Rengang Zhang
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Evolutionary genomics, population genomics
Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Evolutionary genomics, population genomics
Title: PhD candidate
Email: zhangrengang@mail.kib.ac.cn
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Zhang Ren-Gang, Zhao Hang, Conover Justin L., Shang Hong-Yun, Liu De-Tuan, Zhou Min-Jie, Liu Xiong-Fang, Jia Kai-Hua, Shao Shi-Cheng, Li Meng-Meng, Jin Chong-Yang, Liu Yi-Hui, Shen Xiao-Yi, Li Da-Wei, Lysak Martin A., Wendel Jonathan F., Ge Xiao-Yang, Ma Yong-Peng. Reticulate allopolyploidy and subsequent dysploidy drive evolution and diversification in the cotton family [J]. Nature Communications, 2025, 16 (1): 7480
Zhang Ren-Gang, Lysak Martin A., Shang Hong-Yun, Jiao Yuan-Nian, Ma Yong-Peng. Orthologous synteny provides robust structural evidence for the ancestral angiosperm ε-WGD [J]. Molecular Plant, 2026
Zhang Ren-Gang, Shang Hong Yun, Milne Richard Ian, Almeida-Silva Fabricio, Chen Hengchi, Zhou Min-Jie, Shu Heng, Jia Kai-Hua, Van de Peer Yves, Ma Yong-Peng. SOI: robust identification of orthologous synteny with the Orthology Index and broad applications in evolutionary genomics [J]. Nucleic Acids Research, 2025, 53 (7): gkaf320
Zhang Ren-Gang, Liu Hui, Shang Hong Yun, Shu Heng, Liu De Tuan, Yang Hao, Jia Kai Hua, Wang Xiao Quan, Sun Wei Bang, Zhao Wei, Ma Yongpeng. Convergent patterns of karyotype evolution underlying karyotype uniformity in conifers [J]. Advanced Science, 2025, 12 (7): 2411098
Shang Hong-Yun, Jia Kai-Hua, Li Nai-Wei, Zhou Min-Jie, Yang Hao, Tian Xiao-Ling, Ma Yong-Peng *, Zhang Ren-Gang *. Phytop: A tool for visualizing and recognizing signals of incomplete lineage sorting and hybridization using species trees output from ASTRAL [J]. Horticulture Research, 2025, 12 (3): uhae330
Zhang Ren-Gang, Shang Hong-Yun, Jia Kai-Hua, Ma Yong-Peng. Subgenome phasing for complex allopolyploidy: case-based benchmarking and recommendations [J]. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2024, 25 (1): bbad513
Zhang Ren-Gang, Lu Chaoxia, Li Guang-Yuan, Lv Jie, Wang Longxin, Wang Zhao-Xuan, Chen Zhe, Liu Dan, Zhao Ye, Shi Tian-Le, Zhang Wei, Tang Zhao-Hui, Mao Jian-Feng, Ma Yong-Peng, Jia Kai-Hua, Zhao Wei. Subgenome-aware analyses suggest a reticulate allopolyploidization origin in three Papaver genomes [J]. Nature Communications, 2023, 14 (1): 2204
Jia Kai-Hua, Wang Zhao-Xuan, Wang Longxin, Li Guang-Yuan, Zhang Wei, Wang Xiao-Ling, Xu Fang-Ji, Jiao Si-Qian, Zhou Shan-Shan, Liu Hui, Ma Yongpeng, Bi Guiqi, Zhao Wei, El-Kassaby Yousry A., Porth Ilga, Li Guowei *, Zhang Ren-Gang *, Mao Jian-Feng *. SubPhaser: a robust allopolyploid subgenome phasing method based on subgenome-specific k-mers [J]. New Phytologist, 2022, 235 (2): 801–809
Zhang Ren-Gang, Li Guang-Yuan, Wang Xiao-Ling, Dainat Jacques, Wang Zhao-Xuan, Ou Shujun, Ma Yongpeng. TEsorter: an accurate and fast method to classify LTR-retrotransposons in plant genomes [J]. Horticulture Research, 2022, 9: uhac17