Key Laboratory of Zoological and Systematics and Evolution, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Name:	XIAO, Jin-Hua
Subject:	Zoology
Tel/Fax:	+86-10-64807789 / +86-10-64807235
E-mail:	xiaojh@ioz.ac.cn
Address:	Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
More:	Group of Co-evolution and Molecular Systematics 中文

Resume:

I started my research on the subject of fig wasps on 2002 when I came to Institute of Zoology in Chinese Academy Sciences for my research study of PhD. Fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) are marvelous insects living inside the compact syconia of Figs (Ficus: Moraceae). Due to their long history of co-evolution with figs, they have many biological characteristics adapted to their peculiar living environment. My major interests are focusing on the following subjects involving their adaptive characteristics: 1) The identification of fig wasps with molecular markers; 2) Evolutionary studies on the cytoplastic genomes in fig wasps; 3) Molecular evolution of some key functional genes (such as pax6 genes, the visual and circadian genes) in fig wasps.

Selected Publications:

J.-H. Xiao, N.-X. Wang, Y.-W. Li, R. W. Murphy, D.-G. Wan, L.-M. Niu, H.-Y. Hu, Y.-G. Fu and D.-W. Huang. Molecular approaches to identify cryptic species and polymorphic species within a complex community of fig wasps. PLoS ONE 2010: 5(11) e15067
S. Kano*, J.-H. Xiao*, J. Osório*, M. Ekker, Y. Hadzhiev, F. Müller, D. Casane, G. Magdelenat and S. Rétaux. Two lamprey hedgehog genes share non-coding regulatory sequences and expression patterns with gnathostome hedgehogs. PLoS ONE 2010: 5(10) e13332 (*Authors contributed equally)
P. -J. Xu, J. -H. Xiao, Q. -Y. Xia, R.W. Murphy and D. -W. Huang. Apis mellifera has two isoforms of cytoplasmic HSP90. Insect Molecular Biology 2010: 19(4) 593-597
B. Lu, N.-N. Wang, J.-H. Xiao, Y.-Y. Xu, R. W. Murphy and D.-W. Huang. Expression and evolutionary divergence of the non-conventional olfactory receptor in four species of fig wasp associated with one species of fig. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009: 9(1) 43
P. -J. Xu, J. -H. Xiao, L. Liu, T. Li and D. -W. Huang. Molecular cloning and characterization of four heat shock protein genes from Macrocentrus cingulum (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Molecular Biology Reports 2010: 37(5) 2265-2272
J.-H. Xiao, W. Xin, Y.-J. Liu, R. W. Murphy and D.-W. Huang. Generation of linear expression constructs by one-step PCR with vaccinia DNA topoisomerase I. Molecular Biotechnology 2007: 35(1) 15-22