Ziheng Yang

Ziheng Yang

University College London

H-index: 105

Europe-United Kingdom

About Ziheng Yang

Ziheng Yang, With an exceptional h-index of 105 and a recent h-index of 66 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University College London, specializes in the field of Evolutionary genomics, phylogenomics, computational biology, computational statistics, MCMC.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Gene Flow and Isolation in the Arid Nearctic Revealed by Genomic Analyses of Desert Spiny Lizards

Beginner's guide on the use of PAML to detect positive selection

Major patterns in the introgression history of Heliconius butterflies

Estimation of species divergence times in presence of cross-species gene flow

Power of Bayesian and Heuristic Tests to Detect Cross-Species Introgression with Reference to Gene Flow in the Tamias quadrivittatus Group of North American …

Efficient Bayesian inference under the multispecies coalescent with migration

DNA Sequences Are as Useful as Protein Sequences for Inferring Deep Phylogenies

Hierarchical heuristic species delimitation under the multispecies coalescent model with migration

Ziheng Yang Information

University

Position

RA Fisher Professor of Statistical Genetics

Citations(all)

83447

Citations(since 2020)

24381

Cited By

74669

hIndex(all)

105

hIndex(since 2020)

66

i10Index(all)

213

i10Index(since 2020)

161

Email

University Profile Page

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Ziheng Yang Skills & Research Interests

Evolutionary genomics

phylogenomics

computational biology

computational statistics

MCMC

Top articles of Ziheng Yang

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Gene Flow and Isolation in the Arid Nearctic Revealed by Genomic Analyses of Desert Spiny Lizards

Systematic Biology

Carlos J Pavón-Vázquez

Qaantah Rana

Keaka Farleigh

Erika Crispo

Mimi Zeng

...

2024/1/8

Beginner's guide on the use of PAML to detect positive selection

Sandra Álvarez-Carretero

Paschalia Kapli

Ziheng Yang

2023/4/1

Major patterns in the introgression history of Heliconius butterflies

ELife

Yuttapong Thawornwattana

Fernando Seixas

Ziheng Yang

James Mallet

2023/12/18

Estimation of species divergence times in presence of cross-species gene flow

Systematic Biology

George P Tiley

Tomás Flouri

Xiyun Jiao

Jelmer W Poelstra

Bo Xu

...

2023/3/24

Power of Bayesian and Heuristic Tests to Detect Cross-Species Introgression with Reference to Gene Flow in the Tamias quadrivittatus Group of North American …

Systematic Biology

Jiayi Ji

Donavan J Jackson

Adam D Leaché

Ziheng Yang

2023/3/1

Efficient Bayesian inference under the multispecies coalescent with migration

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Tomáš Flouri

Xiyun Jiao

Jun Huang

Bruce Rannala

Ziheng Yang

2023/10/31

DNA Sequences Are as Useful as Protein Sequences for Inferring Deep Phylogenies

Systematic Biology

Paschalia Kapli

Ioanna Kotari

Maximilian J Telford

Nick Goldman

Ziheng Yang

2023/9/1

Hierarchical heuristic species delimitation under the multispecies coalescent model with migration

bioRxiv

Daniel Kornai

Tomas Flouri

Ziheng Yang

2023

CNETML: maximum likelihood inference of phylogeny from copy number profiles of multiple samples

Genome biology

Bingxin Lu

Kit Curtius

Trevor A Graham

Ziheng Yang

Chris P Barnes

2023/6/20

Inferring the direction of introgression using genomic sequence data

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Yuttapong Thawornwattana

Jun Huang

Tomáš Flouri

James Mallet

Ziheng Yang

2023/8

Inference of gene flow between species under misspecified models

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Jun Huang

Yuttapong Thawornwattana

Tomáš Flouri

James Mallet

Ziheng Yang

2022/12/1

Estimation of cross-species introgression rates using genomic data despite model unidentifiability

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Ziheng Yang

Tomáš Flouri

2022/5/1

Correction to: A Bayesian Implementation of the Multispecies Coalescent Model with Introgression for Phylogenomic Analysis.

Molecular biology and evolution

Tomas Flouri

Xiyun Jiao

Bruce Rannala

Ziheng Yang

2022/11/1

Phase resolution of heterozygous sites in diploid genomes is important to phylogenomic analysis under the multispecies coalescent model

Systematic Biology

Jun Huang

Jeremy Bennett

Tomáš Flouri

Adam D Leaché

Ziheng Yang

2022/3/1

Full-likelihood genomic analysis clarifies a complex history of species divergence and introgression: the example of the erato-sara group of Heliconius butterflies

Systematic Biology

Yuttapong Thawornwattana

Fernando A Seixas

Ziheng Yang

James Mallet

2022/9

A species-level timeline of mammal evolution integrating phylogenomic data

Nature

Sandra Álvarez-Carretero

Asif U Tamuri

Matteo Battini

Fabrícia F Nascimento

Emily Carlisle

...

2022/2/10

RADseq data reveal a lack of admixture in a mouse lemur contact zone contrary to previous microsatellite results

Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Jelmer W Poelstra

B Karina Montero

Jan Lüdemann

Ziheng Yang

S Jacques Rakotondranary

...

2022/8/10

Genome-Scale Data Reveal Deep Lineage Divergence and a Complex Demographic History in the Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) throughout the …

Genome biology and evolution

Nicholas Finger

Keaka Farleigh

Jason T Bracken

Adam D Leaché

Olivier Francois

...

2022/1/1

Bayesian phylogenetic inference using relaxed-clocks and the multispecies coalescent

Molecular biology and evolution

Tomáš Flouri

Jun Huang

Xiyun Jiao

Paschalia Kapli

Bruce Rannala

...

2022/8/1

Correction to: Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference using Relaxed-clocks and the Multispecies Coalescent

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Tomas Flouri

Jun Huang

Xiyun Jiao

Paschalia Kapli

Bruce Rannala

...

2022/12/6

See List of Professors in Ziheng Yang University(University College London)

Co-Authors

H-index: 107
Laurent Excoffier

Laurent Excoffier

Universität Bern

H-index: 88
James Mallet

James Mallet

Harvard University

H-index: 87
Masami Hasegawa

Masami Hasegawa

Fudan University

H-index: 86
Sudhir Kumar

Sudhir Kumar

Temple University

H-index: 85
Mark G Thomas

Mark G Thomas

University College London

H-index: 85
Jianzhi Zhang

Jianzhi Zhang

University of Michigan

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