Wen Wang
Professor
State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution
Kunming Institute of Zoology
China
Biography
Wen Wang has done his PhD in Genetics. Currently he is working as Professor in State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution in Kunming Institute of Zoology. He also holds the additional administrative responsibilities as Vice-Director of Kunming Institute of Zoology. His research interests are Mechanisms of new gene origination and evolution, General patterns of formation and development of new pathways and gene networks, Mechanisms of artificial selection and genomic evolution, Evolution of mammalian neo-sex chromosomes, animal toxin genes, new exons and others. Several papers of his work were published in reputed International journals.
Research Interest
Mechanisms of new gene origination and evolution, General patterns of formation and development of new pathways and gene networks, Mechanisms of artificial selection and genomic evolution, Evolution of mammalian neo-sex chromosomes, animal toxin genes, new exons and others.
Publications
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Ding Y, Zhao L, Yang S, Jiang Y, Chen Y, Zhao R, Zhang Y, Zhang G, Dong Y, Yu H, Zhou Q, Wang W*. 2010. A Young Drosophila Duplicate Gene Plays Essential Roles in Spermatogenesis by Regulating Several Y-linked Male Fertility Genes. PLoS Genetics, 6 (12): e1001255.
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Zhan Z, Ren J, Zhang Y, Zhao R, Yang S, Wang W*. Evolution of alternative splicing in newly evolved genes of Drosophila. Gene, 470 (2011): 1-6.
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Jiang Y, Li Y, Lee W, Xu X, Zhang Y, Zhao R, Zhang Y*, Wang W*. Venom gland transcriptomes of two elapid snakes (Bungarus multicinctus and Naja atra) and evolution of toxin genes. BMC Genomics, 12 (2011):1-13.
