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Ao Zhang

Northwest A&F University

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Developmental Biology· 1 Evolutionary Biology· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Assay:scRNA-seq· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Boliang Liu· 1 shared Fei WangiD· 1 shared Funong Luo· 1 shared Guanghui Tan· 1 shared Haoping Wang· 1 shared Hengkuan Li· 1 shared Huimin Xiang· 1 shared Huiquan ShaniD· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Reconstructing whole-organism cell phylogenies with resolved ancestral transcriptional states

Zhan Liu, Shanjun Deng, Mengdong Zhang, Boliang Liu, Huimin Xiang, Zhiyun Chen, Ao Zhang, Jay Shendure, Xionglei He

This paper reconstructs whole-organism cell phylogenies with resolved ancestral transcriptional states in zebrafish larvae using a novel computational framework called LEAP.

bioRxiv · Aug 2, 2026 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology

Cross-species insights into placental evolution and diseases at the single-cell resolution

Guanghui Tan, Ao Zhang, Xuesha Cao, Jingyu Yang, Youjie Cui, Fei Wang, Tao Shi, Hengkuan Li, Haoping Wang, Huiquan Shan, Jilong Ren, Yaqi Zhou, Menghan Wang, Funong Luo, Xi Guo, , Yu Jiang

This study constructs a cross-species single-cell transcriptomic atlas of placentas across ten mammalian species, revealing trophoblast lineage dynamics and gene regulatory networks linked to placental evolution and disease.

Nature Communications · May 9, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology