2024 Liu Y.Q., Niu J.H., Ye F., Solberg T., Lu B.R., Wang C.D., Nowacki M., Gao S., Dynamic DNA N6-adenine methylation (6mA) governs the encystment process, showcased in the unicellular eukaryote Pseudocohnilembus persalinus.Genome Research, 34(2):256-271.

2024 Sheng Y.L., Wang Y.Y., Yang W.T., Wang X.Q., Lu J.W., Pan B., Nan B., Liu Y.Q., Ye F., Li C., Song J.K., Dou Y.L., Gao S., Liu Y.F. Semiconservative transmission of DNA N6-adenine methylation in a unicellular eukaryote. Genome Research, 34(5):740-756

2023 Pan B., Ye F., Li T., Wei F., Warren A., Wang Y.Y., Gao S. Potential role of N6-adenine DNA methylation in alternative splicing and endosymbiosis in Paramecium bursaria. iScience, 26(5):106676

2023 Gao Y.Y., Solberg T., Wang, C.D., Gao F. Small RNA-mediated genome rearrangement pathways in ciliates. Trends in Genetics, 39(2): 94−97.

2022 Wang C.D., Solberg T., Maurer-Alcalá X.X., Swart C.E., Gao F., Nowacki M. A small RNA guided PRC2 complex eliminates DNA as an extreme form of transposon silencing. Cell Reports, 40: 111263.

2022 Qiao Y., Cheng T., Zhang J., Alfarraj S.A., Tian M., Liu Y. & Gao S. Identification and utilization of a mutated 60S ribosomal subunit coding gene as an effective and cost-efficient selection marker for Tetrahymena genetic manipulation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 204: 1−8.

2022 Li R., Zhuang W.B., Feng X.C., Al-Farraj S.A., Warren A. & Hu X.Z. Phylogeny of the anaerobic ciliate genus Sonderia (Protista: Ciliophora: Plagiopylea), including the description of three novel species and a brief revision of the genus. Marine Life Science and Technology, 4: 493−512.

2022 Ma M.Z., Xu Y., Lu B.R., Li Y.Q., Song W.B., Petroni G., Al-Farrah SA., & Yan Y. Molecular Phylogeny and taxonomy of four Remanella species (Protozoa, Ciliophora): a flagship genus of karyorelictean ciliates, with descriptions of three new species. Zoological Research, 43: 827−842.

2022 Ma M.Z., Li Y.Q., Maurer-Alcala X., Wang Y.R. & Yan Y. Deciphering phylogenetic relationships in class Karyorelictea (Protista, Ciliophora) based on updated multi-gene information with establishment of a new order Wilbertomorphida n. ord. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 169: 107406.

2022 Zhang G.A.T., Zhao Y., Chi Y., Warren A., Pan H.B. & Song, W.B. Updating the phylogeny and taxonomy of pleurostomatid ciliates (Protista: Ciliophora) with establishment of a new family, a new genus and two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 196: 105–123.

2021 Xu J., Zhao X.L., Mao F.B., Basrur V., Ueberheide B., Chait B.T., Allis C.D., Taverna S.D., Gao S., Wang W. & Liu Y. A Polycomb repressive complex is required for RNAi-mediated heterochromatin formation and dynamic distribution of nuclear bodies. Nucleic Acids Research, 49, 5407–5425

2021 Zheng W.B., Wang C.D., Lynch M. & Gao S. The compact macronuclear genome of the ciliate Halteria grandinella: a transcriptome-like genome with 23,000 nanochromosomes. mBio, 12: e01964-20.

2021 Chi Y., Chen X., Li Y., Wang C., Zhang T., Ayoub A., Warren A., Song W. & Wang Y.Y. New contributions to the phylogeny of the ciliate class Heterotrichea (Protista, Ciliophora): analyses at family-genus level and new evolutionary hypotheses. Science China Life Science, 64: 606–620.

2021 Liu Y., Nan B., Niu J., Kapler G. & Gao S. An optimized and versatile counter-flow centrifugal elutriation workflow to obtain synchronized eukaryotic cells. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9:664418.

2021 Wang, C.D., Gao, Y.Y., Lu, B.R., Chi, Y., Zhang, T.T., El-Serehy, H. A., Al-Farraj, S. A., Li, L.F., Song, W.B. & Gao, F. Large-scale phylogenomic analysis provides new insights into the phylogeny of the class Oligohymenophorea (Protista, Ciliophora) with establishment of a new subclass Urocentria nov. subcl. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 159: 107112.

