Yiming Zhang
Graduate Student
Email:zym0330@pku.edu.cn
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Education and work experience
2013.9-2017.7 BS Biotechnology of Honors Program, China Agricultural University
2017.9-Now Ph.D Center for Life Sciences, Peking University
Research Interests
The evolutionary mechanism of sexual dimorphism in Kallima and Heliconius
Current research projects
This study will focus on sexual dimorphism in Kallima and Heliconius butterflies, and use population genomics methods to elucidate the species’ evolution and adaption under the pressure of sexual selection.
Representative Publications
Chromosome-level reference genome assembly and gene editing of the dead-leaf butterfly Kallima inachus