Xiaotong Niu
DPhil Student
Sheldon Group
She/her
Related
Research field
ecology
evolution
genetics
Research group
Sheldon Group
Position
Doctoral student
Status
Current
Expertise
bioinformatics
climate sensitivity
evolutionary ecology
genomics
phylogenomics
I am interested in evolutionary genomics and population genetics, especially how natural populations adapt to environmental change. The long-term study systems at Wytham Woods—the great tit and the winter moth—are particularly appealing to me because they allow us to link ecology, genetics, and evolution.
My DPhil research focuses on the winter moth, using population genomics and transcriptomics to investigate the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of climate adaptation, including the role of sex chromosomes and gene flow.
