Education:

Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University (1978-1982, B.Sc.)

Institute of Hydrobiology of the CAS (1987-1990, M.Sc.)

Chinese University of Hong Kong (1995-1998, Ph.D.)

Research Experience:

1982-1985: Biochemical studies on Toxoplasma at the Shanghai Institute of Schistoxomiasis, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China (Research Assistant)

1985-present: Fisheries biotechnology, genetics and breeding of fish at the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China. (Research Associate; Associate Professor; Professor)

1993.7-1995.1: Biochemical genetics in marine animals at the Australian Institute of Marine Science & RMIT University, Australia. (Visiting Scholar)

1999.4-2000.3: Marine biology and Genome mapping at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. (Postdoctoral Fellow)

　　Wang XH, Yu X, Tong J.* 2016. Molecular characterization and growth association of two Apolipoprotein AIb genes in common carp (Cyprinus carpio).  Intl J Mol Sci 17: 1569 

　　Liu HY, Fu BD, Pang MX, Feng X, Wang XH, Yu XM, Tong J.*  2016.  QTL fine mapping and identification of candidate genes for growth-related traits in bighead carp (Hypophthalmichehys nobilis).  Aquaculture, 465: 134-143.  

　　Sun Y.H., Li Q.*, Wang G.Y., Zhu D.M., Chen J., Li P, Tong J.* 2016. Polymorphisms in Myostatin-1 gene and associations with growth traits in Ancherythoculter nigrocauda. Chin J Oceanol Limnol (doi.org/10.1007/s00343-017-5317-0) 

　　Fu B.D.,Wang XH, Feng X, Yu X, Tong J.*  2016. Comparative transcriptome analyses of two bighead carp groups with extremely different growth rates.  Comp Biochem Physiol D, 20: 111-117.   

　　Fu B.D., Liu H.Y, Yu X.M, Tong J.*  2016.  A high-density genetic map and growth related QTL mapping in bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis). Sci Rep, 6: 28679   

　　Zhu C., Tong J.*,Yu X., Guo W.J. 2015. Comparative mapping for bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis) against model and non-model fishes provides insights into the genomic evolution of cyprinids. Mol Genet Genomics, 290: 1313-1326     

　　Feng X., Wang X.H., Yu X., Zhang X.F., Lu C.Y., Sun X.W., Tong J.* 2015. Microsatellite-centromere mapping in common carp through half-tetrad analysis in diploid meiogynogenetic families. Chromosoma, 124: 67-79.  

　　Tong J.*, Sun X. 2015. Genetic and genomic analyses for economically important traits and their applications in molecular breeding of cultured fish. Sci China: Life Sci, 58: 178–186. 

　　Feng X, Yu X, Pang M X, Liu H Y, Tong J*. 2015. Molecular characterization and expression of three preprosomatostatin genes and association analyses with growth traits in common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Comp Biochem Physiol B, 182: 37-46 

　　Feng X., Yu X., Tong J.* 2014. Novel single nucleotide polymorphisms of the Insulin-like growth factor-I gene and their associations with growth traits in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Intl. J. Mol. Sci.,15: 22471-22482  

　　Zeng C., Liu X.L., Wang W.M., Tong J.G., Luo W., Zhang J., Gao Z.X.* 2014. Characterization of GHRs, IGFs and MSTNs, and analysis of their expression relationships in blunt snout bream, Megalobrama amblycephala. Gene, 535: 239-249. 

　　Feng X., W.J. Guo, J.L. Kang,Yu X., Tong J.* 2014. Development and characterization of novel microsatellite markers in yellowcheck (Elopichthys bambusa). Conserv Genet Resour, 6: 725-727. 

　　Zhu C., Tong J.*, Yu X., Guo W., Wang X., Liu H., Feng X., Sun Y., Liu L., Fu B. 2014. A second generation genetic linkage map for bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis) based on microsatellite markers. Anim Genet, 45: 699-708 

　　Feng X., Yu X., Fu B., He S., Tong J.* 2014. Development of 159 transcript-associated microsatellite markers in silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix). Conserv Genet Resour, 6: 111-113. 

　　Zhu C.K., Sun Y.H., Yu X.M. Tong J.* 2013. Centromere localization for bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis) through half-tetrad analysis in diploid gynogenetic families. PloS One, 8: e82950. 

　　Guo W., Tong J.*, Yu X., Zhu C., Feng X., Fu B., He S., Zeng F., Wang X., Liu H., Liu L. 2013. A second generation genetic linkage map for silver carp (Hypophthalmichehys molitrix) using microsatellite markers. Aquaculture, 412-413: 97-106. 

　　Zhu C., Yu X., Fu B., Tong J.* 2013. Development of 201 tri- and tetra-nucleotide repeat microsatellites for bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis). Conserv Genet Resour, 5: 755-758 

　　Sun Y.H., Yu X., Tong J.* 2012. Polymorphisms in myostatin gene and associations with growth traits in common carp. Intl J Mol Sci, 13: 14956-14961 

　　Liu L., Yu X., Tong J.* 2012. Molecular characterization of myostatin (MSTN) gene and association analysis with growth traits in the bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis). Mol Biol Rep, 39: 9211–9221 

　　Zhu C., Cheng L., Tong J.*, Yu X. 2012. Development and characterization of new single nucleotide polymorphism markers from expressed sequence tags in common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Intl J Mol Sci, 13: 7343-7353. 

        Wang J., Yu X., Zhao K., Zhang Y.G., Tong J.*, Peng Z.G.*  2012. Microsatellite development for the endangered fish species Megalobrama pellegrini (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) using 454 sequencing and high level cross-species transferability within Cultrinae. Intl J Mol Sci, 13: 3009-3021