Jenny Xiang
Editors, Plant Diversity
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
Area of expertise: Evolution, molecular ecology, phylogenetics and biogeography, DNA barcoding, speciation, hybridization, conservation genetics, taxonomy
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
Area of expertise: Evolution, molecular ecology, phylogenetics and biogeography, DNA barcoding, speciation, hybridization, conservation genetics, taxonomy
Title: Professor Emerita
Email: jenny_xiang@ncsu.edu
Selected publications:
Asterisks s, p, vs, vf, rs indicate mentored students, postdocs, visiting students, visiting faculty, or research specialist, respectively, * indicates corresponding author(s), + indicates co-first author and equal contribution.
Sunvf, YX, WB Zhous, Q-Y(J) Xiang*. 2025. Genomic data uncover complex hybridization and evolutionary history of the bunchberry species complex (Cornus L., Cornaceae). Horticulture Research Volume 12, Issue 5, May 2025, uhaf026, https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhaf026
Duvf, ZY, J Chengvf, Q-Y(J) Xiang*. 2023. RAD-seq data provide new insights into biogeography, diversity anomaly, and species delimitation in eastern Asia-North America disjunct clade Benthamidia of Cornus (Cornaceae). J. Syst. Evol. 62: 1-19. Cover article. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13037.
Du, ZYvs, Q-Y(J) Xiang*, J Chengvs, WB Zhous, Q-F Wang, DE Soltis, PS Soltis. 2023. An updated phylogeny, biogeography, and PhyloCode-based classification of Cornaceae based on three sets of genomic data. American Journal of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16116.
Zhou, Ws*, J Soghigian, Q-Y(J) Xiang*. 2022. A New Pipeline for Removing Paralogs in Target Enrichment Data. Systematics Biology 71: 410-425. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syab044 .
Zhou, Ws*, Q-Y(J) Xiang*. 2022. Phylogenomics and Biogeography of Castanea (Chestnuts) and Hamamelis (Witch-hazels) - Choosing between RAD-seq and Hyb-Seq data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107592.
Zhous*, W, Q-Y(J) Xiang*, and J Wen. 2020. Phylogenomics, biogeography, and evolution of morphology and ecological niche of the eastern Asian–eastern North American Nyssa (Nyssaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 58: 571– 603. doi: 10.1111/jse.12599.
Lindelofs, K, JA Lindos, W Zhous, X Ji, Q‐Y(J) Xiang*. 2020. Phylogenomics, biogeography, and evolution of the blue‐ or white‐fruited dogwoods (Cornus)—Insights into morphological and ecological niche divergence following intercontinental geographic isolation. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 58 (5), 604-645.
Paiss*, A, R Whetten, Q-Y(J) Xiang*. 2020. Population structure, landscape genomics, and genetic signatures of adaptation to exotic disease pressure in Cornus florida L. – insights from GWAS and GBS data. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 58: 546– 570. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12592
Duvf, ZY, AJ Harris, Q-Y(J) Xiang*. 2020. Phylogenomics, co-evolution of ecological niche and morphology, and historical biogeography of buckeyes, horsechestnuts, and their relatives (Hippocastaneae, Sapindaceae) and the value of RAD-Seq for deep evolutionary inferences back to the Late Cretaceous. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 145:106726, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106726.
Fuvs,CN, ZQ Mo, JB Yang, XJ Ge, DZ Li*, Q-Y(J) Xiang*, LM Gao*. 2019. Plastid phylogenomics and biogeographic analysis support a trans-Tethyan origin and rapid early radiation of Cornales in the Mid-Cretaceous. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Vol. 140, Nov., 106601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106601.
Dongp+, Y, SC Chen+, S Cheng, W Zhous, Q Mavs, Z Chen, C-X Fu, X Liu*, Y Zhao*, PS Soltis*, G Wong*, DE Soltis*, Q-Y(J) Xiang*+. 2019. Natural selection and repeated patterns of molecular evolution following allopatric divergence. eLife 2019,8:e45199 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.45199.
Pais*s, AL, X Li (S), and Q-Y(J) Xiang*. 2018. Discovering variation of secondary metabolite diversity and its relationship with disease resistance in Cornus florida L. Ecology and Evolution. 8 (11). DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4090.
Pais*s AL, RW Whetten, and Q-Y(J) Xiang*. 2017. Ecological genomics of local adaptation in Cornus florida L. by Genotyping by Sequencing. Evolution and Ecology. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2623. 2017 Jan, 7(1): 441–465.
Mavs, Q, X Liurs, RG Franks*, QY(J) Xiang*. 2017. Alterations of CorTFL1 and CorAP1 expression correlate with major evolutionary shifts of inflorescence architecture in Cornus L. (Cornaceae) – a model for variation of determinate inflorescences. New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.14197.
Yu, Yvf, Q-Y(J) Xiang*, P Manos, DE Soltis, PS Soltis, BH Song, SF Chen, X Liu, G Wong. 2017. Whole genome duplication and acceleration of molecular evolution is associated with the early diversification of the genus Cornus L. (Cornaceae): Insights from De Novo Assembled Transcriptome Sequences. PLoS ONE 12(2): e0171361. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171361