近日，王师课题组关于扇贝同形性染色体研究工作入选国际生态与进化领域顶级期刊Nature子刊Nature Ecology & Evolution的封面论文。封面展示为包振民院士团队培育的“蓬莱红”栉孔扇贝。截至目前，王师课题组已在Nature Ecology & Evolution发表3篇论文，其中2次入选封面论文和2次获当期亮点专题评述，标志着在动物宏观进化领域不断取得具有重要国际影响力的进展和突破。

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• Han W^#, Liu L^#, Wang J^#, Wei H^#, Li Y^#, Zhang L^#, Guo Z, Li Y, Liu T, Zeng Q, Xing Q, Shu Y, Wang T, Yang Y, Zhang M, Li R, Yu J, Pu Z, Lv J, Lian S, Hu J, Hu X, Bao Z, Bao L^*, Zhang L^*, Wang S^*. (2022) Ancient homomorphy of molluscan sex chromosomes sustained by reversible sex-biased genes and sex determiner translocation. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6: 1891-1906.

• Wang S^#, Zhang J^#, Jiao W^#, Li J^#, Xun X^#, Sun Y^#, Guo X^#, Huan P^#, Dong B, Zhang L, Hu X, Sun X, Wang J, Zhao C, Wang Y, Wang D, Huang X, Wang R, Lv J, Li Y, Zhang Z, Liu B, Lu W, Hui Y, Liang J, Zhou Z, Hou R, Li X, Liu Y, Li H, Ning X, Lin Y, Zhao L, Xing Q, Dou J, Li Y, Mao J, Guo H, Dou H, Li T, Mu C, Jiang W, Fu Q, Fu X, Miao Y, Liu J, Yu Q, Li R, Liao H, Li X, Kong Y, Jiang Z, Chourrout D^*, Li R^*, Bao Z^*. (2017) Scallop genome provides insights into evolution of bilaterian karyotype and development. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1: 0120.

2）NEE News & Views

• Khalturin K. (2020) The origin of metazoan larvae. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4: 674-675.

• Halanych K, Kocot K. (2017) Genome evolution: Shellfish genes. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1: 0142.

3）NEE Behind the Paper

• Han W. (2022) The ‘forever-young’ secret of scallop sex chromosomes: exceptions to the ‘general’ rules.

• Wang J. (2020) The mysterious origin of metazoan larvae: Larva-first or Adult-first?

• Wang S. (2017) The “fossil” genome of scallop Patinopecten yessoensis.