Publications

2021

Si S, Xu X*, Zhuang Y, Gao X, Zhang H, Zou Z*, and Luo SJ*. The genetics and evolution of eye color in domestic pigeons (Columba livia). PLOS Genet., 2021, 17:e1009770. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009770

Zou Z, and Zhang J. Are nonsynonymous transversions generally more deleterious than nonsynonymous transitions?Mol. Biol. Evol., 2021, 38:181-191. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msaa200


2020

Zou Z, and Zhang J. Are nonsynonymous transversions generally more deleterious than nonsynonymous transitions? Mol. Biol. Evol., 2020, in press. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msaa200

Lyons DM*, Zou Z*, Xu H, Zhang J. Idiosyncratic epistasis creates universals in mutational effects and evolutionary trajectories.Nat. Ecol. Evol., 2020, in press. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-01286-y

Zou Z, and Zhang J. The nature and phylogenomic impact of sequence convergence. Phylogenetics in the Genomic Era (C. Scornavacca, et al., eds).No commercial publisher | Authors open access book, pp.4.6:1-4.6:17, 2020. ffhal-02536347

Zou Z*, Zhang H*, Guan Y, Zhang J. Deep residual neural networks resolve quartet molecular phylogenies.Mol. Biol. Evol.,2020, 37:1495-1507. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msz307


2019

Zou Z, and Zhang J. Amino acid exchangeabilities vary across the tree of life.Sci. Adv.,2019, 5: eaax3124. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax3124

Ding X, Zou Z, Brooks III CL. 2019. Deciphering protein evolution and fitness landscapes with latent space models.Nat. Commun.,10: 5644. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13633-0


2017

Zou Z, and Zhang J. Gene tree discordance does not explain away the temporal decline of convergence in mammalian protein sequence evolution.Mol. Biol. Evol.,2017, 34: 1682-1688. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msx109


2016

Zou Z, and Zhang J. Morphological and molecular convergences in mammalian phylogenetics.Nat. Commun.,2016, 7: 12758. doi: 10.1038/ncomms12758

Oetjens MT, Shen F, Emery SB, Zou Z and Kidd JM. 2016. Y-Chromosome structural diversity in the bonobo and chimpanzee lineages.Genome Biol.Evol.,8: 2231-2240. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evw150


2015

Zou Z, and Zhang J. Are convergent and parallel amino acid substitutions in protein evolution more prevalent than neutral expectations? Mol. Biol. Evol., 2015, 32: 2085-2096. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msv091

Zou Z, and Zhang J. No genome-wide convergence for echolocation. Mol. Biol. Evol.,2015, 32: 1237-1241. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msv014

Zou Z-T, Uphyrkina O, Fomenko P, Luo S-J. The development and application of a multiplex short tandem repeat (STR) system for identifying subspecies, individuals and sex in tigers. Integr. Zool.,2015, 10: 376-388. doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12136