Group of Molecular Ecology and Evolution

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

中国科学院动物研究所分子生态学和进化研究组

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Recent Publications (De-Xing Zhang)

2008

Huang ZS, Ji YJ & Zhang DX (2008) Haplotype reconstruction for scnp DNA: a consensus vote approach with extensive sequence data from populations of the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria). Molecular Ecology, in press.

Ji YJ, Leng L, Shi CM, Hua YP & Zhang DX (2008) Eight polymorphic microsatellite markers developed in the Chinese scorpion Mesobuthus martensii (Scorpiones:Buthidae). Molecular Ecology Resources, Vol. 8: in press.

Zhang Q, Zeng ZG, Ji YJ, Zhang DX & Song YL (2008) Microsatellite variation in China’s Hainan Eld’s deer ( Cervus eldi hainanus) and implications for their conservation. Conservation Genetics, in press.

2007

Shi CM, Huang ZS, Wang L, He LJ, Hua YP, Leng L, Zhang DX (2007) Geographical distribution of two species of Mesobuthus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in China: Insights from systematic field survey and predictive models. Journal of Arachnology, 35: 215-226. ()

2005

Ji YJ, Wu YC & Zhang DX (2005) Novel polymorphic microsatellite markers developed in the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Insect Science, 12: 331-334. ()

Ji YJ, Hua YP, Liu YD, Liu HT, Shi CM, Li DM & Zhang DX (2005) Ten polymorphic microsatellite markers developed in the masson pine moth Dendrolimus punctatus Walker (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). Molecular Ecology Notes, 5: 911-913. ()

Shi CM & Zhang DX (2005) A review of the systematic research on buthid scorpions (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 30: 470-477. [石承民 张德兴. 2005. 钳蝎系统分类研究概况. 动物分类学报 25: 470-477]. ()

Zhang Q, Ji YJ, Zeng ZG, Song YL & Zhang DX (2005) Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers for the vulnerable Hainan Eld’s deer Cervus eldi hainanus in China. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 51: 530 – 534. ()

2004

Zhang DX (2004) Lepidopteran microsatellite DNA: redundant but promising. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Vol.19: 507-509. ()

Ji YJ, Liu YD, Ding CQ & Zhang DX (2004) Eight polymorphic microsatellite loci for the critically endangered crested ibis, Nipponia nippon (Ciconiiformes: Threskiornithidae). Molecular Ecology Notes, Vol. 4: 615-617s.

Ji YJ, Smith H, Zhang DX & Hewitt GM (2004) Ten polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci for paternity and population genetics analysis in the fen raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius). Molecular Ecology Notes, Vol. 4: 274-276. () (Journal Cover Picture )

Ji YJ & Zhang DX (2004) Some features of microsatellite DNA in lepidopteran genomes and implications for their isolation. Acta Zoologica Sinica 50: 608-614. (in Chinese with English abstract) [吉亚杰 & 张德兴 (2004) 鳞翅目昆虫基因组中微卫星DNA的特征及其对分离的影响。《动物学报》，第50卷，第3期，608-614。] ()

Yan LN & Zhang DX (2004) Effects of sample size on various genetic diversity measures in population genetic study with microsatellite DNA markers. Acta Zoologica Sinica 50: 279-290. (in Chinese with English abstract) [闫路娜 & 张德兴 (2004) 种群微卫星DNA分析中样本量对各种遗传多样性度量指标的影响。《动物学报》，第50卷，第2期， 279-290。] ()

Yang YH, Zhang DX, Li YM & Ji YJ (2004) Mitochondrial DNA diversity and preliminary biogeographic inference of the evolutionary history of the black-spotted pond frog (Rana nigromaculata) populations in China. Acta Zoologica Sinica 50: 193-201. (in Chinese with English abstract) [杨玉慧，张德兴，李义明 & 吉亚杰 (2004) 中国黑斑蛙种群的线粒体DNA多样性及其生物地理演化过程的初步研究。《动物学报》，第50卷，第2期， 193-201。] ()

2003

Zhang DX & Hewitt GM (2003) Nuclear DNA analyses in genetic studies of populations: practice, problems and prospects. Molecular Ecology, Vol. 12: 563-584. () [Listed by ISI Essential Science Indicators as Highly Cited Paper] [Most read paper in Molecular Ecology]

Ji YJ, Zhang DX, Hewitt GM, Kang L & Li D-M (2003) Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera:Noctuinae) and some remarks on their isolation. Molecular Ecology Notes, Vol. 3: 102-104. ()

Ji YJ, Zhang DX & He LJ (2003) Evolutionary conservation and versatility of a new set of primers for amplifying the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions in insects and other invertebrates. Molecular Ecology Notes, Vol. 3: 581-585. ()

Zhang DX, Yan LN, Ji YJ, Kang L, Hewitt GM & Huang Z-S (2003) Isolation, characterization and cross-species amplification of eight microsatellite DNA loci in the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria). Molecular Ecology Notes, Vol. 3: 483-486. ()

