1). Ming-Shan Wang, Yan Li, Min-Sheng Peng, Li Zhong, Zong-Ji Wang, Qi-Ye Li, Xiao-Long Tu, Yang Dong, Chun-Ling Zhu, Lu Wang, Min-Min Yang, Shi-Fang Wu, Yong-Wang Miao, Jian-Ping Liu, David M Irwin, Wen Wang, Dong-Dong Wu, Ya-Ping Zhang. 2015. Genomic analyses reveal potential independent adaptation to high altitude in Tibetan chicken. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32(7): 1880-9.
2). Ming-Shan Wang, Rong-Wei Zhang, Ling-Yan Su, Yan Li, Min-Sheng Peng, He-Qun Liu, Lin Zeng, David M Irwin, Jiu-Lin Du, Yong-Gang Yao, Dong-Dong Wu, Ya-Ping Zhang. 2016. Positive selection rather than relaxation of functional constraint drives the evolution of vision during chicken domestication. Cell Research 26(5): 556-573.
3). Ming-Shan Wang, Yong-Xia Huo, Yan Li, Newton O. Otecko, Ling-Yan Su, Shi-Fang Wu, Min-Sheng Peng, He-Qun Liu, Lin Zeng, David M Irwin, Yong-Gang Yao, Dong-Dong Wu, Ya-Ping Zhang. 2016. Comparative population genomics reveal genetic basis underlying body size of domestic chickens. Journal of Molecular Cell Biology 8(6): 542-52. [Cover story]
4). Ming-Shan Wang, He-Chuan Yang, Yan Li, Dong-Dong Wu, Ya-Ping Zhang. 2016. Olfactory genes in Tibetan wild boar. Nature Genetics 48(9): 972-3.
5). Ming-Shan Wang, Newton O. Otecko , Sheng Wang, Dong-Dong Wu, Min-Min Yang, Yi-Long Xu, Robert W. Murphy, Min-Sheng Peng, and Ya-Ping Zhang. 2017. An Evolutionary Genomic Perspective on the Breeding of Dwarf Chickens. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34(12):3081-3088.
6). Ming-Shan Wang, Yan Zeng, Xiao Wang, Wen-Hui Nie, Jin-Huan Wang, Wei-Ting Su,Newton O. Otecko, Zi-Jun Xiong, Sheng Wang, Kai-Xing Qu, Shou-Qing Yan, Min-Min Yang, Wen Wang, Yang Dong, Dong-Dong Wu, Ya-Ping Zhang. 2017. Draft genome of the gayal. Bos frontalis. GigaScience 6(11):1-7.
7). Ming-Shan Wang, Adeniyi C. Adeola, Yan Li, Ya-Ping Zhang, Dong-Dong Wu. 2015. Accelerated evolving constraint elements for Haematophagic Adaptation of Mosquito. Zoological Research 36 (6): 320-327.
8). Xing Guo, Yan-Qing Li, Ming-Shan Wang (co-1st), Zhi-Bin Wang, Quan Zhang, Yong Shao, Run-Shen Jiang, Sheng Wang, Chen-Dong Ma, Robert W. Murphy, Guang-Qin Wang, Jing Dong, Li Zhang, Dong-Dong Wu, Bing-Wang Du, Min-Sheng Peng, and Ya-Ping Zhang. A parallel mechanism underlying frizzle in domestic chickens. Journal of Molecular Cell Biology, 10:589-591.
9). Dong-Dong Wu, Cui-Ping Yang, Ming-Shan Wang (co-1st), Kun-Zhe Dong, Da-Wei Yan, Zi-Qian Hao, Song-Qing Fan, Shu-Zhou Chu, Qiu-Shuo Shen, Li-Ping Jiang, Yan Li, Lin Zeng, He-Qun Liu, Hai-Bing Xie, Yun-Fei Ma, Xiao-Yan Kong, Shu-Li Yang, Xin-Xing Dong, Ali Esmailizadeh Koshkoiyeh, David M Irwin, Xiao Xiao, Ming Li, Yang Dong, Wen Wang, Peng Shi, Hai-Peng Li, Yue-Hui Ma, Xiao Gou,Yong-Bin Chen, Ya-Ping Zhang. 2020. Convergent genomic signatures of high altitude adaptation among domestic mammals. National Science Review, 7(11):952–963.
10). Ming-Shan Wang, Mukesh Thakur, Min-Sheng Peng, Yu Jiang, Laurent Alain Fran?ois Frantz, Ming Li, Jin-Jin Zhang, Sheng Wang, Joris Peters, Newton Otieno Otecko, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Xing Guo, Zhu-Qing Zheng, Ali Esmailizadeh, Nalini Yasoda Hirimuthugoda, Hidayat Ashari, Sri Suladari, Moch Syamsul Arifin Zein, Szilvia Kusza, Saeed Sohrabi, Hamed Kharrati-Koopaee, Quan-Kuan Shen, Lin Zeng, Min-Min Yang, Ya-Jiang Wu, Xing-Yan Yang, Xue-Mei Lu, Xin-Zheng Jia, Qing-Hua Nie, Susan Joy Lamont, Emiliano Lasagna, Simone Ceccobelli, Humpita Gamaralalage Thilini Nisanka Gunwardana, Thilina Madusanka Senasige, Shao-Hong Feng, Jing-Fang Si, Hao Zhang, Jie-Qiong Jin, Ming-Li Li, Yan-Hu Liu, Hong-Man Chen, Cheng Ma, Shan-Shan Dai, Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan, Muhammad Sajjad Khan, Gamamada Liyanage Lalanie Pradeepa Silva, Thi-Thuy Le, Okeyo Ally Mwai, Mohamed Nawaz Mohamed Ibrahim, Megan Supple, Beth Shapiro, Olivier Hanotte, Guojie Zhang, Greger Larson, Jian-Lin Han, Dong-Dong Wu & Ya-Ping Zhang. 2020. 863 genomes reveal the origin and domestication of chicken. Cell Research, 30,693-701) [cover story].
