Research

Daphnia on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Population genomics and phylogeography of Daphnia magna and Daphnia tibetana (PhD, 2016–2021).

PhD work at Jinan University (promoter: Prof. Dr. Bo-Ping Han).

  • Led a field campaign in Tibet to sample Daphnia tibetana populations (2018–2021).
  • Whole-genome resequencing of D. tibetana: spatial pattern of genetic diversity, population demography, and response to a salinity gradient.
  • Population genetics and phylogeography of D. magna from Tibet and the surrounding area (2016–2018).
Sampling sites of Daphnia species across the Tibetan Plateau
Sampling sites of Daphnia species across the Tibetan Plateau (dot colour = species). Figure 1 from Xu et al. (2018), Ecology and Evolution 8: 5069–5078, CC BY 4.0.

Daphnia · Population genomics · Tibetan Plateau