Selected Publications:
Zhang X, Kim B, Singh A, Sankararaman S, Durvasula A, Lohmueller K. MaLAdapt reveals novel targets of adaptive introgression from Neanderthals and Denisovans in worldwide human populations. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 40, Issue 1, Jan 2023, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad001
Witt KE, Villanea F, Loughran E, Zhang X, Huerta-Sanchez E. 2022. Apportioning archaic variants among modern populations. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 20200411. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0411
Zhang P*, Zhang X* et al. Denisovans and Homo sapiens on the Tibetan Plateau: dispersals and adaptations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Jan 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.004 *These authors contributed equally
Findley A, Zhang X, Boye C, Lin Y, Kalita C, Barreiro L, Lohmueller K, Pique-Regi R, Luca F. A signature of Neanderthal introgression on molecular mechanisms of environmental responses. PLOS Genetics 17(9): e1009493. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009493
Zhang X, Witt K, Ko A, Yuan K, Xu S, Nielsen R, Huerta-Sánchez E. The history and evolution of the Denisovan-EPAS1 haplotype in Tibetans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jun 2021, 118 (22) e2020803118; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2020803118
Zhang X, Kim BY, Lohmueller KE, Huerta-Sanchez E. Recessive deleterious variation has a limited impact on signals of adaptive introgression in human populations GENETICS July 1, 2020 vol. 215 no. 3 799-812
Berg J, Harpak A, Sinnott-Armstrong N, Jørgensen AM, Mostafavi H, Field Y, Boyle EA, Zhang X, Racimo F, Pritchard JK, Coop G. Reduced signal for polygenic adaptation of height in UK Biobank. eLife 2019;8:e39275
Berg J, Zhang X, Coop G. Polygenic Adaptation has Impacted the Evolution of Multiple Anthropometric Traits. bioRxiv.
Zhang X, Kanthaswamy S, Trask JS, et al. Genetic Characterization of a Captive Colony of Pigtailed Macaques (Macaca nemestrina). Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS. 2017;56(4):390-395.
Zhang X, Meng Y, Houghton P, et al. Ancestry, Plasmodium cynomolgi prevalence and rhesus macaque admixture in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) bred for export in Chinese breeding farms. J Med Primatol. 2017;46:31-41.
Zhang X, Kadir KA, Quintanilla-Zariñan LF, et al. Distribution and prevalence of malaria parasites among long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in regional populations across Southeast Asia. Malaria Journal. 2016;15(1):450.
Zhang X, Kim B, Singh A, Sankararaman S, Durvasula A, Lohmueller K. MaLAdapt reveals novel targets of adaptive introgression from Neanderthals and Denisovans in worldwide human populations. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 40, Issue 1, Jan 2023, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad001
Witt KE, Villanea F, Loughran E, Zhang X, Huerta-Sanchez E. 2022. Apportioning archaic variants among modern populations. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 20200411. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0411
Zhang P*, Zhang X* et al. Denisovans and Homo sapiens on the Tibetan Plateau: dispersals and adaptations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Jan 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.004 *These authors contributed equally
Findley A, Zhang X, Boye C, Lin Y, Kalita C, Barreiro L, Lohmueller K, Pique-Regi R, Luca F. A signature of Neanderthal introgression on molecular mechanisms of environmental responses. PLOS Genetics 17(9): e1009493. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009493
Zhang X, Witt K, Ko A, Yuan K, Xu S, Nielsen R, Huerta-Sánchez E. The history and evolution of the Denisovan-EPAS1 haplotype in Tibetans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jun 2021, 118 (22) e2020803118; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2020803118
Zhang X, Kim BY, Lohmueller KE, Huerta-Sanchez E. Recessive deleterious variation has a limited impact on signals of adaptive introgression in human populations GENETICS July 1, 2020 vol. 215 no. 3 799-812
Berg J, Harpak A, Sinnott-Armstrong N, Jørgensen AM, Mostafavi H, Field Y, Boyle EA, Zhang X, Racimo F, Pritchard JK, Coop G. Reduced signal for polygenic adaptation of height in UK Biobank. eLife 2019;8:e39275
Berg J, Zhang X, Coop G. Polygenic Adaptation has Impacted the Evolution of Multiple Anthropometric Traits. bioRxiv.
Zhang X, Kanthaswamy S, Trask JS, et al. Genetic Characterization of a Captive Colony of Pigtailed Macaques (Macaca nemestrina). Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS. 2017;56(4):390-395.
Zhang X, Meng Y, Houghton P, et al. Ancestry, Plasmodium cynomolgi prevalence and rhesus macaque admixture in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) bred for export in Chinese breeding farms. J Med Primatol. 2017;46:31-41.
Zhang X, Kadir KA, Quintanilla-Zariñan LF, et al. Distribution and prevalence of malaria parasites among long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in regional populations across Southeast Asia. Malaria Journal. 2016;15(1):450.