11). Ming-Shan Wang, Sheng Wang, Yan Li, Yadvendradev Jhala, Mukesh Thakur, Newton O Otecko, Jing-Fang Si, Hong-Man Chen, Beth Shapiro, Rasmus Nielsen, Ya-Ping Zhang, Dong-Dong Wu. Ancient Hybridization with an Unknown Population Facilitated High-Altitude Adaptation of Canids.2020. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 37(9): 2616–2629 [cover story].
12). Xing Guo, Zhi-Cheng Wang, Sheng Wang, Hui-Fang Li, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Jiang-Xian Wang, Cheng Zhang, Yong Shao, Ming-Shan Wang (co-corresponding author), and Run-Shen Jiang*. 2020. Genetic signature of hybridization between Chinese spot-billed ducks and domesticated ducks. Animal Genetics, 51(6):866-875.
13). Xing Guo, Xin-Xin He, Hong Chen, Zhi-Cheng Wang, Hui-Fang Li, Jiang-Xian Wang, Ming-Shan Wang (co-corresponding author), Run-Shen Jiang. 2021. Revisiting the evolutionary history of domestic and wild ducks based on genomic analyses. Zoological Research, 42(1): 43-50.
14). Yun-Mei Wang, Saber Khederzadeh, Shi-Rong Li, Newton Otieno Otecko, David M. Irwin, Mukesh Thakur, Xiao-Die Ren, Ming-Shan Wang (co-corresponding author), Dong-Dong Wu, Ya-Ping Zhang. 2021. Integrating Genomic and Transcriptomic Data to Reveal Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Piao Chicken Rumpless Trait. Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics, 19(5):787-799.
15). Ming-Shan Wang, Jin-Jin Zhang, Xing Guo, Ming Li, Rachel Meyer, Hidayat Ashari, Zhu-Qing Zheng, Sheng Wang, Min-Sheng Peng, Yu Jiang, Mukesh Thakur, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Ali Esmailizadeh, Nalini Yasoda Hirimuthugoda, Moch Syamsul Arifin Zein, Szilvia Kusza, Hamed Kharrati-Koopaee, Lin Zeng, Yun-Mei Wang, Ting-Ting Yin, Min-Min Yang, Ming-Li Li, Xue-Mei Lu, Emiliano Lasagna, Simone Ceccobelli, Humpita Gamaralalage Thilini Nisanka Gunwardana, Thilina Madusanka Senasig, Shao-Hong Feng, Hao Zhang, Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan, Muhammad Sajjad Khan, Gamamada Liyanage Lalanie Pradeepa Silva, Le Thi Thuy, Okeyo A. Mwai, Mohamed Nawaz Mohamed Ibrahim, Guojie Zhang, Kai-Xing Qu, Olivier Hanotte, Beth Shapiro, Mirte Bosse, Dong-Dong Wu, Jian-Lin Han, and Ya-Ping Zhang. 2021. Large-scale genomic analysis reveals the genetic cost of chicken domestication. BMC Biology 16;19(1):118.
16). Suyun Liang, Ming-Shan Wang (co-1st), Bo Zhang, Yulong Feng, Jing Tang, Ming Xie, Wei Huang, Qi Zhang, Dabing Zhang and Shuisheng Hou. 2021.NOD1 is associated with the susceptibility of Pekin duck flock to duck hepatitis A virus genotype 3. Frontiers in Immunology. 12:766740. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.766740
17). Ming-Shan Wang, Mukesh Thakur, Yadvendradev Jhala, Sheng Wang, Yellapu Srinivas, Shan-Shan Dai, Zheng-Xi Liu, Hong-Man Cheng, Richard E. Green,Klaus-Peter Koepfli, Beth Shapiro. 2021. Genome sequencing of a gray wolf from peninsular India provides new insights into the evolution and hybridization of gray wolves. Genome Biology and Evolution, 14(2):evac012.
18). Ming-Shan Wang, Gemma G. R. Murray, Daniel Mann, Pamela Groves, Alisa O. Vershinina, Megan A. Supple, Joshua D. Kapp, Russell Corbett-Detig, Sarah E. Crump, Ian Stirling, Kristin L. Laidre, Michael Kunz, Love Dalén, Richard E. Green, Beth Shapiro; 2022. A polar bear paleogenome reveals extensive ancient gene flow from polar bears into brown bears, Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(7):936-944.