Dr. Guo-Dong Wang, Associate professor
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Professional Experience
Kunming Institute of Zoology, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution,
Associate Professor, Jan 2014 -
Kunming Institute of Zoology, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution,
Professor Assistant, Jul 2010 - Dec 2013
Associate Professor, Jan 2014 -
Kunming Institute of Zoology, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution,
Professor Assistant, Jul 2010 - Dec 2013
Education
University of Oxford Visiting scholar, 2015.11 – 2016.3
Supervisor: Greger Larson
Kunming Institute of Zoology Ph.D Zoology, Jun. 2010
Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Ya-Ping Zhang
Title: Adaptive Evolution of Nasal Chemoreceptor Repertoires in Mammals under
Circadian Rhythm Activity
Shandong University Bachelor of Science. School of Life Sciences. Jun. 2004
Supervisor: Greger Larson
Kunming Institute of Zoology Ph.D Zoology, Jun. 2010
Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Ya-Ping Zhang
Title: Adaptive Evolution of Nasal Chemoreceptor Repertoires in Mammals under
Circadian Rhythm Activity
Shandong University Bachelor of Science. School of Life Sciences. Jun. 2004
Publications (* co-first author or co-corresponding author)
2016
Andrea Strakova, Maire NiLeathlobhair, Guo-Dong Wang, Ting-Ting Yi, et al. 2016. Mitochondrial genetic diversity, selection and recombination in a canine transmissible cancer. eLife. DOI:10.7554/eLife.14552 [PDF]
Guo-Dong Wang, Min-Sheng Peng, He-Chuan Yang, Peter Savolainen, and Ya-Ping Zhang. 2016. Questioning the evidence for a Central Asian domestication origin of dogs. PNAS. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1600225113 [PDF]
The Globe and Mail: Scientists in a race to learn the origin of man’s best friend by Nathan Vanderklippe. (link)
Guo-Dong Wang, Weiwei Zhai, He-Chuan Yang, Lu Wang, Li Zhong, Yan-Hu Liu, Ruo-Xi Fan, Ting-Ting Yin, Chun-Ling Zhu, Andrei D Poyarkov, David M Irwin, Marjo K Hytönen, Hannes Lohi, Chung-I Wu, Peter Savolainen, Ya-Ping Zhang. 2016. Out of southern East Asia: the natural history of domestic dogs across the world. Cell Res. doi: 10.1038/cr.2015.147 [PDF]
the Guardian: Dog DNA study reveals the incredible journey of man's best friend by Tim Radford. (link)
Discovery: DNA Dates Dog Domestication Back 33,000 Years by JENNIFER VIEGAS. (link)
the Washington Post: Where in the world dogs really came from by Yanan Wang. (link)
the Telegraph: Dog has been man's best friend for 33,000 years, DNA study finds by Agency. (link)
Los Angeles Times: Man's best friend for a long time: Dogs go back 33,000 years, study finds by Deborah Netburn. (link)
Xinhua News: Across China: Chinese scientists unravel origin, global migration of domestic dogs by Ranran Yue. (link)
Guo-Dong Wang, Min-Sheng Peng, He-Chuan Yang, Peter Savolainen, and Ya-Ping Zhang. 2016. Questioning the evidence for a Central Asian domestication origin of dogs. PNAS. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1600225113 [PDF]
The Globe and Mail: Scientists in a race to learn the origin of man’s best friend by Nathan Vanderklippe. (link)
Guo-Dong Wang, Weiwei Zhai, He-Chuan Yang, Lu Wang, Li Zhong, Yan-Hu Liu, Ruo-Xi Fan, Ting-Ting Yin, Chun-Ling Zhu, Andrei D Poyarkov, David M Irwin, Marjo K Hytönen, Hannes Lohi, Chung-I Wu, Peter Savolainen, Ya-Ping Zhang. 2016. Out of southern East Asia: the natural history of domestic dogs across the world. Cell Res. doi: 10.1038/cr.2015.147 [PDF]
the Guardian: Dog DNA study reveals the incredible journey of man's best friend by Tim Radford. (link)
Discovery: DNA Dates Dog Domestication Back 33,000 Years by JENNIFER VIEGAS. (link)
the Washington Post: Where in the world dogs really came from by Yanan Wang. (link)
the Telegraph: Dog has been man's best friend for 33,000 years, DNA study finds by Agency. (link)
