My personal interests in the dogs already been out of my personal young people whenever i put in order to chase lizards (Eremias argus) on areas. I pursued that it attract as a keen student at the Nankai School and then a scholar scholar in the Chinese Academy from Sciences. We after that spent 5 years because the an assistant curator away from herpetology at Institute away from Zoology (Beijing), which expended my welfare in systematics, and in the Philadelphia, TN brides for marriage end added us to the latest College or university of Toronto where I presented my personal Ph.D. research with the molecular phylogenetics from lacertid lizards. Due to the fact a post-doctoral search fellow on College out-of Ca (Berkeley), I was even more aware of just how unit phylogenetics was used in order to evolutionary biology.
Since i have arrived at Guelph, my research has concerned about molecular phylogenetics and it is application in order to the analysis out of speciation, sexual options and preservation
- B.South carolina. – Tianjin 1985
- Meters.Sc. – Chengdu 1988
- Ph.D. – Toronto 1998
My personal research will understand evolutionary designs inside natural communities and you may the fresh new components behind them, with a focus into historical point of views.
Elevational gradient provides among the best systems getting training adaptive progression. We have been taking care of a couple groups of poikilothermic animals. They are all common species in the or just around brand new Tibetan Plateau, and tend to be simple to pick and obtain in the wild. 1) Toad-on course lizards of the genus Phrynocephalus was endemic to the central China wasteland and many of those is true high- height dwellers (5300m) of Tibetan Plateau. Higher height variety (age.grams.Phrynocephalus vlangalii) features a number of genetic and you may mental qualities you to more than likely depict version in order to higher-elevation surroundings. 2) New Asiatic toad (Bufo gargarizans) occupies numerous hill range across the a very large elevational gradient off 0 so you’re able to 4300m. Certain populations was indeed Plateau dwellers for about dos.5 an incredible number of years. It includes an effective possibility to run intra-particular testing. We’re exploring these types of organisms from morphological, behavioural, mental and you can genomic membership.
The most important product of biodiversity ‘s the varieties, and you will knowing the speciation techniques is key having information biodiversity. Phylogenetic study creates possibilities to examine kinds out-of an ancient and you can evolutionary position, and you will genomic analysis offer an ability to see record on multiple account, eg genes, communities, and you will species. We are currently discovering a great frog kinds (Odorrana margaratea) that have a band-shaped diversification pattern in the Sichuan Basin within west Asia. Their brief spatial size (micro band), abundant communities, lifetime of several crossbreed areas, and you will a distinctly represented record offer excellent opportunities to view the fresh new advancement from reproductive separation inside face out-of gene move.
Since i visited Guelph, my personal studies have worried about molecular phylogenetics and it’s really application to the study regarding speciation, sexual possibilities and you will maintenance
- Fu, J., and you can Roentgen. Wen. 2023. Impacts out-of Quaternary glaciation, geological record and you will geography into the creature kinds record within the continental East Asia: a phylogeographic remark. Unit Environment.
- Chen, Y., S. Bronze, and you can J. Fu. 2022. Altered kcalorie burning and response to Uv rediation: gene expression differences together a keen elevational gradient from the Asiatic toad (Bufo gargarizans). Diary out-of Unit Advancement ninety: 389-399.
- Atlas, J. Age. and you can J. Fu. 2021. A re-assessment away from positive solutions to the mitochondrial genomes off highest-level Phrynocephalus lizards. Record off Molecular Development 89(1-2): 95-102.
- Wen, G. and you can J. Fu. 2021. Separation and you can re also-connection: the new demographic records and you can several contact zones of the Green Odorous Frog around the Sichuan Basin. Unit Environment 29: 4103-4117. DOI: /MEC.16021
- Qiao, L., Grams. Wen, Y. Qi, B. Lu, J. Hu, Z. Tune, and you can J. Fu. 2018. Evolutionary melting pots and you may reproductive isolation: A band-formed variation out of a keen odorous frog (Odorrana margaratea) within the Sichuan Basin. Unit Environment twenty-seven: 4888-4900. DOI: /mec.14899.
- Garcia, V.O., C. Ivy, and J. Fu. 2017. Syntopic frogs show some other activities off correspondence towards surroundings: A comparative landscape genetic study of Pelophylax nigromaculatus and you can Fejervarya limnocharis out of central China. Environment and you can Progression eight:9294-9306. DOI: /ece3.3459.