X, Wang., Lu, S., Li, Y., Zhang, H., Jiao, H., and Wu, Y. (2025). Identification and Expression Profiling of Scorpion Ionotropic Receptors and Gustatory Receptors Based on the Transcriptomic Analysis. Integrative Zoology. [ DOI | PDF ]

Yue, Y., Zou, D., Tian, S., Jiao, H., & Zhao, H. (2024). Comparative genomics reveals convergent adaptations in lipid metabolism and low genetic diversity in carnivorous bats. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 62(5), 843–857. [ DOI | PDF ]

Xu, Y., Li, Y., Hu, H., Jiao, H., & Zhao, H. (2024). Genomic and functional insights into dietary diversification in New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 62(5), 928–941. [ DOI | PDF ]

Li, Y., Jiao, H., Sin, S. Y. W., Wang, R., Rossiter, S. J., & Zhao, H. (2023). Common ancestors of bats were omnivorous suggested by resurrection of ancestral sweet receptors. Science Bulletin, 68(16), 1748–1751. [ DOI | PDF ]

Tian, S., Zeng, J., Jiao, H., Zhang, D., Zhang, L., Lei, C., Rossiter, S. J., & Zhao, H. (2023). Comparative analyses of bat genomes identify distinct evolution of immunity in Old World fruit bats. Science Advances, 9(18), eadd0141. [ DOI | PDF ]

Hao, X., Jiao, H., Zou, D., Li, Q., Yuan, X., Liao, W., Jiang, P., & Zhao, H. (2023). Evolution of bitter receptor genes and ontogenetic dietary shift in a frog. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(8), e2218183120. [ DOI | PDF ]

Jiao, H., Wang, Q., Wang, B.-J., Li, K., Lövy, M., Nevo, E., Li, Q., Su, W., Jiang, P., & Zhao, H. (2021). Local Adaptation of Bitter Taste and Ecological Speciation in a Wild Mammal. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38(10), 4562–4572. [ DOI | PDF ]

Lu, Q., Jiao, H., Wang, Y., Norbu, N., & Zhao, H. (2021). Molecular evolution and deorphanization of bitter taste receptors in a vampire bat. Integrative Zoology, 16(5), 659–669. [ DOI | PDF ]

Yan, H., Jiao, H., Liu, Q., Zhang, Z., Xiong, Q., Wang, B.-J., Wang, X., Guo, M., Wang, L.-F., Lan, K., Chen, Y., & Zhao, H. (2021). ACE2 receptor usage reveals variation in susceptibility to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 infection among bat species. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5(5), 600–608. [ DOI | PDF ]

Jiao, H., Xie, H.-W., Zhang, L., Zhuoma, N., Jiang, P., & Zhao, H. (2021). Loss of sweet taste despite the conservation of sweet receptor genes in insectivorous bats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(4), e2021516118. [ DOI | PDF ]

Li, W., Huang, X., Zou, J., Wu, J., Jiao, H., Peng, X., & Sun, M. (2020). Three STIGMA AND STYLE STYLISTs Pattern the Fine Architectures of Apical Gynoecium and Are Critical for Male Gametophyte-Pistil Interaction. Current Biology, 30(23), 4780-4788.e5. [ DOI | PDF ]

Yan, H., Jiao, H., Liu, Q., Zhang, Z., Wang, X., Guo, M., Wang, B.-J., Lan, K., Chen, Y., & Zhao, H. (2020). Many bat species are not potential hosts of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2: Evidence from ACE2 receptor usage. bioRxiv, 2020.09.08.284737. [ DOI | PDF ]

Zhou, Z.-S., Li, M.-X., Liu, J., Jiao, H., Xia, J.-M., Shi, X.-J., Zhao, H., Chu, L., Liu, J., Qi, W., Luo, J., & Song, B.-L. (2020). Competitive oxidation and ubiquitylation on the evolutionarily conserved cysteine confer tissue-specific stabilization of Insig-2. Nature Communications, 11(1), 379. [ DOI | PDF ]

Jiao, H., Hong, W., Nevo, E., Li, K., & Zhao, H. (2019). Convergent reduction of V1R genes in subterranean rodents. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19(1), 176. [ DOI | PDF ]

Jiao, H., Zhang, L., Xie, H.-W., Simmons, N. B., Liu, H., & Zhao, H. (2019). Trehalase Gene as a Molecular Signature of Dietary Diversification in Mammals. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 36(10), 2171–2183. [ DOI | PDF ]

Wang, Y., Jiao, H., Jiang, P., & Zhao, H. (2019). Functional divergence of bitter taste receptors in a nectar-feeding bird. Biology Letters, 15(9), 20190461. [ DOI | PDF ]

Jiao, H., Wang, Y., Zhang, L., Jiang, P., & Zhao, H. (2018). Lineage-specific duplication and adaptive evolution of bitter taste receptor genes in bats. Molecular Ecology, 27(22), 4475–4488. [ DOI | PDF ]

Wu, J., Jiao, H., Simmons, N. B., Lu, Q., & Zhao, H. (2018). Testing the sensory trade-off hypothesis in New World bats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1885), 20181523. [ DOI | PDF ]

Wang, K., Hong, W., Jiao, H., & Zhao, H. (2017). Transcriptome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of four species of luminescent beetles. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 1814. [ DOI | PDF ]

Zhang, Y., Jiao, Y., Jiao, H., Zhao, H., & Zhu, Y.-X. (2017). Two-Step Functional Innovation of the Stem-Cell Factors WUS/WOX5 during Plant Evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 34(3), 640–653. [ DOI | PDF ]

Li, K., Hong, W., Jiao, H., Wang, G.-D., Rodriguez, K. A., Buffenstein, R., Zhao, Y., Nevo, E., & Zhao, H. (2015). Sympatric speciation revealed by genome-wide divergence in the blind mole rat Spalax. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(38), 11905–11910. [ DOI | PDF ]

Jiao, H., Ding, M., & Zhao, H. (2015). Sequence and organization of complete mitochondrial genome of the firefly, Aquatica leii (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Mitochondrial DNA, 26(5), 775–776. [ DOI | PDF ]

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