The Bee lab
PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATORS
Xin Zhou
Ph. D., Professor
College of Plant Protection,
China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Email: xinzhou(a)cau.edu.cn
ORCiD: 0000-0002-1407-7952
WORK EXPERIENCE
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health
2016-2020
Senior PI
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Canada
2007-2010
Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Scientist
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig
(Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, ZFMK), Bonn, Germany
2012-2022
Research Associate
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATIONS
Guest editor:
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Biodiversity Science, Genome
Referee:
Biological Invasion, BMC Biology, BMC Genomics, Conservation Biology, Entomologica Fennica, Entomological Science, Freshwater Science, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Genome, Genome Biology and Evolution, GigaScience, Insect Science, Insects, Journal of Apicultural Research, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology, Molecular Ecology Resources, Philippine Journal of Science, PLoS One, Science Advances, Systematic Biology, Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Zookeys, Zoological Research, Zootaxa, 昆虫学报, 生态学报, 生物多样性, 中国科学
Grant reviewer:
NSF-China, NSERC (Canada), France Génomique (France)
EDUCATION
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Bee evolution and genomics
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Ji, Y.#, X. Li#, T. Ji*, J. Tang#, L. Qiu, J. Hu, J. Dong, S. Luo, S. Liu, P. B. Frandsen, X-G Zhou, S. H. Parey, Q. Niu*, and X. Zhou*. 2020. Gene reuse facilitates rapid radiation and independent adaptation to diverse habitats in the Asian honeybee. Science Advances 6: eabd3590.
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Li, Y., R. Zhang, S. Liu, A. Donath, R. S. Peters, J. Ware, B. Misof, O. Niehuis, M. E. Pfrender*, and X. Zhou*. 2017. The molecular evolutionary dynamics of Oxidative Phosphorylation (OXPHOS) genes in Hymenoptera. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17: 269.
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Mitterboeck, T. F.#, S. Liu#, S. J. Adamowicz, J. Fu, R. Zhang, W. Song, K. Meusemann, and X. Zhou*. 2017. Positive and relaxed selection associated with flight evolution and loss in insect transcriptomes. GigaScience 6(10): 1-14.
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Peters, R. S. *, L. Krogmann, C. Mayer, A. Donath, S. Gunkel, K. Meusemann, A. Kozlov, L. Podsiadlowski, M. Petersen, R. Lanfear, P. A. Diez, J. Heraty, K. M. Kjer, S. Klopfstein, R. Meier, C. Polidori, T. Schmitt, S. Liu, X. Zhou, T. Wappler, J. Rust, B. Misof, and O. Niehuis*. 2017. Evolutionary history of the Hymenoptera. Current Biology 27(7):1013-1018. F1000 Cover Story
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Misof, B.*, S. Liu, K. Meusemann, R. S. Peters, A. Donath, C. Mayer, P. B. Frandsen, J. Ware, T. Flouri, R. G. Beutel, O. Niehuis, M. Petersen, F. Izquierdo-Carrasco, T. Wappler, J. Rust, A. J. Aberer, U. Aspöck, H. Aspöck, A. Blanke, D. Bartel, S. Berger, A. Böhm, T. Buckley, B. Calcott, J. Chen, F. Friedrich, M. Fukui, M. Fujita, C. Greve, P. Grobe, S. Gu, Y. Huang, L. S. Jermiin, A. Y. Kawahara, L. Krogmann, M. Kubiak, R. Lanfear, H. Letsch, Y. Li, Z. Li, J. Li, H. Lu, R. Machida, Y. Mashimo, P. Kapli, D. McKenna, G. Meng, Y. Nakagaki, J. L. Navarrete-Heredia, M. Ott, Y. Ou, G. Pass, L. Podsiadlowski, H. Pohl, B. M. v. Reumont, K. Schütte, K. Sekiya, S. Shimizu, A. Slipinski, A. Stamatakis, W. Song, X. Su, N. U. Szucsich, M. Tan, X. Tan, M. Tang, J. Tang, G. Timelthaler, S. Tomizuka, M. Trautwein, X. Tong, T. Uchifune, M. G. Walzl, B. Wiegmann, J. Wilbrandt, B. Wipfler, T. K. F. Wong, Q. Wu, G. Wu, Y. Xie, S. Yang, Q. Yang, D. K. Yeates, K. Yoshizawa, Q. Zhang, R. Zhang, W. Zhang, Y. Zhang, J. Zhao, C. Zhou, L. Zhou, T. Ziesmann, S. Zou, Y. Li, X. Xu, Y. Zhang, H. Yang, J. Wang, J. Wang*, K. M. Kjer*, and X. Zhou*. 2014. Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution. Science 346 (6210): 763-767. F1000 Cover Story
Pollinator diversity and network
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Lang, D.#, M. Tang#, J. Hu, and X. Zhou*. 2019. Genome-skimming provides accurate quantification for pollen mixtures. Molecular Ecology Resources 19: 1433-1446.