Zhang DX, Yan LN, Kang L, Ji YJ (2003) Some unorthodox views on the classification and evolution of the migratory locusts in China prompted by molecular population genetic study. Acta Zoologica Sinica 49:675~681. (in Chinese with English abstract) [张德兴，闫路娜，康乐 & 吉亚杰 (2003) 对中国飞蝗种下阶元划分和历史演化过程的几点看法。《动物学报》，第49卷，第5期，675-681。] () (Journal Cover Picture )

2002

Zhang DX (2002) Brief Introduction to Molecular Ecology. In: Modern Ecology (ed. F Ge), pp. 1-31. Science Press: Beijing. (in Chinese) [张德兴（2002）分子生态学. 见：《现代生态学》（戈峰主编）. 北京：科学出版社，7-31。] ()

2001

Zhang DX, Smith JA & Hewitt GM (2001) Isolation and characterization of ten microsatellite loci in poor cod Trisopterus mimutus (L.). Molecular Ecology Notes, Vol. 1:50-52. ()

Bensasson D, Zhang DX, Hartl DL & Hewitt GM (2001) Mitochondrial pseudogenes: evolution's misplaced witnesses. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Vol.16:314-321. () [Listed by ISI Essential Science Indicators as Highly Cited Paper]

Bensasson D, Petrov DA, Zhang DX, Hartl DL & Hewitt GM (2001) Genomic gigantism: DNA loss is slow in mountain grasshoppers. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol. 18: 246-253. ()

Some of the Pre-2000 Publications

Bensasson D, Zhang DX & Hewitt GM (2000) Frequent Assimilation of Mitochondrial DNA by Grasshopper Nuclear Genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol. 17: 406-415. ()

Chavanne F, Zhang DX, Liaud M-F & Cerff R (1998) Structure and evolution of Cyclops: a novel giant retrotransposon of the Ty3/Gypsy family highly amplified in pea and other legume species. Plant Molecular Biology, Vol. 37: 363-375.

Zhang DX & Hewitt GM (1998) Isolation of animal cellular total DNA. In "Molecular Tools for Screening Biodiversity: Plants and Animals"(eds. Karp A, Isaac PG & Ingram DS), Chapman & Hall, pp5-9. ()

Zhang DX & Hewitt GM (1998) Special DNA extraction methods for some animal species. In "Molecular Tools for Screening Biodiversity: Plants and Animals" (eds. Karp A, Isaac PG & Ingram DS), Chapman & Hall, pp27-31. ()

Zhang DX & Hewitt GM (1998) Isolation of DNA from preserved specimens. In "Molecular Tools for Screening Biodiversity: Plants and Animals" (eds. Karp A, Isaac PG & Ingram DS), Chapman & Hall, pp41-45. ()

Zhang DX & Hewitt GM (1998) Field collection: animals. In "Molecular Tools for Screening Biodiversity: Plants and Animals" (eds. Karp A, Isaac PG & Ingram DS), Chapman & Hall, pp46-48. ()

Zhang DX & Hewitt GM (1997) Insect mitochondrial control region: A review of its structure, evolution and usefulness in evolutionary studies. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Vol. 25: 99-120. ()

Zhang DX & Hewitt GM (1997) Assessment of the universality and utility of a set of conserved mitochondrial COI primers in insects. Insect Molecular Biology, Vol. 6: 143-150. ()

Zhang DX & Hewitt GM (1997) The long and short of nuclear mitochondrial DNA lineages: a reply to JV Lopez et al. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 12: 114. (Correspondence)

Zhang DX & Hewitt GM (1996) Nuclear integrations: challenges for mitochondrial DNA markers. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 11: 247-251. () [Listed by ISI Essential Science Indicators as Highly Cited Paper]

Lunt DH, Zhang DX, Szymura JM & Hewitt GM (1996) The insect Cytochrome C Oxidase I gene: evolutionary patterns and conserved primers for phylogenetic studies. Insect Molecular Biology, Vol. 5: 153-165. () [Listed by ISI Essential Science Indicators as Highly Cited Paper]

Zhang DX & Hewitt GM (1996) An effective method for allele-specific sequencing using restriction enzyme and biotinylation (ASSURE B). Molecular Ecology, Vol. 5: 591-594. （)

Zhang DX & Hewitt GM (1996) Highly conserved nuclear copies of the mitochondrial control region in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria: some implications for population studies. Molecular Ecology, Vol. 5: 295-300. ()

Zhang DX & Hewitt GM (1996) The use of DNA markers in population genetics and ecological studies of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae). In: "The ecology of agricultural pests: biochemical approaches" (eds. Symondson WOC & Liddell JE), Chapman & Hall, pp213-230.

Zhang DX, Szymura JM & Hewitt GM (1995) Evolution and structural conservation of the control region of insect mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Molecular Evolution, Vol. 40: 382-391. ()

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