LI  Ming  Ph.D.  

Education background

Dr. Li Ming got his bachelor degree in1988 from Anhui University in Anhui Province，and received his Master and Ph.D. degrees from Anhui University and East China Normal University in 1991 and 1996,respectively. From 1997 to 1999 and from 1999 to 2001, he was postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Feng Zuojian's lab at Institute of Zoology (IOZ), Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. Tamate Hidetoshi’s lab at Ishinomaki Senshu University in Japan, respectively.

Work experience

He joined IOZ in June 1999 and became one of Principal Investigators in key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology in 2004.

Research field

His major research interests are evolutionary biology and conservation biology of primates. 

Project

He was the chief scientist of the key project of NSFC “Phylogeny and adaptive evolution of Macaca spp” from 2016 to 2020 and international project of NSFC “Evolutionary history and phylogeographic pattern of langurs in China and Southeast Asia based on genomics” from 2018 to 2020.

Research Interest

My research group (Primate Ecology Research Group, Key Lab of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, CAS) was founded in 2009. My research has been focusing on evolutionary biology and conservation biology on a wide range of large endangered primates based on genomics and other molecular markers.

China is one of a few countries that have plentiful nonhuman primate resources in the world. More than Twenty nonhuman primate species inhabit in the remote mountain forests in southeastern and southwestern China. However, the impressive biodiversity has not produced a corresponding knowledge in primatology as one would expect. Thus, our current research was confined to several endangered nonhuman primates in evolutionary evolution and conservation biology, which focus on evolutionary history, adaptive evolution and conservation genomics of Rhinopithecus spp, Trachypithecus spp and Macaca spp based on genomics at present.

1)        Liu ZJ, Tan XX, Pablo Orozco-terWengel, Zhou XM, Tian SL, Liu GJ, Yan ZZ, Xu HL, Zeng W, Wang BS, Ren BP, Zhang P, Xiang ZF, Sun BH, Roos C, Bruford M, Li M*. 2018. Wild Chinese macaque genomics reveals dynamic demographic histories and local adaptation. GigaSciences, Accepted.

2)        Zhao XM, Ren BP, Paul A. Garber, Li XH, Li M*. 2018. Impacts of human activities and climate change on the distribution of snub–nosed monkeys in China during the past 2000 Years. Diversity and Distribution, 24, 92–102.

3)        Fan PF*, Liu Y, Zhang ZC, Zhao C, Li C, Liu WL, Liu ZJ, Li M*. 2017. The Phylogenetic position of the white-cheeked macaque (Macaca leucogenys), a newly described species from Modog, Southeastern Tibet. Molecular Phylogenetic and Evolution, 107, 80-89.

4)        Zhou XM, Meng XH, Liu ZJ, Chang J, Wang BS….. Li M*. 2016. Population genomics reveals low genetic diversity and adaptation to hypoxia in snub-nosed monkeys. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 33,2670–2681.

5)        Liu ZJ, Liu GJ, Frank Hailer, Pablo Orozco-terWengel, Tan XX, Tian JD, Yan ZZ Yan, Zhang BW, Li M*. 2016. Dietary specialization drives multiple independent losses and gains in the bitter taste gene repertoire of Laurasiatherian Mammals. Frontiers in Zoology, 13, 28.

6)        Liu ZJ, Liu GJ, Roos C, Wang ZM, Xiang ZF, Zhu PF, Wang BS, Ren BP, Shi FL, Pan HJ Pan, Li M*. 2015. Implications of genetics and current protected areas for conservation of 5 endangered primates in China. Conservation Biology, 29, 1508-1517.

7)        Zhou XM, Wang BS, Pan Q …. Li M *. 2014. Whole-genome sequencing of the snub-nosed monkey provides insights into folivory and evolutionary history. Nature Genetics, 46,1303-1310.

8)        Zhou XM, Xu SX, Yang G, Li M*. 2015. The position of tree shrews in the mammalian tree: Comparing multi-gene analyses with phylogenomic results leaves monophyly of Euarchonta doubtfu. Integrative Zoology, 10, 186-198.

9)        Grueter CC, Zhu PF, William L. Allen, James P. Higham, Ren BP, Li M*.  2015. Sexual selection of the snub-nosed monkey lip: Redness signals group holding status in the mating season. Royal Society Open Science, 2,150490 .

10)     Chang ZF, Yang BH, Linda Vigilant, Liu ZJ, Ren BP, Yang JY, Xiang ZF, Paul A. Garber, Li M*. 2014. Evidence of Male‐Biased Dispersal in the Endangered Sichuan Snub-Nosed Monkey (Rhinopithexus roxellana). American Journal of Primatology, 76,72-83.

11)     Xiang ZF, Yang BH, Yu Y, Yao H, Yang JY, Grueter CC, Li M*.  2014. Males collectively defend their one-male units against bachelor males in a multi-level primate society. American Journal of Primatology, 76, 609-617.

12)     Luo MF, Liu ZJ, Pan HJ, Zhao L, Li M*. 2012. Historical geographic dispersal route of golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) and influence of climatic oscillations. American Journal of Primatology, 74,91-101.

13)     Luo MF, Liu ZJ, Pan HJ, Yang JY, Li M*. 2012. Balancing Selection and Genetic Drift at MHC Genes in Isolated Populations of Golden Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12, 207.

14)     Liu ZJ, Ren BP, Wu RD, Zhao L, Hao YL, Wang BS, Long YC, Wei FW, Li M*. 2009. The effect of landscape features on population genetic structure of Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) implies an anthropogenic genetic discontinuity. Molecular Ecology, 18, 3831-3846.

15)     Liu ZJ, Ren BP, Wei FW, Long YC, Hao YL, Li M*. 2007. Phylogeography and population structure of the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) inferred from mitochondrial control region DNA sequence analysis. Molecular Ecology, 16,3334-3349.