Population Genetics; Molecular Evolution; Bioinformatics.

2002-2006: Bachelor (Biological Science), College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, China

2006-2011：Doctor of Natural Science (Genetics), Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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2016

Shen QK, Sulaiman X, Yao YG, Peng MS*, Zhang YP*. 2016. Was ADH1B under selection in European populations? American Journal of Human Genetics. 99:1217-1219.

Rakha A, Peng MS, Bi R, Song JJ, Salahudin Z, Adan A, Israr M, Yao YG. 2016. EMPOP-quality mtDNA control region sequences from Kashmiri of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan. Forensic Science International: Genetics. 25:125-131.

Wang MS, Zhang RW, Su LY, Li Y, Peng MS, Liu HQ, Zeng L, Irwin DM, Du JL, Yao YG, Wu DD, Zhang YP. 2016. Positive selection rather than relaxation of functional constraint drives the evolution of vision during chicken domestication. Cell Research. 26(5):556-573.

Wang GD, Peng MS, Yang HC, Savolainen P, Zhang YP. 2016. Questioning the evidence for a Central Asian domestication origin of dogs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113(19):E2554-E2555.

Song JJ, Wang WZ, Otecko NO, Peng MS*, Zhang YP*. 2016. Reconciling the conflicts between mitochondrial DNA haplogroup trees of Canis lupus. Forensic Science International: Genetics. 23:83-85.

Peng MS, Wu F, Murphy RW, Yang XJ, Zhang YP*. 2016. 2016. An ancient record of an avian hybrid and the potential uses of art in ecology and conservation. Ibis. 158(2):444-445.

2015

Adeola AC, Ommeh SC, Murphy RW, Wu SF, Peng MS*, Zhang YP*. 2015. Mitochondrial DNA variation of Nigerian domestic helmeted guinea fowl. Animal Genetics. 46(5):576-579.

Peng MS, Shi NN, Yao YG, Zhang YP. 2015. Caveats about interpretation of ancient chicken mtDNAs from northern China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112(16): E1970-E1971.

Wang MS^#, Li Y^#, Peng MS^#, Zhong L^#, Wang ZJ, Li QY, Tu XL, Dong Y, Zhu CL, Wang L, Yang MM, Wu SF, Miao YW, Liu JP, Irwin DM, Wang W, Wu DD*, Zhang YP*. 2015. Genomic analyses reveal potential independent adaptation to high altitude in Tibetan chickens. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 32(7):1880-1889.

Peng MS^#, Fan L^#, Shi NN^#, Ning T, Yao YG, Murphy RW, Wang WZ*, Zhang YP*. 2015. DomeTree: a canonical toolkit for mitochondrial DNA analyses in domesticated animals. Molecular Ecology Resources. 15(5):1238-1242.

2014

Shi NN, Fan L, Yao YG, Peng MS*, Zhang YP*. 2014. Mitochondrial Genomes of Domestic Animals Need Scrutiny. Molecular Ecology. 23(22):5393–5397.

Guo MH^#, Wu WJ^#, Fan L^#, Peng MS^#, Yang JK, Zhang W, Hao F, Xie HF, Xiang LH, Zheng M, Guo YN, Song QH, Tu CX, Zhong H, Fan WG, Shi YJ, Cao P, Feng LY, Na M, Pang Q, Yang XY, Yang C, Zou X, He L, Zhang YP. 2014. No association between Y chromosomal haplogroups and severe acne in the Han Chinese population. Journal of Human Genetics. 59(8):475-476.

Peng MS^#, He JD^#, Fan L^#, Liu J, Adeola AC, Wu SF, Murphy RW, Yao YG, Zhang YP. 2014. Retrieving Y chromosomal haplogroup trees using GWAS data. European Journal of Human Genetics. 22(8):1046-1050.

Zhang W, Tang J, Zhang AM, Peng MS, Xie HB, Tan L, Xu L, Zhang YP, Chen X, Yao YG. 2014. A matrilineal genetic legacy from the Last Glacial Maximum confers susceptibility to schizophrenia in Han Chinese. Journal of Genetics and Genomics. 41(7):397-407.

WangGD, Xie HB, Peng MS, Irwin D, Zhang YP. 2014. Domestication genomics: evidence from animals. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences 2:65-84.

2013

Miao YW^#, Peng MS^#, Wu GS, Ouyang YN, Yang ZY, Yu N, Liang JP, Pianchou G, Beja-Pereira A, Mitra B, Palanichamy MG, Baig M, Chaudhuri TK, Shen YY, Kong QP, Murphy RW, Yao YG, Zhang YP. 2013. Chicken domestication: an updated perspective based on mitochondrial genomes. Heredity. 110(3):277-282.

2012

Peng MS^#, He JD^#, Zhu CL, Wu SF, Jin JQ, Zhang YP. 2012. Lactase persistence may have an independent origin in Tibetan populations from Tibet, China. Journal of Human Genetics 57(6): 394-397.

He JD^#, Peng MS^#, Quang HH, Dang KP, Trieu AV, Wu SF, Jin JQ, Murphy RW, Yao YG, Zhang YP. 2012. Patrilineal perspective on the Austronesian diffusion in Mainland Southeast Asia. PLoS One 7(5): e36437.

2011

Peng MS, Zhang YP. 2011. Inferring the population expansions in peopling of Japan. PLoS One 6(6): e21509.

Peng MS^#, He JD^#, Liu HX, Zhang YP. 2011. Tracing the legacy of the early Hainan islanders – a perspective from mitochondrial DNA. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11:46.

Peng MS, Palanichamy MG, Yao YG, Mitra B, Cheng YT, Zhao M, Liu J, Wang HW, Pan H, Wang WZ, Zhang AM, Zhang W, Wang D, Zou Y, Yang Y, Chaudhuri TK, Kong QP, Zhang YP. 2011. Inland post-glacial dispersal in East Asia revealed by mitochondrial haplogroup M9a'b. BMC Biology 9:2.

2010

Peng MS^#, Quang HH^#, Dang KP, Trieu AV, Wang HW, Yao YG, Kong QP, Zhang YP. 2010. Tracing the Austronesian footprint in Mainland Southeast Asia: a perspective from mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Biology and Evolution 27(10):2417-2430.

2009

Zhao M, Kong QP, Wang HW, Peng MS, Xie XD, Wang WZ, Jiayang, Duan JG, Cai MC, Zhao SN, Cidanpingcuo, Tu YQ, Wu SF, Yao YG, Bandelt HJ, Zhang YP. 2009. Mitochondrial genome evidence reveals successful Late Paleolithic settlement on the Tibetan Plateau. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106(50):21230-21235.

已指导学生

姚瑶  硕士研究生  085238-生物工程  

现指导学生

吴然燃  硕士研究生  071007-遗传学  

孙伟杰  博士研究生  071007-遗传学  

马成  博士研究生  071007-遗传学  

许明敏  博士研究生  071007-遗传学  

戴珊珊  博士研究生  071007-遗传学  

施贤  博士研究生  071007-遗传学  

秦婉婷  博士研究生  071007-遗传学  

石田培  博士研究生  071007-遗传学  

李婕  博士研究生  071007-遗传学  

2014, Ya-Ping Zhang, Qing-Peng Kong, Dong-Dong Wu, Min-Sheng Peng and Chang Sun, National Natural Science Award, Second Prize: “Genome Diversity and Evolution of Asian” 

2011, Special Award Granted by Presidential Scholarship of Chinese Academy of Sciences