Tao Wan
Editors, Plant Diversity
Wuhan Botanical Garden, CAS, China
Area of expertise: Phylogenomics, genome evolution, plant responses to climate changes, plant diversity conservation
Wuhan Botanical Garden, CAS, China
Area of expertise: Phylogenomics, genome evolution, plant responses to climate changes, plant diversity conservation
Title: Professor
Email: wantao@wbgcas.cn
Web-link of Research Group: http://english.wbg.cas.cn/en_sourcedb_wbg/rckyw/Professor/202311/t20231103_546873.html
Selected publications:
Chen LY, Wang JL, Cao Y, Chen H, Yuan T, Zhang WD, Morales-Briones DF, Zhao SY, Tan NH, Huang CH, Wan T*, Wang QF*. 2026. The convergent genomic dynamism for aquatic adaptation in vascular plants. Current Biology, 36: 1-13.
Han JP, Wan JN, Guan ZL, Xu H, Wang QF*, Wan T*. 2025. The origin, evolution, and diversification of MADS-box transcription factors in green plants. Plant Communications, 6: 101462.
Xu H, Song QQ, Wan JN, Han JP, Wang QF*, Wan T*. 2025. The module WmABF1-1-WmMYB111 manipulates the leaf senescence of Welwitschia by integrative regulation of abscisic acid biosynthesis, chlorophyll degradation and nitrogen transportation. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 23: 369–5386.
Wan JN, Wang SW, Chen SC, Wan T*. 2025. Escarpment evolution in Madagascar unveils a pathway to understanding island biodiversity. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 1: 1-3.
Wan JN#, Wang SW#, Andrew R. Leitch#, Ilia J. Leitch#, Jian JB#, Wu ZY, Xin HP, Mijoro Rakotoarinivo, Guy Eric Onjalalaina, Robert Wahiti Gituru, Dai C, Geoffrey Mwachala, Bai MZ, Zhao CX, Wang HQ, Du SL, Wei N, Hu GW, Chen SC, Chen XY, Wan T*, Wang QF*. 2024. The rise of baobab trees in Madagascar. Nature, 629: 1091-1099.
Wan T, Gong YB, Liu ZM, Zhou YD, Dai C, Wang QF*. 2022. Evolution of complex genome architecture in gymnosperms. GigaScience, 11:1-10.
Wan T, Liu ZM, Leitch IL, Xin HP, Maggs-Kölling G, Gong YB, Li Z, Marais E, Liao YY, Dai C, Liu F, Wu QJ, Song C, Zhou YD, Huang WC, Jiang K, Wang Q, Yang Y, Zhong ZX, Yang M, Yan X, Hu GW, Hou C, Su YJ, Feng SX, Yang J, Yan JJ, Chu JF, Chen F, Ran JH, Wang XQ*, Van de Peer Y*, Leitch AR*, Wang QF*. 2021. The Welwitschia genome reveals a unique biology underpinning extreme longevity in deserts. Nature Communications, 12: 4247.
Mbichi RW, Wang QF*, Wan T*. 2020. RNA directed DNA methylation and seed plant genome evolution. Plant Cell Reports, 39: 983-996.
Wan T, Liu ZM, Li LF, Leitch AR, Leitch IJ, Lohaus R, Liu ZJ, Xin HP, Gong YB , Liu Y, Wang WC, Chen LY, Yang Y, Kelly LJ, Yang J, Huang JL, Li Z, Liu P, Zhang L, Liu HM, Wang H, Deng SH, Liu M, Li J, Ma L, Liu Y, Lei Y, Xu W, Wu LQ, Liu F, Ma Q, Yu XR, Jiang Z, Zhang GQ, Li SH, Li RQ, Zhang SZ, Wang QF *, Van de Peer Y *, Zhang JB *, Wang XM*. 2018. A genome for gnetophytes and early evolution of seed plants. Nature Plants, 4: 82-89.
Gong YB*, Yang M, Vamosi JC, Yang HM, Mu WX, Li JK, Wan T*. 2016. Wind or insect pollination? Ambophily in a subtropical gymnosperm Gnetum parvifolium (Gnetales). Plant Species Biology, 31:272-279.