Bojian Zhong
Editors, Plant Diversity
Nanjing Normal University, China
Area of expertise: Phylogenomics, molecular evolution, evolutionary genomics
Nanjing Normal University, China
Area of expertise: Phylogenomics, molecular evolution, evolutionary genomics
Title: Professor
Email: bjzhong@njnu.edu.cn
Selected publications:
Ma X, Zhang C, Yang L, Hedges B, Zhong B* (2025). New insights on angiosperm crown age based on Bayesian node dating and skyline fossilized birth-death approaches. Nature Communications. 16: 2265.
Wang T, Feng H, Zhu C, Diao R, Zhong B* (2025). Phylotranscriptomics provides insights into the Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic origin and diversification of green algae Trebouxiophyceae. Cell Reports. 44(7):115890.
Wang H, Xu Z, Zhang Z*, Zhong B* (2025). Horizontal transposon transfer during plant terrestrialization. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 1: 15-18.
Zhang Z, Diao R, Sun J, Liu Y, Zhao M, Wang Q, Xu Z, Zhong B* (2024). Diversified molecular adaptations of inorganic nitrogen assimilation and signaling machineries in plants. New Phytologist. 241: 2108-2123.
Yang Z, Ma X, Wang Q, Tian X, Sun J, Zhang Z, Xiao S, De Clerck O, Leliaert F, Zhong B* (2023). Phylotranscriptomics unveil a Paleoproterozoic-Mesoproterozoic origin and deep relationships of the Viridiplantae. Nature Communications. 14: 5542.
Diao R, Zhao M, Liu Y, Zhang Z*, Zhong B* (2023). The advantages of crosstalk during the evolution of the BZR1–ARF6–PIF4 (BAP) module. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 65: 2631–2644.
Hou Z#, Ma X#, Shi X, Li X, Yang L, Xiao S, De Clerck O, Leliaert F, Zhong B* (2022). Phylotranscriptomic insights into a Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic origin and early radiation of green seaweeds (Ulvophyceae). Nature Communications. 13: 1610.
Zhang Z, Ma X, Liu Y, Yang L, Shi X, Wang H, Diao R, Zhong B* (2022). Origin and evolution of green plants in the light of key evolutionary events. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 64: 516-535.
Zhang Z, Xu C, Zhang S, Shi C, Cheng H, Liu H, Zhong B* (2022). Origin and adaptive evolution of UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8-mediated signaling during plant terrestrialization. Plant Physiology. 188: 332-346.
Su D#, Yang L#, Shi X, Ma X, Zhou X, Hedges B, Zhong B* (2021). Large-scale phylogenomic analyses reveal the monophyly of bryophytes and Neoproterozoic origin of land plants. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38:3332-3344.
Zhang Z#, Qu C#, Zhang K#, He Y#, Zhao X#, Yang L#, …, Leliaert F, Bhattacharya D, De Clerck O, Zhong B* (Lead Contact), Miao J* (2020). Adaptation to extreme Antarctic environments revealed by the genome of a sea ice green alga. Current Biology. 30: 3330-3341.
Nie Y, Foster C, Zhu T, Yao R, Duchêne D, Ho S, Zhong B* (2020). Accounting for uncertainty in the evolutionary timescale of green plants through clock-partitioning and fossil calibration strategies. Systematic Biology. 69: 1-16.
Yang L, Su D, Chang X, Foster C, Sun L, Huang C, Zhou X, Zeng L, Ma H, Zhong B* (2020). Phylogenomic insights into deep phylogeny of angiosperms based on broad nuclear gene sampling. Plant Communications. 1: 100027.
Han X, Chang X, Zhang Z, Chen H, He H*, Zhong B*, Deng X* (2019). Origin and evolution of core components responsible for monitoring light environment changes during plant terrestrialization. Molecular Plant. 12: 847-862.
Zhong B*, Xi Z, Goremykin V, Fong R, McLenachan T, Novis P, Davis C, Penny D (2014). Streptophyte algae and the origin of land plants revisited using heterogeneous models with three new algal chloroplast genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 31: 177-183.