Qia Wang
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Evolutionary biology, Molecular evolution, Horizontal gene transfer, Phytohormones
Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Evolutionary biology, Molecular evolution, Horizontal gene transfer, Phytohormones
Title: Professor & PI
Email: wangqia@mail.kib.ac.cn
Web-link of Research Group: http://groups.kib.cas.cn/klpb/wq/ https://people.ucas.edu.cn/~wangqia
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Qia Wang, Ye Ye, Lulu Wang, Yanlong Guan, Shuanghua Wang, Zhe Wang, Hang Sun, Steven M. Smith*, and Jinling Huang*. Independent horizontal transfer of genes encoding α/β-hydrolases with strigolactone binding and hydrolytic activities from bacteria to fungi and plants. Molecular Plant, 2025, 18 (11): 1949-1961. (Cover story)
Jinling Huang* and Qia Wang. Land plant evolution: from microbial interaction to horizontal gene transfer. Trends in Plant Science, 2025. DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2025.10.002.
Yanlong Guan#, Lan Ma#, Qia Wang, Jinjie Zhao, Shuanghua Wang, Jinsong Wu, Yang Liu, Hang Sun, and Jinling Huang*. Horizontally acquired fungal killer protein genes affect cell development in mosses. The Plant Journal, 2023, 113: 665-676.
Yanlong Guan#, Guanxiao Chang#, Jinjie Zhao#, Qia Wang, Jiali Qin, Mengmeng Tang, Shuanghua Wang, Lan Ma, Jianchao Ma, Guiling Sun, Yun Zhou, and Jinling Huang*. Parallel evolution of two AIM24 protein subfamilies and their conserved functions in ER stress tolerance in land plants. Plant Communications, 2023, 4: 100513.
Qia Wang, Steven M. Smith*, and Jinling Huang*. Origins of strigolactone and karrikin signaling in plants. Trends in Plant Science, 2022, 27 (5): 450-459. (ESI highly cited paper)
Guiling Sun#, Shenglong Bai#, Yanlong Guan, Shuanghua Wang, Qia Wang, Yang Liu, Huan Liu, Bernard Goffinet, Yun Zhou, Mathieu Paoletti, Xiangyang Hu, Fabian B. Haas, Noe Fernandez-Pozo, Alia Czyrt, Hang Sun*, Stefan A. Rensing*, and Jinling Huang*. Are fungi-derived genomic regions related to antagonism towards fungi in mosses? New phytologist, 2020, 228 (4): 1169-1175.
Qia Wang and Jinling Huang*. Fungal genes in plants: impact and potential applications. Trends in Plant Science, 2020, 25 (11): 1064-1067.
Shuanghua Wang, Yanlong Guan, Qia Wang, Jinjie Zhao, Guiling Sun, Xiangyang Hu, Mark P. Running, Hang Sun*, and Jinling Huang*. A mycorrhizae-like gene regulates stem cell and gametophore development in mosses. Nature Communications, 2020, 11: 2030.
Ticao Zhang#, Qin Qiao#, Polina Y. Novikova#, Qia Wang, Jipei Yue, Yanlong Guan, Shengping Ming, Tianmeng Liu, Ji De, Yixuan Liu, Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz, Hang Sun, Marc Van Montagu*, Jinling Huang*, Yves Van de Peer*, and La Qiong*. Genome of Crucihimalaya himalaica, a close relative of Arabidopsis, shows ecological adaptation to high altitude. PNAS, 2019, 116 (14): 7137-7146.
Yanlong Guan#, Li Liu#, Qia Wang, Jinjie Zhao, Ping Li, Jinyong Hu, Zefeng Yang, Mark P Running, Hang Sun, and Jinling Huang*. Gene refashioning through innovative shifting of reading frames in mosses. Nature Communications, 2018, 9: 1555.
Qia Wang, Hang Sun*, and Jinling Huang*. Re-analyses of “algal” genes suggest a complex evolutionary history of oomycetes. Frontiers in plant science, 2017, 8: 1540.
Qin Qiao, Qia Wang, Xi Han, Yanlong Guan, Hang Sun, Yang Zhong, Jinling Huang, and Ticao Zhang*. Transcriptome sequencing of Crucihimalaya himalaica (Brassicaceae) reveals how Arabidopsis close relative adapt to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 21729
Qin Qiao, Li Xue, Qia Wang, Hang Sun, Yang Zhong, Jinling Huang, Jiajun Lei*, and Ticao Zhang*. Comparative transcriptomics of strawberries (Fragaria spp.) provides insights into evolutionary patterns. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016, 7: 1839.
Qia Wang, Hang Sun, and Jinling Huang*. The evolution of land plants: a perspective from horizontal gene transfer. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2014, 83 (4): 363-368.
王洽, 乐霁培, 张体操, 黄锦岭, 孙航. 水平基因转移在生物进化中的作用. 科学通报[J]. 2014, 59(21): 2055-2064.