中心PI

罗述金

北京大学生命科学学院教授

生命科学联合中心PI

电子邮件: Luo.shujin(at)pku(dot)edu(dot)cn;

实验室主页: http://luo-lab.org

研究领域:

1. 猫科动物及其他哺乳动物表型多样性与适应性演化的基因组学基础

2. 濒危野生动物的演化遗传学、生态学与保护生物学

研究兴趣:

整合群体基因组学、系统发育学、古DNA和生态学,研究野生动物的基因组多样性与适应性演化。重点解析哺乳动物尤其是猫科动物表型的遗传基础,重建物种的演化历史,并探索基因组学在生物多样性保护中的应用。

代表性研究成果:

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]