Xu Zhang
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Wuhan Botanical Garden, CAS, Wuhan, China
Area of expertise: Population genomics, Adaptation, Phylogenetics, Speciation
Wuhan Botanical Garden, CAS, Wuhan, China
Area of expertise: Population genomics, Adaptation, Phylogenetics, Speciation
Title: Assistant researcher/ Postdoc
Email: zhangxu@wbgcas.cn
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Xu Zhang, Tianhui Kuang, Wenlin Dong, Zhihao Qian, Huajie Zhang, Jacob B. Landis, Tao Feng, Lijuan Li, Yanxia Sun, Jinling Huang, Tao Deng, Hengchang Wang, Hang Sun. Genomic convergence underlying high-altitude adaptation in alpine plants. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2023.
Xu Zhang, Yanxia Sun, Jacob B. Landis, Jianwen Zhang, Linsen Yang, Nan Lin, Huajie Zhang, Rui Guo, Lijuan Li, Yonghong Zhang, Tao Deng, Hang Sun, Hengchang Wang. Genomic insights into adaptation to heterogeneous environments for the ancient relictual Circaeaster agrestis (Circaeasteraceae, Ranunculales). New Phytologist, 2020.
Xu Zhang, Rui Guo, Ruinan Shen, Jacob B Landis, Quan Jiang, Fang Liu, Hengchang Wang, Xiaohong Yao. The genomic and epigenetic footprint of local adaptation to variable climates in kiwifruit. Horticulture Research, 2023.
Xu Zhang, Jacob B. Landis, Yanxia Sun, Huajie Zhang, Nan Lin, Tianhui Kuang, Xianhan Huang, Tao Deng, Hengchang Wang, Hang Sun. Macroevolutionary pattern of Saussurea (Asteraceae) provides insights into the drivers of radiating diversification. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 2021.
Xu Zhang, Tao Deng, Michael J. Moore, Yunheng Ji, Nan Lin, Huajie Zhang, Aiping Meng, Hengchang Wang, Yanxia Sun, Hang. Plastome phylogenomics of Saussurea (Asteraceae: Cardueae). BMC Plant Biology, 2019.