Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

He K^#, Liu Q^#, Xu DM^#, Qi FY^#, Bai J, He SW, Chen P, Zhou X, Cai WZ, Chen ZZ, Liu Z^*, Jiang XL^*, Shi P^* (2021) Echolocation in soft-furred tree mice. Science 372: eaay1513.
Xu DM^#, Yang CP^#, Shen QS^#, Pan SK^#, Liu Z^#, Zhang TZ^#, Zhou X, Lei ML, Chen P, Yang H, Zhang T, Guo YT, Zhan XJ^*, Chen YB^*, Shi P^* (2021) A single mutation underlying phenotypic convergence for hypoxia adaptation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Cell Research. doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00517- 6.
Liu Z, Qi FY, Xu DM, Zhou X, Shi P^* (2018) Genomic and functional evidence reveals molecular insights into the origin of echolocation in whales. Science Advances. 4:eaat8821.
Liu Z, Zhang J^* (2018) Human C-to-U coding RNA editing is largely nonadaptive. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 35:963-969.
Liu Z, Zhang J^* (2017) Most m6A RNA modifications in protein-coding regions are evolutionarily unconserved and likely nonfunctional. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 35:666-675.
Li YY^#, Liu Z^#*, Qi FY, Zhou X, Shi P^* (2016) Functional effects of a retained ancestral polymorphism in prestin. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34:88-92.
Zhang Z, Wu Q, Zhang G, Zhu Y, Murphy R, Liu Z^*, Zou C^* (2015) Systematic analyses reveal uniqueness and origin of the CFEM domain in fungi. Scientific Reports 5:13032.
Liu Z, Qi FY, Zhou X, Ren HQ, Shi P^* (2014) Parallel sites implicate functional convergence of the hearing gene prestin among echolocating mammals. Molecular Biology and Evolution 31:2415-2424.
Liu Z^* (2014) Codon 104 of p53 is not an adaptively selected site for extreme environments in mammals of the Tibet plateau. PNAS 111:E2357.
Liu Z, Wang W, Zhang TZ, Li GH, He K, Huang JF, Jiang XL, Murphy RW, Shi P^* (2013) Repeated functional convergent effects of NaV1.7 on acid insensitivity in hibernating mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B： Biological Sciences 281:20132950.
Liu Z, Li GH, Huang JF, Murphy RW, Shi P^* (2012) Hearing aid for vertebrates via multiple episodic adaptive events on prestin genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 29:2187-2198.
Liu Z, Li S, Wang W, Xu DM, Murphy RW, Shi P^* (2011) Parallel evolution of KCNQ4 in echolocating bats. PLoS One 6:e26618.
Li Y^#, Liu Z^#, Shi P, and Zhang J^* (2010) The hearing gene Prestin unites echolocating bats and whales. Current Biology 20:R55-56.