Min Deng

Title:  Professor

Email: dengmin.botany@gmail.com

Web-link of Research Group: http://www.see.ynu.edu.cn/contents/12/735.html 

Selected publications:

Deng M, Jiang X-L, Hipp AL, Manos PS, Hahn M (2018) Phylogeny and biogeography of East Asian evergreen oaks (Quercus section Cyclobalanopsis; Fagaceae): Insights into the Cenozoic history of evergreen broad-leaved forests in subtropical Asia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 119 (2018):170-181. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.11.003

Deng M, Kvaček J, Heřmanová Z, Manchester SR (2024a) Comparative nut morphology and biogeographic implications of Carya ventricosa from the Miocene of Europe. International Journal of Plant Sciences 185 (2):109–128. doi:10.1086/728185

Deng M, Yao K, Shi C, Shao W, Li Q* (2022) Development of Quercus acutissima (Fagaceae) pollen tubes inside pistils during the sexual reproduction process. Planta 256 (1):16. doi:10.1007/s00425-022-03937-9

Jiang X-L, An M, Zheng S-S, Deng M*, Su Z-H (2018) Geographical isolation and environmental heterogeneity contribute to the spatial genetic patterns of Quercus kerrii (Fagaceae). Heredity 120 (3):219-233. doi:10.1038/s41437-017-0012-7

Jiang X-L, Gardner EM, Meng H-H, Deng M*, Xu G-B* (2019a) Land bridges in the Pleistocene contributed to flora assembly on the continental islands of South China: Insights from the evolutionary history of Quercus championii. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 132:36-45. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.11.021

Jiang X-L, Hipp AL, Deng M*, Su T, Zhou Z-K, Yan M-X (2019b) East Asian origins of European holly oaks (Quercus section Ilex Loudon) via the Tibet-Himalaya. Journal of Biogeography 46 (10):2203–2214. doi:10.1111/jbi.13654

Jiang XL, Su ZH, Xu GB, Deng M* (2021) Genomic signals reveal past evolutionary dynamics of Quercus schottkyana and its response to future climate change. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59:985-997. doi:10.1111/jse.12703

Lin L, Jiang X-L, Guo K-Q, Byrne A, Deng M* (2023) Climate change impacts the distribution of Quercus section Cyclobalanopsis (Fagaceae), a keystone lineage in East Asian evergreen broadleaved forests. Plant Diversity 45 (5):552-568. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2023.03.014

Luo C-S, Li T-T, Jiang X-L, Song Y, Fan T-T, Shen X-B, Yi R, Ao X-P, Xu G-B, Deng M* (2024) High-quality haplotype-resolved genome assembly for ring-cup oak (Quercus glauca) provides insight into oaks demographic dynamics. Molecular Ecology Resources 24:e13914. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13914

Song Y, Xu G-B, Long K-X, Wang C-C, Chen R, Li H, Jiang X-L*, Deng M* (2024) Ensemble species distribution modeling and multilocus phylogeography provide insight into the spatial genetic patterns and distribution dynamics of a keystone forest species, Quercus glauca. BMC Plant Biology 24 (1):168. doi:10.1186/s12870-024-04830-1

Xu J, Song Y-G, Deng M*, Jiang X-L, Zheng S-S, Li Y (2020) Seed germination schedule and environmental context shaped the population genetic structure of subtropical evergreen oaks on the Yun-Gui Plateau, Southwest China. Heredity 124 (3):499-513. doi:10.1038/s41437-019-0283-2

Yan M-X, Liu R-B, Li Y, Hipp AL, Deng M*, Xiong Y (2019) Ancient events and climate adaptive capacity shaped distinct chloroplast genetic structure in the oak lineages. BMC Evolutionary Biology 19 (1):202. doi:10.1186/s12862-019-1523-z

Yang L-F, Deng M* (2025) Molecular and morphological evidence reveal Lithocarpus dahuensis and L. konishii (Fagaceae) are conspecific. Systematic Botany 50 (2):128-136. doi:10.1600/036364425X17562473037624

Yang L-F, Zhang S, Wu C, Jiang X, Deng M* (2024) Plastome characterization and its phylogenetic implications on Lithocarpus (Fagaceae). BMC Plant Biol 24 (1):1277. doi:10.1186/s12870-024-05874-z