Maoxiuguang

1) Speciation genomics

We  used three horseshoe bats as study system to identify candidate speciation genes in the early stages of specation.

2) The genetic basis of echolocation in horseshoe bats

3) Nuclar copy of mitochondrial DNA (numts)in horseshoe bats

* Co-first author

21) Mao XG, Zhang SY, Rossiter SJ. 2015.Differential introgression suggests candidate beneficial and barrier loci between two parapatric subspecies of Pearson′s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus pearsoni). Current Zoology (accepted).

20) Shi HZ, Zhang SY, Mao XG. 2015. The complete mitochondrial genome of the king horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus rex) using next-generation sequencing and Sanger sequencing. Mitochondrial DNA (accepted).

19) Shi HZ, Ren M, Zhang SY, Mao XG. 2015. A complete mitochondrial genome of the Damaraland mole rat Fukomys damarensis retrieved from the published genome of the Brandt's bat Myotis brandtii. Mitochondrial DNA (in press).

18) Bailey SB, Mao XG, Struebig M et al  (2015) The use of museum samples for large‐scale sequence capture: a study of congeneric horseshoe bats (family Rhinolophidae). Biological Journal of Linnean Society (in press).

17) Dong J*, Mao XG*, Sun HJ, Irwin DM, Zhang SY and Hua PY (2014) Introgression of mitochondrial DNA promoted by natural selection in the Japanese pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus abramus). Genetica,142, 483-494.

16) Mao XG, Zhu GJ, Zhang JP, Zhang SY and Rossiter SJ (2014) Differential introgression among loci across a hybrid zone of the intermediate horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus affinis). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14, 154.

15) Mao XG*, Dong J*, Hua PY, He GM, Zhang SY and Rossiter SJ (2014) Heteroplasmy and ancient translocation of mitochondrial DNA to the nucleus in the Chinese Rufoushorseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus) complex. PLoS ONE9, e98035.

14) Mao XG, He GM, Zhang JP, Rossiter SJ and Zhang SY (2013) Lineage divergence and historical gene flow in the Chinese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus). PLoS ONE, 8, e56786.

13) Mao XG, He GM, Hua PY, Jones G, Zhang SY and Rossiter SJ (2013) Historical introgression and the persistence ofalleles in the intermediate horseshoe bat(Rhinolophus affinis). Molecular Ecology, 22, 1035-1050.

12) Mao XG, Thong VD, Bates PJJ, Jones G, Zhang SY and Rossiter SJ (2013). Multiple cases of

asymmetric introgression among horseshoe bats detected by phylogenetic conflicts across

loci. Biological Journal of Linnean Society, 110, 346-361.

11) Mao XG, Wang JH, Su WT, Wang YX, Yang FT and Nie WH (2010) Karyotypic evolution in family Hipposideridae (Chiroptera, Mammalia) revealed by comparative chromosome painting, G- and C-banding.Chinese Zoological Research,31, 453-460.

10) Mao XG, Zhu GJ, Zhang SY and Rossiter SJ (2010) Pleistocene climatic cycling drives intra-specific diversification in the intermediate horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus affinis) in Southern China. Molecular Ecology, 19, 2754-2769.

9) Mao XG, Zhang JP, Zhang SY and Rossiter SJ (2010) Historical male-mediated introgression in horseshoe bats revealed by multi-locus DNA sequence data.Molecular Ecology, 19, 1352-1366.

8) Zhang LB, Gong YY, Zhu GJ, Hong TY, Zhao XD and Mao XG(2010)New record of a bat species from China, Megaderma spasma (Linnaeus, 1758). Chinese Zoological Research, 31, 336-340.

7) Mao XG, Yang L, Yingying Z, Beibei H and Shuyi Z (2009) Development of 19 polymorphic microsatellite locifor the intermediate horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus affinis(Rhinolophidae, Chiroptera). Conservation Genetics, 10, 709-711.

6) Mao XG, Nie WH, Wang JH, Su WT, Feng Q, Wang YX, Dobigny G and Yang FT (2008)Comparative cytogenetics of bats (Chiroptera): the prevalence of Robertsonian translocations limits the power of chromosomal characters in resolving interfamily phylogenetic relationships. Chromosome Research, 16, 155-170.

5) Mao XG, Nie WH, Wang JH, Su WT, Ao L, Feng Q, Wang YX, Volleth M and Yang FT (2007) Karyotype evolution in Rhinolophus bats (Rhinolophidae, Chiroptera) illuminated by cross-species chromosome painting and G-banding. Chromosome Research, 15, 835-848.

4) Mao XG, Wang JH, Su WT, Zhang LB, Zhao XD, Wei L, Nie WH and Yang FT (2007) The G- and C-banded karyotypes of four bat species from China. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 42, 33-40.

3) Ao L, Mao XG, Nie WH, Gu XM, Feng Q, Wang JH, Su WT, Wang YX, Volleth M and Yang FT (2007)Karyotypic evolution and phylogenetic relationships in the order Chiroptera as revealed by G-banding comparison and chromosome painting. Chromosome Research, 15, 257-267.

2) Ao L, Gu XM, Feng Q, Wang JH, O'Brien PC, Fu B, Mao XG, Su WT, Wang YX, Volleth M, Yang FT and Nie WH (2006) Karyotype relationships of six bat species (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from China revealed by chromosome painting and G-banding comparison. Cytogenetic Genome Research, 115, 145-153.

1) Wang F, Li WH, Li DW, Mao XG, Gao LY (2003) A study on the technical process forextracting and identifying active compounds from the testa of Ginkgo biloba L.Journal of Northwest University (China), 33, 689-692.