Chao Tong

This study identifies genomic and multi-omic changes associated with extreme female-biased sexual size dimorphism in spiders, focusing on gene copy number, chromatin regulation, and sex-specific expression patterns.

The paper identifies genomic signatures of convergent evolution in spiders that build funnel webs, highlighting shared genetic changes in genes related to nervous system function.

The paper identifies convergent genomic changes in diurnal spiders, showing shifts in selection on neural and visual genes and relaxed selection on phototransduction components across multiple independent transitions to diurnality.

Antscan provides 2,193 standardized whole-body 3D synchrotron micro-CT datasets across 792 ant species (212 genera), pairing morphological volumes with automated deep-learning segmentation and genome sequencing projects.

This study surveys non-native spider introductions in North America, identifies their geographic origins, distribution hotspots, and genetic adaptations to invasion.

This study investigates the genomic basis of eye number variation in spiders, finding conserved genes in eye development and distinct patterns of selection for eye reduction and loss.

This study identifies genomic adaptations in aquatic and semi-aquatic spiders through comparative genomics and integrative analyses, revealing genes involved in key physiological functions.

This study identifies rapidly evolving ion transport genes in a Tibetan fish adapted to saline-alkaline environments through comparative genomics.

This study identifies rapidly evolving immune genes in highland fish and their transcriptomic signatures related to immune response and adaptation to extreme environments.

This study identifies genomic signatures and candidate genes associated with alkaline adaptation in a Schizothoracine fish from a soda lake on the Tibetan Plateau.