A5088360281- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Plant Gene Expression Analysis
- Plant and animal studies
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Agricultural pest management studies
- Seed and Plant Biochemistry
- Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
- Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Fern and Epiphyte Biology
- Wood and Agarwood Research
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Eurasian Exchange Networks
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Phytochemical compounds biological activities
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
China West Normal University
2025
Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen
2020-2024
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2020-2024
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
2022-2024
Chinese Academy of Forestry
2021
Colorado State University
2021
China Agricultural University
2021
China National GeneBank
2018-2019
BGI Group (China)
2018-2019
Jinggangshan University
2015
Abstract Since the endosymbiont origin from α‐Proteobacteria, mitochondrial genomes have undergone extremely divergent evolutionary trajectories among eukaryotic lineages. Compared with relatively compact and conserved animal genomes, plant many unique features, especially their large complex genomic arrangements. The sizes of fully sequenced span over a 100‐fold range 66 kb in Viscum scurruloideum to 11 000 Silene conica . In addition typical circular structure, some species plants also...
The expanding world population is expected to double the worldwide demand for food by 2050. Eighty-eight percent of countries currently face a serious burden malnutrition, especially in Africa and south southeast Asia. About 95% energy needs humans are fulfilled just 30 species, which wheat, maize, rice provide majority calories. Therefore, diversify stabilize global supply, enhance agricultural productivity, tackle greater use neglected or underutilized local plants (so-called orphan crops,...
Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) is one of the most popular ornamental flowers in world. Although numerous studies on carnations exist, underlying mechanisms flower color, fragrance, and formation double remain unknown. Here, we employed an integrated multi-omics approach to elucidate genetic biochemical pathways important features carnation flowers. First, assembled a high-quality chromosome-scale genome (636 Mb with contig N50 as 14.67 Mb) D. caryophyllus, 'Scarlet Queen'. Next, series...
Mitochondria are organelles within eukaryotic cells that central to the metabolic processes of cellular respiration and ATP production. However, evolution mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) in plants is virtually unknown compared animal mitogenomes or plant plastids, due complex structural variation long stretches repetitive DNA making accurate genome assembly more challenging. Comparing sequence differences organellar between sorghum species an essential step understanding evolutionary...
Homosporous lycophytes (Lycopodiaceae) are a deeply diverged lineage in the plant tree of life, having split from heterosporous (
Abstract Background Dalbergia odorifera is an economically and culturally important species in the Fabaceae because of high-quality lumber traditional Chinese medicines made from this plant, however, overexploitation has increased scarcity D. . Given rarity multiple uses species, it to expand genomic resources for utilizing applications such as tracking illegal logging, determining effective population size wild stands, delineating pedigrees marker assisted breeding programs, resolving gene...
Abstract Cytonuclear interaction refers to the complex and ongoing process of coevolution between nuclear organelle genomes, which are responsible for cellular respiration, photosynthesis, lipid metabolism, etc. play a significant role in adaptation speciation. There have been large number studies detect signatures cytonuclear interactions. However, identification specific genetic polymorphisms that involved these interactions within species remains relatively rare. The recent surge whole...
The genus Dalbergia contains more than 200 species, several of which are trees that produce traditional medicines and extremely high-value timber commonly referred to as rosewood. Due the rarity these species in wild, high value timber, a growing international illicit trade, CITES (Convention on International Trade Endangered Species Wild Fauna Flora) has listed entire appendix II nigra I because this considered at risk extinction. Given this, fact or even level determination is nearly...
Abstract In plants, parasitism triggers the reductive evolution of plastid genomes (plastomes). To disentangle molecular evolutionary associations between feeding on other plants below- or aboveground and general transitions from facultative to obligate parasitism, we analyzed 34 complete plastomes autotrophic, root- stem-feeding hemiparasitic, holoparasitic Santalales. We observed inexplicable losses housekeeping genes tRNAs in hemiparasites dramatic genomic reconfiguration Balanophoraceae,...
Abstract The interaction and coevolution between nuclear cytoplasmic genomes are one of the fundamental hallmarks eukaryotic genome evolution and, 2 billion yr later, still major contributors to formation new species. Although many studies have investigated role cytonuclear interactions following allopolyploidization, relative magnitude effect subgenome dominance versus on remains unclear. Brassica triangle U features 3 diploid species that together formed separate allotetraploid similar...
The chloroplast is one of two organelles containing a separate genome that codes for essential and distinct cellular functions such as photosynthesis. Given the importance chloroplasts in plant metabolism, genomic architecture gene content have been strongly conserved through long periods time are useful molecular tools evolutionary inferences. At present, complete genomes from over 4000 species deposited into publicly accessible databases. Despite large number genomes, comprehensive...
