et al. 2017. Mountains too high and valleys too deep drive population structuring and demographics in a Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau frog Nanorana pleskei (Dicroglossidae). Ecology and Evolution 7:240–252.
Yuan Z, Zhou W, Chen X, Poyarkov NA, Jr., Chen H-M, et al. 2016. Spatiotemporal Diversification of the True Frogs (Genus Rana): A Historical Framework for a Widely Studied Group of Model Organisms. Systematic Biology 65:824–842.
Gao W, Sun Y, Zhou W, Xiong Z, Chen L, et al. 2019. Genomic and transcriptomic investigations of the evolutionary transition from oviparity to viviparity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116:3646–3655.
Wang G, Zhang B, Zhou W, Li Y, Jin J, et al. 2018. Selection and environmental adaptation along a path to speciation in the Tibetan frog Nanorana parkeri. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115:5056–5065.
Chen J, Poyarkov NA, Jr., Suwannapoom C, Lathrop A, Wu Y, Zhou W, et al. 2018. Large-scale phylogenetic analyses provide insights into unrecognized diversity and historical biogeography of Asian leaf-litter frogs, genus Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 124:162–171.
Chen J, Zhou W, Poyarkov NA, Jr., Stuart BL, Brown RM, et al. 2017. A novel multilocus phylogenetic estimation reveals unrecognized diversity in Asian horned toads, genus Megophrys sensu lato (Anura: Megophryidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 106:28–43.
Yuan Z, Zhang B, Raxworthy CJ, Weisrock DW, Hime PM, Jin J, Lemmon AR, Holland SD, Kortyna ML, Zhou W, Peng M, Che J, Prendini E. 2019. Natatanuran frogs used the Indian Plate to step-stone disperse and radiate across the Indian Ocean. National Science Review 6:10–14.