Los Angeles Times: Man's best friend for a long time: Dogs go back 33,000 years, study finds by Deborah Netburn. (link)
Xinhua News: Across China: Chinese scientists unravel origin, global migration of domestic dogs by Ranran Yue. (link)
2015
Kexin Li, Wei Hong, Hengwu Jiao, Guo-Dong Wang, Karl A Rodriguez, Rochelle Buffenstein, Yang Zhao, Eviatar Nevo*, Huabin Zhao*. 2015. Sympatric speciation revealed by genome-wide divergence in the blind mole rat Spalax. PNAS. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1514896112 (IF= 9.81) [PDF]
Fan RX, Liu F, Wu H, Wu SF, Zhu CL, Li Y, Wang GD*, Zhang YP*. 2015. A positive correlation between elevated altitude and frequency of mutant alleles at the EPAS1 and HBB loci in Chinese indigenous dogs. J Genet Genomics doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2015.02.006. [PDF]
Bai B, Zhao WM, Tang BX, Wang YQ, Wang L, Zhang Z, Yang HC, Liu YH, Zhu JW, Irwin DM, Wang GD*, and Zhang YP. 2015. DoGSD: the dog and wolf genome SNP database. Nucl Acids Res Vol. 43, Database issue D777–D783. [PDF]
Fan RX, Liu F, Wu H, Wu SF, Zhu CL, Li Y, Wang GD*, Zhang YP*. 2015. A positive correlation between elevated altitude and frequency of mutant alleles at the EPAS1 and HBB loci in Chinese indigenous dogs. J Genet Genomics doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2015.02.006. [PDF]
Bai B, Zhao WM, Tang BX, Wang YQ, Wang L, Zhang Z, Yang HC, Liu YH, Zhu JW, Irwin DM, Wang GD*, and Zhang YP. 2015. DoGSD: the dog and wolf genome SNP database. Nucl Acids Res Vol. 43, Database issue D777–D783. [PDF]
2014
Cao X, Sun YB, Irwin DM, Wang GD*, and Zhang YP. 2014. Nocturnal to diurnal transition in the common ancestor of haplorrhines: evidence from genomic-scan for positively selected genes. J Genet Genomics doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2014.11.004. [PDF]
Li Y, Wang GD*, Wang MS, Irwin DM, Wu DD, Zhang YP. 2014. Domestication of the dog from the wolf was promoted by enhanced excitatory synaptic plasticity: a hypothesis. Genome Biol Evol evu245. [PDF]
Cao X, Irwin DM, Liu YH, Cheng LG, Wang L, Wang GD*, Zhang YP. 2014. Balancing Selection on CDH2 May Be Related to the Behavioral Features of the Belgian Malinois. PLoS ONE 9:e110075. [PDF]
The Institute of Canine Biology: How breeding the best to the best can be worse by Carol Beuchat. (link)
Wang GD, Fan RX, Zhai W, Liu F, Wang L, Zhong L, Wu H, Yang HC, Wu SF, Zhu CL, et al. 2014. Genetic convergence in the adaptation of dogs and humans to the high-altitude environment of the tibetan plateau. Genome Biol Evol 6:2122-2128. [PDF]
Li Y, Wu DD, Boyko AR, Wang GD, Wu SF, Irwin DM, Zhang YP. 2014. Population variation revealed high-altitude adaptation of Tibetan mastiffs. Mol Biol Evol 31:1200-1205.
Wang GD, Xie HB, Peng MS, Irwin DM, Zhang, YP. 2014. Domestication Genomics: Evidence from Animals. Annu Rev Anim Biosci 2: 65-84. [PDF]
F1000Prime: Article Recommendations by Larry Forney and Zhanshan (Sam) Ma. (link)
Li Y, Wang GD*, Wang MS, Irwin DM, Wu DD, Zhang YP. 2014. Domestication of the dog from the wolf was promoted by enhanced excitatory synaptic plasticity: a hypothesis. Genome Biol Evol evu245. [PDF]
Cao X, Irwin DM, Liu YH, Cheng LG, Wang L, Wang GD*, Zhang YP. 2014. Balancing Selection on CDH2 May Be Related to the Behavioral Features of the Belgian Malinois. PLoS ONE 9:e110075. [PDF]
The Institute of Canine Biology: How breeding the best to the best can be worse by Carol Beuchat. (link)
Wang GD, Fan RX, Zhai W, Liu F, Wang L, Zhong L, Wu H, Yang HC, Wu SF, Zhu CL, et al. 2014. Genetic convergence in the adaptation of dogs and humans to the high-altitude environment of the tibetan plateau. Genome Biol Evol 6:2122-2128. [PDF]
Li Y, Wu DD, Boyko AR, Wang GD, Wu SF, Irwin DM, Zhang YP. 2014. Population variation revealed high-altitude adaptation of Tibetan mastiffs. Mol Biol Evol 31:1200-1205.
