Shujin LUO
Email: Luo.shujin(at)pku(dot)edu(dot)cn；
Lab Homepage: http://luo-lab.org
Research Area:
My research combines population genomics, phylogenetics, ancient DNA, and ecology to explore how genomic variation shapes evolution and adaptation in mammals. We study the genetic basis of phenotypic diversity, reconstruct evolutionary histories, and develop genomic tools for biodiversity conservation, with a special emphasis on felids.
Current research focuses on:
1. Genetic basis of morphology and adaptation in felids and other mammals.
2. Evolution, ecology, and conservation biology of endangered wildlife.
Selected Publications: .
1. Sun X, Peng L, Tsutaya T, Jiangzuo Q, Hasegawa Y, Hou Y, Han Y, Zhuang Y, Martins NFG, Madrigal JR, Taurozzi AJ, Mackie M, Troche G, Olsen JV, Cappellini E, O’Brien SJ*, Gilbert MTP*, Yamaguchi N*, Luo SJ* (2026). The Japanese Archipelago sheltered cave lions, not tigers, during the Late Pleistocene. PNAS 123(6): e2523901123.
2. Han Y, Hu S, Liu K, Xu X, Doherty S, Jamieson AE, Manin A, Martins SG, Yang M, Yu C, Wang J, Wu Z, Chen C, Han S, Lu D, Peng L, Wu X, Li Z , Fan W, Cai Q, Cui Z, Yuan J, Li Z, Liu Y, Li Z, Liu Z, Ma Q, Shao J, Sun Z, Xing F, Yang W, Yang S, Yue L, Zhang P, Wang W, Zhang H, Zhuang Y, Sun X, Pan Y, Wu X, Frantz LAF, Yu H*, Alves JM*, Larson G*, Luo SJ* (2026). The late arrival of domestic cats in China via the Silk Road after 3,500 years of human-leopard cat commensalism. Cell Genomics 6: 101099. [cover story]
3. Sun X, Liu YC, Tiunov MP, Gimranov DO, Zhuang Y, Han Y, Driscoll CA, Pan Y, Li C, Pan Y, Velasco MS, Gopalakrishnan S, Yang RZ, Li BG, Jin K, Xu X, Uphyrkina O, Huang Y, Wu XH, Gilbert MTP, O’Brien SJ*, Yamaguchi N*, Luo SJ* (2023). Ancient DNA reveals genetic admixture in China during tiger evolution. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7: 1914-1929.
4. Yu H, Xing YT, Meng H, He B, Li WJ, Qi XZ, Zhao JY, Zhuang Y, Xu X, Yamaguchi N, Driscoll C, O’Brien SJ, Luo SJ* (2021). Genomic evidence for the Chinese mountain cat as a wildcat conspecific (Felis silvestris bieti) and its introgression to domestic cats. Science Advances 7: eabg0221.
5. Liu YC, Sun X, Driscoll C, Miquelle DG, Xu X, Martelli P, Uphyrkina O, Smith JLD, O’Brien SJ, Luo SJ* (2018). Genome-wide evolutionary analysis of natural history and adaptation in the world’s tigers. Current Biology 28(23): 3840-3849. [cover story]
6. Xu X, Dong GX, Schmidt-Kuntzel A, Zhang XL, Zhuang Y, Fang R, Sun X, Hu XS, Zhang TY, Yang HD, Zhang DL, Marker L, Jiang ZF, Li R, Luo SJ* (2017). The genetics of tiger pelage color variations. Cell Research 27: 954-957.
7. Xu X, Dong GX, Hu XS, Miao L, Zhang XL, Zhang DL, Yang HD, Zhang TY, Zou ZT, Zhang TT, Zhuang Y, Bhak J, Cho YS, Dai WT, Jiang TJ, Xie C, Li R*, Luo SJ* (2013). The genetic basis of white tigers. Current Biology 23(11): 1031-1035. [cover story]
