Qi Zhou

The evolutionary biologist Qi Zhou explores the evolution and function of the Y chromosome, which determines the male sex. In the course of his ERC project "Evolution and Impact of Heterochromatin on a Young Drosophila Y chromosome" Qi Zhou now wants to study how genomic parasites of the Y chromosome can be "tamed" in order to prevent them from harming other parts of the genome. Moreover, he wants to gain insight into the dynamics of sex chromosomes and find out how they develop during the evolution of a species.