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Published Work

1. Ying Xiong (熊鹰) and Fumin Lei. SLC2A12 of SLC2 gene family in bird provides functional compensation for the loss of SLC2A4 gene in other vertebrates. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2021(4): 1276-1291.

2. Ying Xiong (熊鹰)#, Liqing Fan#, ...& Fumin Lei. Physiological and genetic convergence supports hypoxia resistance in high-altitude songbirds. PLos Genetics, 2020(12): e1009270.

3. Ying Xiong (熊鹰), Yan Hao,...& Fumin Lei. Comparative transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis reveals pectoralis highland adaptation across altitudinal songbirds. Integrative Zoology (Online).

5. Yanhua Qu, Chunhai Chen, Ying Xiong (熊鹰), ... & Fumin Lei. Rapid phenotypic evolution with shallow genomic differentiation during early stages of high elevation adaptation in Eurasian Tree Sparrows. National Science Review, 2020, 7(1): 113-127.

6. Liqing Fan , Tianlong Cai, Ying Xiong (熊鹰), ... & Fumin Lei. Bergmann’s rule and Allen’s rule in two passerine birds in China. Avian Research, 2019, 10(1): 34

7. Dezhi Zhang, Linfang Tang, Yalin Cheng, ... Ying Xiong (熊鹰), ... & Fumin Lei. “Ghost Introgression” As a Cause of Deep Mitochondrial Divergence in a Bird Species Complex. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2019, 36(11): 2375-2386.

8. Ying Xiong (熊鹰) #* , et al. Convergent evolution towards a slow pace of life predisposes insular endotherms to anthropogenic extinctions. Science Advances. 2024. (in press）

9. Ying Xiong (熊鹰) *,Liqing Fan,et al. Coupled evolution of growth trajectories and diversification in modern birds rather than their precursors. (in review)

10. Ying Xiong (熊鹰) #*,Liqing Fan #,et al. Climate warming reduces body mass and diversification rate while increasing extinction crises in seabirds of cold origins. (in review)

11. Ying Xiong (熊鹰) * , et al. Recurrent evolution of endothermy impacts on tetrapod vertebrate diversification and adaptive radiation. (in revision)

12. Yizhou Zhang, Yongfang Yao, Huailiang Xu, Fumin Lei, Liqing Fan * and Ying Xiong (熊鹰) *. Large brain drives the evolutionary trade-off between sexual and natural selection on long-tailed birds. (in review)

13. Wangyu Ren #, Junwen Hou #, Jidong Zhao, Yajuan Du,...,Ying Xiong (熊鹰) *. Gut microbiota explains why female passerines avoid high-sugar-induced obesity better than female non-passerines. (in revision)

14. Lin He, Liqing Fan,...,Ying Xiong (熊鹰) *. The genetics and single-cell transcriptome atlas of high learning complexity in a hybrid songbird. (in preparation)

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