Guojin Zhang
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
Area of expertise: Phylogenomics and evolution, comparative transcriptomics, molecular evolution, taxonomy
Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
Area of expertise: Phylogenomics and evolution, comparative transcriptomics, molecular evolution, taxonomy
Title: Lecturer
Email: guojin_zhang@163.com
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Selected publications (no more than 15):
Zhang, G., Yang, J., Zhang, C., Jiao, B., Panero, J., Cai, J., Zhang, Z., Gao, L., Gao, T., and Ma, H. (2024). Nuclear phylogenomics of Asteraceae with increased sampling provide new insights into convergent morphological and molecular evolution. Plant Comm. 5: 100851.
Zhang, G., Hu, Y., Huang, M., Huang, W., Liu, D., Zhang, D., Hu, H., Downing, J.L., Liu, Z., and Ma, H. (2023). Comprehensive phylogenetic analyses of Orchidaceae using nuclear genes and evolutionary insights into epiphytism. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 65(5):1204-1225 (封面论文)
Zhang, G., and Ma, H. (2024). Nuclear phylogenomics of angiosperms and insights into their relationships and evolution. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 66: 546–578.
Chen, H., Li, T., Chen, X., Qu, T., Zheng, X., Luo, J., Li, B., Zhang, G.* and Fu, Z.* (2024) Insights into comparative genomics, structural features, and phylogenetic relationship of species from Eurasian Aster and its related genera (Asteraceae: Astereae) based on complete chloroplast genome. Front. Plant Sci. 15:1367132.
Zhang, G., Hu, H., Gao, T., Gilbert, M., and Jin, X. (2019). Convergent origin of the narrowly lanceolate leaf in the genus Aster—with special reference to an unexpected discovery of a new Aster species from East China. PeerJ 2019: e6288.
Zhang, G.#, Hu, H.#, Zhang, C.#, Tian, X., Peng, H., and Gao, T. (2015). Inaccessible biodiversity on limestone cliffs: Aster tianmenshanensis (Asteraceae), a new critically endangered species from China. PLoS One 10: e0134895.
Zhang, G., Shen, J., Jiao, B., Niu, G., Zhong, F., Li, G., and Gao, T. (2021). Cryptic diversity on cliffs: Aster sanqingensis, a new species of Asteraceae from eastern China. Syst. Bot. 46: 628–638.
Messeder, J., Carlo, T., Zhang, G., Tovar, J., Arana, C., Huang, J., Huang, C., and Ma, H. (2024). A highly resolved nuclear phylogeny uncovers strong phylogenetic conservatism and correlated evolution of fruit color and size in Solanum L. New Phytol. 243: 765–780.
Zhang, L., Morales-Briones, D., Li, Y., Zhang, G., Zhang, T., Huang, C.H., Guo, P, Zhang, K., Wang, Y., Wang, H., Shang, F.-D., Ma, H. (2023) Phylogenomics insights into gene evolution, rapid species diversification, and morphological innovation of the apple tribe (Maleae, Rosaceae), New Phytol. 240: 2102–2120.