Ming Kang
Editors, Plant Diversity
South China Botanical Garden, CAS, China
Area of expertise: Phylogenomics and population genomics; genomics of speciation and adaptation
South China Botanical Garden, CAS, China
Area of expertise: Phylogenomics and population genomics; genomics of speciation and adaptation
Title: Professor
Email: mingkang@scbg.ac.cn
Selected publications:
Feng C, Yang L, Wang J, Shi X, Kang M*. 2025. Primulina pan-genome reveals differential gene retention following whole-genome duplications and provides insights into edaphic specialization. Cell Reports, 44, 116763.
Peng N, Yang L, Shi X, Kong H, Kang M*. 2025. Genomic and population genomic analyses reveal contrasting diversity and demographic histories in a critically endangered and a widespread Oreocharis species. Plant Diversity, 47, 746-758.
Yang L, Condamine FL, Lin C*, Liu Y, Kang M*. 2025. The interplay of abiotic and biotic factors likely drove one of the fastest plant radiations from tropical-subtropical Asia. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 67, 2964-2981.
Yi H, Wang J, Dong S, Kang M*. 2024. Genomic signatures of inbreeding and mutation load in tree ferns. The Plant Journal, 120, 1522-1535.
Chen Y, Dong L, Yi H, Kidner C, Kang M*. 2024. Genomic divergence and mutation load in the Begonia masoniana complex from limestone karsts. Plant Diversity, 46, 575-584.
Yang LH, Harris AJ, Wen F, Li Z, Feng C, Kong HH, Kang M*. 2023. Phylogenomic analyses reveal an allopolyploid origin of core Didymocarpinae (Gesneriaceae) followed by rapid radiation. Systematic Biology, 72, 1064-1083.
Feng C, Wang J, Liston A, Kang M*. 2023. Recombination variation shapes phylogeny and introgression in wild diploid strawberries. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 40, msad049.
Kong HH, Condamine FL, Yang LH, Harris AJ, Feng C. Wen F, Kang M*. 2022. Phylogenomic and macroevolutionary evidence for an explosive radiation of a plant genus in the Miocene. Systematic Biology, 71, 589-609.
Feng C, Wang J, Harris AJ, Folta KM, Zhao M, Kang M*. 2021. Tracing the diploid ancestry of the cultivated octoploid strawberry. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38, 478–485.
Feng C, Feng C, Lin XG, Liu SH, Li YZ, Kang M*. 2021. A chromosome-level genome assembly provides insights into ascorbic acid accumulation and fruit softening in guava (Psidium guajava). Plant Biotechnology Journal, 19, 717-730.
Feng C Wang J, Wu LQ, Kong HH, Yang LH, Feng C, Wang K, Rausher M, Kang M*. 2020. The genome of a cave plant Primulina huaijiensis provides insights into adaptation to limestone karst habitats. New Phytologist, 227, 1249-1263.
Wang J, Dong S, Yang LH, Harris AJ, Schneider H, Kang M*. Allopolyploid speciation accompanied by gene flow in a tree fern. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2020, 37, 2487–2502.