Li He
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources / CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Shanghai, China
Area of expertise: Evolution of sex chromosomes in dioecious seed plants, Angiospermae (Salix, Ficus, Cannabis, Humulus, and Broussonetia) and Gymnosperms
Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources / CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Shanghai, China
Area of expertise: Evolution of sex chromosomes in dioecious seed plants, Angiospermae (Salix, Ficus, Cannabis, Humulus, and Broussonetia) and Gymnosperms
Title: Principal Investigator, Associate professor
Email: lhe@cemps.ac.cn
Web-link of Research Group: http://kyzx.csnbgsh.cn/sites/chenshan/chenshan_center/content.ashx?ctgid=5110d2c2-c2a4-440d-855f-87aadd045518&infid=cc6587b1-c559-48d7-a9d0-1020ab16ed65&leftbarid=6452aaf7-3019-4da3-a909-92207ab6aae8
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Gong, G. N., Wang, Y., Zhu, Z. Y., Wang, Y., Hörandl, E., Wang, X. R., Xue, Z. Q*, & He, L.* (2025). Evolutionary population dynamics and conservation strategies for Salix baileyi-a species with extremely small populations. Global Ecology and Conservation, 58, e03504. (*Author for correspondence, # co-first author)
He, L., #,* Wang, Y. #, Wang, Y., Zhang, R. G., Wang, Y., Hörandl, E., ... & Ming, R. (2024). Allopolyploidization from two dioecious ancestors leads to recurrent evolution of sex chromosomes. Nature Communications, 15(1), 6893.
Wang, Y., Zhang, R. G., Hörandl, E., Zhang, Z. X., Charlesworth, D.*, & He, L.* (2024). Evolution of sex-linked genes and the role of pericentromeric regions in sex chromosomes: insights from diploid willows. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 41(11), msae235.
Wang, Y., Gong, G. N., Wang, Y., Zhang, R. G., Hörandl, E., Zhang, Z. X., ... & He, L. * (2024). Gap‐free X and Y chromosome assemblies of Salix arbutifolia reveal an evolutionary change from male to female heterogamety in willows, without a change in the position of the sex‐determining locus. New Phytologist. 242: 2872-2887.
Xue, Z. Q.*, Applequist, W. L., Hörandl, E., & He, L. * (2024). Sex chromosome turnover plays an important role in the maintenance of barriers to post-speciation introgression in willows. Evolution Letters, qrae013.
Karbstein, K., Kösters, L., Hodač, L., Hofmann, M., Hörandl, E., Tomasello, S., …He, L.... & Wäldchen, J. (2023). Species delimitation 4.0: integrative taxonomy meets artificial intelligence. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 39(8), 771-784.
He, L.,# Guo, F. Y.,# Cai, X. J.,# Chen, H. P., Lian, C., Wang, Y., ... & Wang, X.R.* (2023) Evolutionary origin and establishment of a dioecious diploid-tetraploid complex. Molecular Ecology, 32: 2732-2749.
Wang, Y., Cai, X. J., Zhang, Y., Hörandl, E., Zhang, Z. X.*, He, L.* (2023). The male-heterogametic sex determination system on chromosome 15 of Salix triandra and Salix arbutifolia reveals ancestral male heterogamety and subsequent turnover events in the genus Salix, Heredity, 130: 122-134.
He, L., & Hörandl, E.* (2022). Does polyploidy inhibit sex chromosome evolution in angiosperms?. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 976765-976765.
Gulyaev, S., Cai, X. J., Guo, F. Y., Kikuchi, S., Applequist, W. L., Zhang, Z. X., ... & He, L.* (2022). The phylogeny of Salix revealed by whole genome re-sequencing suggests different sex-determination systems in major groups of the genus. Annals of Botany, 129(4), 485–498.
He, L.*, Jia, K.H., Zhang, R.G., Wang, Y., Shi, T.L., Li, Z.C., Zeng, S.W., Cai, X.J., Wagner, N.D., Hörandl, E., Muyle, A., Yang, K., Charlesworth, D., Mao, J.F.*. 2021. Chromosome-scale assembly of the genome of Salix dunnii reveals a male-heterogametic sex determination system on chromosome 7, Molecular Ecology Resources, 21(6), 1966–1982.
He, L.*, Wagner, N.D., Hörandl, E. (2021) RAD sequencing data reveal an adaptive radiation of willow species (Salix L., Salicaceae) in the Hengduan Mountains and adjacent areas. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 59(1): 44–57.