Camphor tree [Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J. Presl], a species in the magnoliid family Lauraceae, is known for its rich volatile oils and used as medical cardiotonic scent many perfumed hygiene products. Here, we present high-quality chromosome-scale genome of C. with scaffold N50 64.34 Mb an assembled size 755.41 Mb. Phylogenetic inference revealed that magnoliids are sister group to clade eudicots monocots. Comparative genomic analyses identified two rounds ancient whole-genome duplication...
Abstract Compared with most flowers where the showy part comprises specialized leaves (petals) directly subtending reproductive structures, Zingiberaceae species produce “flowers” through modifications of (bracts) true throughout an inflorescence. Curcuma alismatifolia , belonging to family, a plant originating from Southeast Asia, has become increasingly popular in flower market worldwide because its varied and esthetically pleasing bracts produced different cultivars. Here, we present...
Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) is an important food and medicine crop plant, which has been cultivated for 4000 years. A nuclear genome generated this species, while intraspecific pan-plastome yet to be produced. As such a detailed understanding of the maternal genealogy not thoroughly investigated.In study, we de novo assembled 513 complete plastomes Fagopyrum compared with 8 downloaded from NCBI database construct F. tartaricum resolve genomic variation. The newly plastome sizes...
Bougainvillea is a perennial ornamental shrub that highly regarded in horticulture around the world. However, absence of genome data limits our understanding pathways involved bract coloration and breeding. Here, we report chromosome-level assembly giga-genome × buttiana 'Mrs Butt', cultivar thought to be origin many other cultivars. The assembled ~5 Gb with scaffold N50 151 756 278 bp contains 86 572 genes which have undergone recent whole-genome duplication. We confirmed multiple rounds...
Butterflies are highly sensitive to climate change, and Troides helena, as an endangered butterfly species, is also affected by these changes. To enhance the conservation of T. helena effectively plan its protected areas, it crucial understand potential impacts change on distribution. This study utilized a MaxEnt model in combination with ArcGIS technology predict global suitable habitats under current future conditions, using species’ distribution data relevant environmental variables. The...
Evolutionary dynamics of inversion and its impact on biochemical traits are a puzzling question. Here, we show abundance inversions in three Curcuma species (turmeric, hidden ginger Siam tulip). Genes within display higher long terminal repeat content lower expression level compared with genomic background, suggesting experience relaxed genetic constraints. It is corroborated by depletion selected SNPs enrichment deleterious mutations detected among 56 tulip cultivars. Functional...
Lagerstroemia L. (Lythraceae) is a widely distributed genus of trees and shrubs native to tropical subtropical environments from Southeast Asia Australia, with numerous species highly valued as ornamentals. Although the plastomes many in this have been sequenced, rates functional gene evolution their effect on phylogenetic analyses not thoroughly examined. We compared three plastome sequence matrices elucidate how differences these datasets affected analyses. Robust relationships for were...
Abstract Sandalwood is one of the most expensive woods in world and well known for its long-lasting distinctive aroma. In our study, chromosome-level genome assemblies two sandalwood species ( Santalum album S antalum yasi ) were constructed by integrating NGS short reads, RNA-seq, Hi-C libraries with PacBio HiFi long reads. The S. genomes both assembled into 10 pseudochromosomes a length 229.59 Mb 232.64 Mb, containing 21,673 22,816 predicted genes repeat content 28.93% 29.54% total...
There is a paradox in the plant mitochondrial genome, that is, genic region evolves slowly while intergenic rapidly. Thus, regions of genome are difficult to align across different species, even closely related species. Here, character mechanism this paradox, we identified interspecific variations Ginkgo biloba, Oryza sativa, and Arabidopsis thaliana plastid at genome-wide level. The substitution rate synonymous sites was similar regions, nonsynonymous lower than suggesting mutation inputs...
Changes in plant leaf color during development are directly related to the accumulation or degradation of certain phytochemicals such as anthocyanins. Since some anthocyanins can be beneficial human health and provide insights into biology leaves, underlying processes timing by which plants produce these molecules has been focus numerous studies. The tree species Hopea hainanensis generally produces green leaves at all growth stages; however, a few explored individuals have identified...
Curcuma alismatifolia (Zingiberaceae) is an ornamental species with high economic value due to its recent rise in popularity among floriculturists. Cultivars within this have mixed genetic backgrounds from multiple hybridization events and can be difficult distinguish via morphological histological methods alone. Given the need improve identification resources, we carried out first systematic study using plastomic data wherein genomic evolution phylogenetic relationships 56 accessions of C....