Prof Ziheng Yang

Research summary

We develop statistical models of DNA or protein evolution to be used in reconstructing species phylogenies and in understanding the mechanisms of molecular sequence evolution. We make extensive use of maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods, as well as computer simulation. Real data analysis is also a major undertaking in the group, with detection of adaptive molecular evolution and comparative genomics to be the current focus. Those serves as the motivation for the theoretical work.

Education

Beijing Agricultural University

PhD, Genetics | 1992

Beijing Agricultural University

MSc, Animal Physiology with Genetics | 1987

Gansu Agricultural University

BSc, Animal Science | 1984

Publications