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Jianzhi Zhang

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Recent publications

Liao, B.-Y., and J. Zhang (2007) Mouse duplicate genes are as essential as singleton genes. Trends Genet., in press.
 

Shi, P., and J. Zhang (2007) Comparative genomic analysis identifies an evolutionary shift of vomeronasal receptor gene repertoires in the vertebrate transition from water to land. Genome Res. 17:166-174.

Wang, Z., and J. Zhang (2007) In search of the biological significance of modular structures in protein networks. PLoS Comput. Biol., in press.

Bakewell, M. A., P. Shi, and J. Zhang (2007) More genes underwent positive selection in chimpanzee evolution than in human evolution. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:7489-7494.

Zhang, J. (2006) Parallel adaptive origins of digestive RNases in Asian and African leaf monkeys. Nat. Genet 38:819-823.

He, X., and J. Zhang (2006) Why do hubs tend to be essential in protein networks? PLoS Genet. 2:826-834.

Liao, B.-Y., and J. Zhang (2006) Evolutionary conservation of expression profiles between human and mouse orthologous genes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 23:530-540.

Cho, S., Z. Y. Huang, D. R. Green, D. R. Smith, and J. Zhang (2006) Evolution of the complementary sex-determination gene of honey bees: balancing selection and trans-species polymorphisms. Genome Res. 16:1366-1375.

Shi, P., M. A. Bakewell, and J. Zhang (2006) Did brain-specific genes evolve faster in humans than in chimpanzees? Trends Genet. 22:608-613.

Wang, X., W. E. Grus, and J. Zhang (2006) Gene losses during human origins. PLoS Biol. 4:366-377.

He, X. and J. Zhang (2005) Rapid subfunctionalization accompanied by prolonged and substantial neofunctionalization in duplicate gene evolution. Genetics 169:1157-1164.

He, X. and J. Zhang (2005) Gene complexity and gene duplicability. Curr. Biol. 15:1016-1021.

Grus, W. E., P. Shi, Y. P. Zhang, and J. Zhang (2005) Dramatic variation of the vomeronasal pheromone receptor gene repertoire among five orders of placental and marsupial mammals. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102:5767-5772.

Zhang, J., X. Wang, and O. Podlaha (2004) Testing the chromosomal speciation hypothesis for humans and chimpanzees. Genome Res.14:845-851.
 

Zhang, J. (2003) Evolution by gene duplication-an update. Trends Ecol. Evol. 18:292-298.

Zhang, J. (2003) Evolution of the human ASPM gene, a major determinant of brain size. Genetics 165:2063-2070.
 

Podlaha, O and J. Zhang (2003) Positive selection on protein-length in the evolution of a primate sperm ion channel. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100:12241-12246.
 

Zhang, J. and D. M. Webb (2003) Evolutionary deterioration of the vomeronasal pheromone transduction pathway in catarrhine primates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100:8337-8341.

Zhang, J., D. M. Webb, and O. Podlaha (2002) Accelerated protein evolution and origins of human-specific features: FOXP2 as an example. Genetics 162:1825-1835.
 

Zhang, J., Y.-P. Zhang, and H. F. Rosenberg (2002) Adaptive evolution of a duplicated pancreatic ribonuclease gene in a leaf-eating monkey. Nat. Genet. 30:411-415.

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