Ning Wang

Research Group

Evolution and Diversity

Biography

My primary research interest lies in the ecology and evolution of animals and plants, with a particular focus on elucidating species relationships through the integration of diverse data sources.

Previous Positions

2020 to present - Professor – Inner Mongolia University, China

2020 to 2020 – Postdoctoral fellowship – American Museum of Natural History, USA

2016 to 2020 – Postdoctoral fellowship – University of Michigan, USA

Key Publications

'Evolution of Portulacineae marked by gene tree conflict and gene family expansion associated with adaptation to harsh environments', (2019), Mol Biol Evol.

'Comparative genomics reveals a burst of homoplasy-free numt insertions', (2018), Mol Biol Evol.

'Tesing hypotheses about the sister group of the Passeriformes using an independent 30 locus dataset', (2012), Mol Biol Evol.