Xiaodong Zheng
Professor, Laboratory of Genetics and Applied Breeding of Molluscs
Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Ocean University of China
5 Yushan Road, Phone: 86-532-82032873
Qingdao 266003, Fax: 86-532-82032773
China Email: xdzheng@ouc.edu.cn
EDUCATION
BS, Mariculture, Ocean University of Qingdao, 1995
MS, Aquaculture, Ocean University of Qingdao, 1998
Ph.D, Aquaculture, Ocean University of Qingdao, 2001
RESEARCH
Current Interests:
(1) Cephalopod taxonomy and DNA biocoding;
(2) Genetic management of exploited natural populations and species of potential aquaculture molluscs (particularly cephalopods);
(3) Cephalopod culture and resource protection/behavioural and reproductive strategies
Current Research Projects (recent 10 years):
PHYLOGENETICS AND TAXONOMY OF OCTOPODIDAE CEPHALOPODS BASED ON MTDNA COMPLETE SEQUENCES, NATIONAL NATURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF CHINA (No.31172058). 2012.1-2015.12.
ARTIFICIAL BREEDING, ENHENCEMENT AND RELEASING OF OCTOPUS MINOR. Subproject of THE NATIONAL MARINE PUBLIC WELFARE RESEARCH PROJECT (No.200805069). 2008.12 -2012.12; 2013.01-2015.12
COLLECTION, CONSERVATION AND INFORMATIONLIZATION TECHNOLOGY ABOUT SHELLFISH RESOURCES LOCATED IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF CHINA. National High-tech R&D Program of China (863 Program) (2007AA09Z433). 2007.12-2010.12
GENETIC DIVERSITY EVALUATION AND LARVAL BREEDING TECHNOLOGY OF OCTOPUS VULGARIS. Doctoral Foundation of Shandong (No. 2006BS06010). 2008.12-2010.12
GENETIC DIVERSITY EVALUATION AND MATING MODEL FOUNDATION OF SEPIA ESCULENTA. National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30600463). 2007.01-2009.12
Honors:
2013.1-2014.2 Visiting scholar, Smithsonian Institution, DC. USA.
2012. 5-6: Visiting Scientist, Centro Oceanográfico de Vogo, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Vigo, Spain.
2012.3-5: Visiting Scientist, Centro Oceanográfico de Canarias, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Tenerife, Spain.
2012.1-2: Visiting Scientist, Division of Natural Sciences, Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2012- Council member of Cephalopod International Advisory Council
2005-2006 Post-doctoral Fellow, Tohoku University
PUBLICATION (recent 10 years)(*: corresponding author)
Gao X, Zheng XD*, Li Q. 2013. Development and characterization of twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci in the cephalopod Amphioctopus fangsiao (d’Orbigny, 1839–1841). Conservation Genetics Resources, 5:619-621.
Zheng XD, Lin XZ, Lu CC, Ma RJ. 2012.A new species of Cistopus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the East and South China Seas and phylogenetic analysis based on mitochondrial COI gene. J. Natural History, 46(5-6):355-368.
Zheng XD, Zuo ZR, Su XJ, Li Q.2012.Isolation and characterization of 24 polymorphic microsatellite loci in Sepioteuthis lessoniana. Genetics and Molecular Research, 11 (4): 3961- 3965
Zuo ZR, Zheng XD*, Liu C, Li Q. 2012. Development and characterization of 17 polymorphic microsatellite loci in Octopus vulgaris (Cephalopoda).Conservation Genetics Resources, 4(2): 367-369
Cheng RB, Zheng XD*, Lin XZ, Li.Q. 2012.Determination of the complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Octopus minor. Molecular Biology Reports, 39(4):3461-3470.
Lu CC, Zheng XD and Lin XZ. 2012. Diversity of Cephalopoda from the waters of the Chinese mainland and Taiwan. Proceeding of the 1st Mainland and Taiwan symposium of Marine Biodiversity Studies. p76-87
Dai LN, Zheng XD, Kong LF, Li Q. 2012. DNA barcoding analysis of Coleoidea (Mollusca: Cephalopoda ) from Chinese waters. Molecular Ecology Resources, 12, 437-447
Sun Y, Li Q, Kong LF and XD Zheng. 2012. DNA barcoding of Caenogastropoda along coast of China based on the COI gene. Molecular Ecology Resources, 12: 209-218
Ni G, Li Q, Kong LF, Zheng XD. 2012. Phylogeography of the bivalve Tegillarca granosain coastal China: implications for management and conservation. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 452: 119–130.
Zheng XD, Liu ZS, Zhao N, An WT, Yang SJ and Lin XZ. 2011. Embryonic development and paralarval growth of Octopus vulgaris. Oceanologia Et Limnologia Sinica, 42(2):317-323.
Zuo ZR, Zheng XD*, Yuan Y, Li Q. 2011. Development and characterization of 12 polymorphic microsatellite loci in Octopus minor (Sasaki, 1920). Conservation Genetics Resources, 3(3) : 489-491.
Yang JM, Wang WJ,Zheng XD*, Zhou QL, Zhang Y, Sun GH and Liu XQ. 2011. The ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Octopus ocellatus Gray, 1849(Cephalopoda: Octopoda). Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 29(1): 199-205
Liu J, Li Q, Kong LF and Zheng XD. 2011. Cryptic diversity in the pen shell Atrina pectinata (Bivalvia: Pinnidae): high divergence and hybridization revealed by molecular and morphological data. Molecular Ecology, 20: 4332–4345
Zou SM, Li Q, Kong LF, Yu H and XD Zheng. 2011. Comparing the usefulness of distance, monophyly and character-based DNA barcoding methods in species identification: a case study of Neogastropoda. PLoS ONE, 6 (10):e26619
Chen J, Li Q, Kong LF & XD Zheng. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of venus clams (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneridae) with emphasis on the systematic position of taxa along the coast of mainland China. Zoologica Scripta, 40:260-271.
Feng YW, Li Q, Kong LF and XD Zheng. 2011. COI-based DNA barcoding of Arcoida species (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia) along the coast of China. Molecular Ecology Resources, 11:435-441.
Zheng XD, Ikeda M, Kong LF, Lin XZ, Li Q, Taniguchi N.. 2009. Genetic diversity and population structure of the golden cuttlefish, Sepia esculenta indicated by microsatellite DNA variations. Marine Ecology, 30(4): 448-454.
Zheng XD, Ikeda M, Barinova A. and Taniguchi N. 2007. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite DNA loci from the golden cuttlefish, Sepia esculenta Hoyle (Cephalopoda). Molecular Ecology Note, 7: 40-42.
Zheng XD, Li Q, Wang ZP, Yu R and C. Tian. 2005. Genetic diversity in populations of Sepiella japonica based on mtDNA sequence analysis. Phuket Marine Biology Center Research Bulletin, 66:195-201.
Xiao S, Zheng XD*, Wang RC, Wang ZP. 2005. A study of the organic matrix of cuttlebone: Molecular weights, characterized infrared spectrum and amino acid composition. Phuket Marine Biology Center Research Bulletin, 66:235-241.