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Liu, S., X. Wang, L. Xie, M. Tan, Z. Li, X. Su, H. Zhang, B. Misof, K. M. Kjer, M. Tang, O. Niehuis, H. Jiang, and X. Zhou*. 2016. Mitochondrial capture enriches mito-DNA 100 fold, enabling PCR-free mitogenomics biodiversity analysis. Molecular Ecology Resources16: 470-479.
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Tang, M.#, C. Hardman#, Y. Ji#, G. Meng, S. Liu, M. Tan, S. Yang, E. Moss, J. Wang, C. Yang, C. Bruce, T. Nevard, S. G. Potts, X. Zhou*, and D. W. Yu*. 2015. High-throughput monitoring of wild bee diversity and abundance via mitogenomics. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 6: 1034-1043.
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Tang, M., M. Tan, G. Meng, S. Yang, X. Su, S. Liu, W. Song, Y. Li, Q. Wu, A. Zhang, and X. Zhou*. 2014. Multiplex sequencing of pooled mitochondrial genomes – a crucial step toward biodiversity analysis using mito-metagenomics. Nucleic Acids Research 42(22): e166.
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Zhou, X.*, Y. Li, S. Liu, Q. Yang, X. Su, L. Zhou, M. Tang, R. Fu, J. Li, and Q. Huang. 2013. Ultra-deep sequencing enables high-fidelity recovery of biodiversity for bulk arthropod samples without PCR amplification. GigaScience 2: 4.
Caddisflies: molecular taxonomy and evolution
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Luo, S., M. Tang, P. B. Frandsen, R. J. Stewart, and X. Zhou*. 2018. The genome of an underwater architect, the caddisfly Stenopsyche tienmushanensis Hwang (Insecta: Trichoptera). GigaScience 7(12): giy143.
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Zhou, X.*, P. Frandsen, R. W. Holzenthal, C. R. Beet, K. R. Bennett, R. J. Blahnik, N. Bonada, D. Cartwright, S. Chuluunbat, G. V. Cocks, G. E. Collins, J. deWaard, J. Dean, O. Flint, M. R. Gonzalez, A. Hausmann, L. Hendrich, M. Hess, I. D. Hogg, B. C. Kondratieff, H. Malicky, M. A. Milton, J. Morinière, J. C. Morse, S. Pauls, A. Rinne, J. Robinson, J. Salokannel, M. Shackleton, B. Smith, A. Stamatakis, R. StClair, J. A. Thomas, C. Zamora-Muñoz, T. Ziesmann, and K. M. Kjer*. 2016. The Trichoptera barcode initiative: a strategy for generating a species-level Tree of Life. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biology Science 371 (1702): 20160025.
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Zhou, X.*, L. M. Jacobus, R. E. DeWalt, S. J. Adamowicz, and P. D. N. Hebert. 2010. Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera fauna of Churchill (Manitoba, Canada): insights into biodiversity patterns from DNA barcoding. Freshwater Science 29(3): 814-837.
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Zhou, X.*, S. J. Adamowicz, L. M. Jacobus, R. E. DeWalt, and P. D. N. Hebert. 2009. Towards a comprehensive barcode library for arctic life—Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Frontiers in Zoology 6:30.
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Zhou, X.*, K. M. Kjer, and J. C. Morse. 2007. Associating larvae and adults of Chinese Hydropsychidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) using DNA sequences. Freshwater Science 26(4): 719-742.