Wang GD, Xie HB, Peng MS, Irwin DM, Zhang, YP. 2014. Domestication Genomics: Evidence from Animals. Annu Rev Anim Biosci 2: 65-84. [PDF]
F1000Prime: Article Recommendations by Larry Forney and Zhanshan (Sam) Ma. (link)
2013
Wang GD, Zhai W, Yang HC, Fan RX, Cao X, Zhong L, Wang L, Liu F, Wu H, Cheng LG, et al. 2013. The genomics of selection in dogs and the parallel evolution between dogs and humans. Nat Commun 4:1860. [PDF][SOM]
Nature: Dog genetics spur scientific spat by Ewen Callaway. (link)
The New York Times: From Fearsome Predator to Man’s Best Friend by Carl Zimmer. (link)
National Geographic: Dog and Human Genomes Evolved Together by Jane J. Lee. (link)
The Scientist: Dogs and Human Evolving Together by Dan Cossins. (link)
Live Science: Dogs and Humans Evolved Together, Study Suggests by Tia Ghose. (link)
Asian Scientist: Dogs And Humans Share An Evolutionary History, Study by Sim Shuzhen. (link)
Scientific American: Dog Genetics Spur Scientific Spat By Ewen Callaway and Nature magazine. (link)
Wang GD, Cheng LG, Fan RX, Irwin DM, Tang SS, Peng JG, Zhang YP. 2013. Signature of balancing selection at the MC1R gene in Kunming dog populations. PLoS ONE 8:e55469. [PDF]
Nature: Dog genetics spur scientific spat by Ewen Callaway. (link)
The New York Times: From Fearsome Predator to Man’s Best Friend by Carl Zimmer. (link)
National Geographic: Dog and Human Genomes Evolved Together by Jane J. Lee. (link)
The Scientist: Dogs and Human Evolving Together by Dan Cossins. (link)
Live Science: Dogs and Humans Evolved Together, Study Suggests by Tia Ghose. (link)
Asian Scientist: Dogs And Humans Share An Evolutionary History, Study by Sim Shuzhen. (link)
Scientific American: Dog Genetics Spur Scientific Spat By Ewen Callaway and Nature magazine. (link)
Wang GD, Cheng LG, Fan RX, Irwin DM, Tang SS, Peng JG, Zhang YP. 2013. Signature of balancing selection at the MC1R gene in Kunming dog populations. PLoS ONE 8:e55469. [PDF]
Before
Ji YQ, Wu DD, Wu GS, Wang GD, Zhang YP. 2011. Multi-locus analysis reveals a different pattern of genetic diversity for mitochondrial and nuclear DNA between wild and domestic pigs in East Asia. PLoS ONE 6:e26416. [PDF]
Wang GD, Zhu Z, Shi P, Zhang Y. 2010. Comparative genomic analysis reveals more functional nasal chemoreceptors in nocturnal mammals than in diurnal mammals. Chinese Science Bulletin 55:3901-3910. [PDF]
Wang GD, Shi P, Zhu Z, Zhang YP. 2010. More Functional V1R Genes Occur in Nest-Living and Nocturnal Terricolous Mammals. Genome Biol Evol 2:277-283. [PDF]
Li R, Fan W, Tian G, Zhu H, He L, Cai J, Huang Q, Cai Q, Li B, Bai Y, et al. 2010. The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome. Nature 463:311-317. [PDF]
Wu DD, Wang GD, Irwin DM, Zhang YP. 2009. A profound role for the expansion of trypsin-like serine protease family in the evolution of hematophagy in mosquito. Mol Biol Evol 26:2333-2341. [PDF]
Wang GD, Zhu Z, Shi P, Zhang Y. 2010. Comparative genomic analysis reveals more functional nasal chemoreceptors in nocturnal mammals than in diurnal mammals. Chinese Science Bulletin 55:3901-3910. [PDF]
Wang GD, Shi P, Zhu Z, Zhang YP. 2010. More Functional V1R Genes Occur in Nest-Living and Nocturnal Terricolous Mammals. Genome Biol Evol 2:277-283. [PDF]
Li R, Fan W, Tian G, Zhu H, He L, Cai J, Huang Q, Cai Q, Li B, Bai Y, et al. 2010. The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome. Nature 463:311-317. [PDF]
Wu DD, Wang GD, Irwin DM, Zhang YP. 2009. A profound role for the expansion of trypsin-like serine protease family in the evolution of hematophagy in mosquito. Mol Biol Evol 26:2333-2341. [PDF]