2021 Zhang T.T., Li C., Zhang X., Wang C.D., Roger A.J. & Gao F. Characterization and comparative analysis of mitochondrial genomes in single-celled eukaryotes shed light on the diversity and evolution of the linear molecular architecture.International Journal of Molecular Science, 22: 2546.

2021 Ma M.Z., Xu Y., Yan Y., Li Y.Q., Warren A. & Song W.B. Taxonomy and molecular information of four karyorelictids in genera Apotrachelocerca and Tracheloraphis (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with notes on their systematic positions and description of two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 192: 690–709. 

2021 Sheng Y., Pan B., Wei F., Wang Y.Y. & Gao S. Case study of the response of N⁶-methyladenine DNA modification to environmental stressors in the unicellular eukaryote Tetrahymena thermophila. mSphere, 6: e01208-20.

2020 Sheng Y., Duan L., Cheng T., Qiao Y., Stover N.A., Gao S. The completed macronuclear genome of a model ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila and its application in genome scrambling and copy number analyses. Science China Life Science, 63: 1534–1542. 

2020 Zheng W., Chen J., Doak T.C., Song W.B., Yan Y. ADFinder: accurate detection of programmed DNA elimination using NGS high-throughput sequencing data. Bioinformatics, 36: 3632–3636.

2020 Chi Y., Duan L.L., Luo X.T., Cheng T., Warren A., Huang J. & Chen X.R. A new contribution to the taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of three freshwater, well-known species of the ciliate genus Spirostomum (Protozoa: Ciliophora: Heterotrichea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 189:158–177.

2020 Tian, M., Agreiter C., Loidl J. Spatial constraints on chromosomes are instrumental to meiotic pairing. Journal of Cell Science, 133(22): jcs.253724

2019 Wang Y.Y., Sheng Y.L., Liu Y.Q., Zhang W.X., Cheng T., Duan L.L., Pan B., Qiao Y., Liu Y.F. & Gao S. A distinct class of eukaryotic MT-A70 methyltransferases maintain symmetric DNA N6-adenine methylation at the ApT dinucleotides as an epigenetic mark associated with transcription. Nucleic Acids Research, 47: 11771–11789.

2019 Zhao X.L., Xiong J., Mao F.B., Sheng Y.L., Chen X., Feng L.F., Dui W., Yang W.T., Kapusta A., Feschotte C., Coyne R.S., Miao W., Gao S. & Liu Y.F. RNAi-dependent polycomb repression controls transposable elements in Tetrahymena.Genes & Development. 33: 348–364.

2019 Chen X., Jiang Y.H., Gao F., Zheng W.B., Krock T.J., Stover N.A., Lu C., Katz L.A. & Song W.B. Genome analyses of the new model protist Euplotes vannus focusing on genome rearrangement and resistance to environmental stressors. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19:1292–1308.

2019 Zhang T.T., Fan X.P., Gao F., Al-Farraj S.A., El-Serehy H.A., Song W.B. Further analyses on the phylogeny of the subclass Scuticociliatia (Protozoa, Ciliophora) based on both nuclear and mitochondrial data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,139: 106565. 

2019 Wang Y.R., Wang C.D., Jiang Y.H., Katz L.A., Gao F. & Yan Y. Further analyses of variation of ribosome DNA copy number and polymorphism in ciliates provide insights relevant to studies of both molecular ecology and phylogeny. Science China Life Science, 62: 203–214.

2019 Lu B., Li L., Hu X.Z., Ji D., Al-Rasheid K.A.S. & Song W.B. Novel contributions to the peritrich family Vaginicolidae (Protista, Ciliophora), with morphological and phylogenetic analyses of three poorly-known species within genera Pyxicola, Cothurnia and Vaginicola. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 187: 1–30

2018 Zhao Y., Yi Z.Z., Warren A. & Song W.B. Species delimitation for the molecular taxonomy and ecology of a widely distributed microbial eukaryotes genus Euplotes (Alveolata, Ciliophora). Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Science. 285: 20172159.

2018 Sheng Y.L., He M., Zhao F.Q., Shao C. & Miao M. Phylogenetic relationship analyses of complicated class Spirotrichea based on transcriptomes from three diverse microbial eukaryotes: Uroleptopsis citrina, Euplotes vannus and Protocruzia tuzeti.Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 129: 338–345.

2018 Luo X.T., Yan Y., Shao C., Al-Farraj S.A., Bourland W. & Song W.B. Morphological, ontogenetic and molecular data support strongylidiids as being closely related to Dorsomarginalia (Protozoa, Ciliophora) and reactivation of the family Strongylidiidae Fauré-Fremiet, 1961. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 184, 237–254.