Li Wang
Editors, Plant Diversity
Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Area of expertise: Evolutionary genomics; population genomics; biosynthetic pathway
Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Area of expertise: Evolutionary genomics; population genomics; biosynthetic pathway
Title: Professor
Email: wangli03@caas.cn
Selected publications:
Zou, J.L., Li, H.Y., Nie, B., Wang, Z.L., Zhao, C.X., Tian, Y.G., Lin, L.Q., Xu, W.Z., Hou, Z.W., Sun, WK., Zang, M., Wang, H.T., Li, Q.Y., Wang, L*., Ye, M.* 2025. Complete biosynthetic pathway of furochromones in Saposhnikovia divaricata and its evolutionary mechanism in Apiaceae plants. Nature Communications 16:3109. (Co-corresponding author) (IF=14.7）
He, W.J., Hu, D.H., Guo, M.X., Nie, B., Zhang, G.P., Jia, Y.J., Hou, Z.W., Shu, S.H., Shao, Y.Z., Simonsen, H.T., Twamley, A., Li, C. & Wang, L.* 2025. The telomere-to-telomere genome of Sanicula chinensis unveils genetic underpinnings of low furanocoumarin diversity and content in one basal lineage of Apiaceae. The Plant Journal 123: e70311. (Corresponding author) (IF=7.1)
Nie, B., Chen, X., Hou, Z., Guo, M., Li, C., Sun, W., Ji, J., Zang, L., Yang, S., Fan, P., Zhang, W., Li, H., Tan, Y., Li, W., Wang, L.* 2024. Haplotype-phased genome unveils the butylphthalide biosynthesis and homoploid hybrid origin of Ligusticum chuanxiong. Science Advances 10: eadj6547. (Corresponding author) (IF=13.6)
Liao, X.Z., Xie, D.J., Bao, T.T., Hou, M.M., Li, C., Nie, B., Sun, S.C., Peng, D., Hu, H.X., Wang, H.R., Tao, Y.F., Zhang, Y., Li, W., Wang, L.* 2024. Inversions encounter relaxed genetic constraints and balance birth and death of TPS genes in Curcuma. Nature Communications 15:9349. (Corresponding author) (IF=14.7)
Li, C., Wickell, D., Kuo, L., Chen, X., Liao, X., Peng, D., Ji, J., Jenkins, J., Williams, M., Shu, S., Plott, C., Barry, K., Rajasekar, S., Grimwood, J., Han, X., Sun, S., Hou, Z., He, W., Dai, G., Sun, C., Schmutz, J., Leebens-Mack, J., Li, F., Wang, L.* 2024. Extraordinary preservation of gene collinearity over three hundred million years revealed in homosporous lycophytes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121: e2312607121. (Corresponding author) (IF=11.1)
Hou, Z., Yang, S., He, W., Lu, T., Feng, X., Zang, L., Bai, W., Chen, X., Nie, B., Li, C., Wei, M., Ma, L., Han, Z., Zou, Q., Li, W., Wang, L.* 2024. The haplotype-resolved genome of diploid Chrysanthemum Indicum unveils new acacetin synthases genes and their evolutionary history. The Plant Journal 119: 1336–1352. (Corresponding author) (IF = 6.25)
Li, C., Huang, W., Han, X., Zhao, G., Zhang, W., He, W., Nie, B., Chen, X., Zhang, T., Bai, W., Zhang, X., He, J., Zhao, C., Fernie, A. R., Tschaplinski, T. J., Yang, X., Yan, S., & Wang, L.* (2023). Diel dynamics of multi-omics in elkhorn fern provides new insights into weak CAM photosynthesis. Plant communications 100594. (Corresponding author) (IF=10.5)
Li, Y. H., Qin, C., Wang, L., Jiao, C., Hong, H., Tian, Y., Li, Y., Xing, G., Wang, J., Gu, Y., Gao, X., Li, D., Li, H., Liu, Z., Jing, X., Feng, B., Zhao, T., Guan, R., Guo, Y., Liu, J., Yan, Z., Zhang, L., Ge, T., Li, X., Wang, X., Qiu, H., Zhang, W., Luan, X., Han, Y., Han, D., Chang, R., Guo, Y., Reif, J. C., Jackson, S. A., Liu, B., Tian, S., Qiu, L. J. (2023). Genome-wide signatures of the geographic expansion and breeding of soybean. Science China Life sciences 66, 350-365. (Co-first author) (IF=10.4)
Sun, S., Wang, B., Li, C., Xu, G., Yang, J., Hufford, MB., Ross-Ibarra, J., Wang, H., Wang, L.* (2023). Unraveling prevalence and effects of deleterious mutations in maize elite lines across decades of modern breeding. Molecular Biology and Evolution 40:msad170. doi:10.1093/molbev/msad170. (Corresponding author) (IF=10.7)
Chen, X., Sun, S., Han, X., Li, C., Nie, B., Hou, Z., Ji, J., Han, X., Zhang, L., Yue, J., Yang, D., Wang, L.* (2023). Multi-omics comparison among populations of three plant sources of Amomi fructus. Horticulture Research 10:uhad128. doi: 10.1093/hr/uhad128. (Corresponding author) (IF=8.7)
Dai, F., Zhuo, X., Luo, G., Wang, Z., Xu, Y., Wang, D., Zhong, J., Lin, S., Chen, L., Li, Z., Wang, Y., Zhang, D., Li, Y., Zheng, Q., Zheng, T., Liu, Z., Wang, L.*, Zhang, Z., Tang, C. (2023). Genomic resequencing unravels the genetic basis of domestication, expansion, and trait improvement in Morus atropurpurea. Advanced Science 2300039. (Co-corresponding author) (IF=15.1)
Han, X., Li, C., Sun, S., Ji, J., Nie, B., Maker, G., Ren, Y., Wang, L.* (2022). The chromosome-level genome of female ginseng (Angelica sinensis) provides insights into molecular mechanisms and evolution of coumarin biosynthesis. The Plant Journal 112, 1224-1237. (Corresponding author) (IF=7.1)
Wang, L.*, Josephs, E. B., Lee, K. M., Roberts, L. M., Rellán-Álvarez, R., Ross-Ibarra, J., Hufford, M. B. (2021). Molecular parallelism underlies convergent highland adaptation of maize landraces. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38, 3567-3580. (First and corresponding author) (IF=10.7)
Wang, L., Beissinger, T. M., Lorant, A., Ross-Ibarra, C., Ross-Ibarra, J., Hufford, M. B. (2017). The interplay of demography and selection during maize domestication and expansion. Genome Biology 18, 215. (First author)