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Xin Zhou is affiliated with China Agricultural University in China. Their research focuses primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a substantial number of publications in these fields. They have contributed significantly to subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Genetics, Ecology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, including Plant and animal studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Fossil Insects in Amber, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies.

Xin Zhou has published multiple papers, with recent notable works including:

  • Phylogenomic analysis sheds light on the evolutionary pathways towards acoustic communication in Orthoptera, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A multigene phylogeny and timeline for Trichoptera (Insecta), 2020, Systematic Entomology
  • An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola), 2020, BMC Evolutionary Biology
  • Gene reuse facilitates rapid radiation and independent adaptation to diverse habitats in the Asian honeybee, 2020, Science Advances
  • OsHOX1 and OsHOX28 Redundantly Shape Rice Tiller Angle by Reducing HSFA2D Expression and Auxin Content, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Frequent co-authors include Shanlin Liu, Shiqi Luo, Bernhard Misof, Alexander Donath, and Lars Podsiadłowski. These collaborations have produced multiple joint works contributing to the various fields of study mentioned.

Xin Zhou frequently publishes in venues such as Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Insect Science, and PubMed, reflecting a broad dissemination of research findings across biomedical and entomological disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

    Bernhard Misof;Shanlin Liu;Karen Meusemann;Ralph S. Peters

  • Evolutionary History of the Hymenoptera

    Ralph S. Peters;Lars Krogmann;Christoph Mayer;Alexander Donath

  • Environmental barcoding: a next-generation sequencing approach for biomonitoring applications using river benthos.

    Mehrdad Hajibabaei;Shadi Shokralla;Xin Zhou;Gregory A. C. Singer

  • A heterozygous moth genome provides insights into herbivory and detoxification

    Minsheng You;Zhen Yue;Weiyi He;Xinhua Yang

  • The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity.

    Duane D. McKenna;Seunggwan Shin;Dirk Ahrens;Michael Balke

  • Phylogenomics Reveals the Evolutionary Timing and Pattern of Butterflies and Moths

    Akito Y Kawahara;David Plotkin;Marianne Espeland;Karen Meusemann;Karen Meusemann

  • The i5K initiative: Advancing arthropod genomics for knowledge, human health, agriculture, and the environment

    Jay D Evans;Susan J Brown;Kevin J Hackett;Gene Robinson

  • Genomes of the rice pest brown planthopper and its endosymbionts reveal complex complementary contributions for host adaptation

    Jian Xue;Xin Zhou;Chuan-Xi Zhang;Li-Li Yu

  • Convergent Evolution of Rumen Microbiomes in High-Altitude Mammals

    Zhigang Zhang;Dongming Xu;Dongming Xu;Li Wang;Junjun Hao

  • Phylogenomics and the evolution of hemipteroid insects.

    Kevin P. Johnson;Christopher H. Dietrich;Frank Friedrich;Rolf G. Beutel

  • Ultra-deep sequencing enables high-fidelity recovery of biodiversity for bulk arthropod samples without PCR amplification

    Xin Zhou;Yiyuan Li;Shanlin Liu;Qing Yang

  • Multiplex sequencing of pooled mitochondrial genomes—a crucial step toward biodiversity analysis using mito-metagenomics

    Min Tang;Meihua Tan;Guanliang Meng;Shenzhou Yang

  • Wolbachia and DNA Barcoding Insects: Patterns, Potential, and Problems

    M. Alex Smith;Claudia Bertrand;Kate Crosby;Eldon S. Eveleigh

  • An integrative phylogenomic approach illuminates the evolutionary history of cockroaches and termites (Blattodea).

    Dominic A. Evangelista;Benjamin Wipfler;Benjamin Wipfler;Olivier Béthoux;Alexander Donath

  • Adaptations to a subterranean environment and longevity revealed by the analysis of mole rat genomes

    Xiaodong Fang;Inge Seim;Zhiyong Huang;Maxim V. Gerashchenko

  • Evolutionary history of Polyneoptera and its implications for our understanding of early winged insects.

    Benjamin Wipfler;Harald Letsch;Paul B Frandsen;Paschalia Kapli

  • Towards a comprehensive barcode library for arctic life - Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

    Xin Zhou;Sarah J Adamowicz;Luke M Jacobus;R Edward DeWalt

  • Associating larvae and adults of Chinese Hydropsychidae caddisflies (Insecta:Trichoptera) using DNA sequences

    Xin Zhou;Karl M. Kjer;John C. Morse

  • Phylogenomic analysis sheds light on the evolutionary pathways towards acoustic communication in Orthoptera

    Hojun Song;Olivier Béthoux;Seunggwan Shin;Seunggwan Shin;Alexander Donath

  • Orthograph: a versatile tool for mapping coding nucleotide sequences to clusters of orthologous genes

    Malte Petersen;Karen Meusemann;Karen Meusemann;Alexander Donath;Daniel Dowling

  • Corrigendum: Genome-wide adaptive complexes to underground stresses in blind mole rats Spalax.

    Xiaodong Fang;Eviatar Nevo;Lijuan Han;Erez Y. Levanon

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen Meusemann
Karen Meusemann University of Freiburg
Bernhard Misof
Bernhard Misof Universität Hamburg
Oliver Niehuis
Oliver Niehuis University of Freiburg
Torsten Wappler
Torsten Wappler Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
David K. Yeates
David K. Yeates Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Rolf G. Beutel
Rolf G. Beutel Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Robert Lanfear
Robert Lanfear Australian National University
huanming yang
huanming yang Beijing Genomics Institute
Thomas R. Buckley
Thomas R. Buckley Landcare Research
Rui Zhang
Rui Zhang National University of Singapore

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