Yongpeng Ma
Editors, Plant Diversity
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Conservation biology, Conservation genomics, Population genetics
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Conservation biology, Conservation genomics, Population genetics
Title: Prof.
Email: mayongpeng@mail.kib.ac.cn
Selected publications:
Zhang RG, Zhao H , Justin Conover , Shang HY, Liu DT , Zhou M, Liu XF, Jia KH, Shao
SC, Li MM, Jin CY, Liu YH, Shen XY, Li DW*, Martin Lysak*, Jonathan Wendel*, Ge XY*, MaYP*, 2025. Reticulate allopolyploidy and subsequent dysploidy drive evolution and diversification in the cotton family. Nature Communications 16: 7480.
Ma YP, Yao G, Ren Y, Liu DT, Shen YT, Huang W, Xu Y, Spencer C.H. Barrett*, Hang Sun*, Bo Song*, 2025. “Amniotic fluid” in womb-like flower bracts protects floral development and promotes drought resistance in karst habitats. National Science Review 12: nwaf195.
Zhang RG, Liu H, Shang HY, Shu H, Liu DT, Yang H, Jia KH, Wang XQ*, Sun WB*, Zhao W*, Ma YP*, 2024. Convergent patterns of karyotype evolution underlying karyotype uniformity in conifers. Advanced Science 12: 2411098.
Zhang RG, Shang HY, Richard Ian Milne, Fabricio Almeida-Silva, Chen H, Zhou M, Shu H, Jia KH*, Yves Van de Peer*, Ma YP*, 2025. SOI: Robust identification of orthologous synteny with the Orthology Index and broad applications in evolutionary genomics. Nucleic Acids Research 53: gkaf320.
Zhang RG, Lu CX, Li GY, Lv J, Wang LX, WangZX, Chen Z, Liu D, Zhao Y, Shi TL, Zhang
W, Tang ZH, Mao JF, Ma YP*, Jia KH*, Zhao W*, 2023. Subgenome-aware analyses suggest a reticulate allopolyploidization origin in three Papaver genomes. Nature Communications 14:
2023
Sun WB*, Ma YP*, Corlett RT, 2024. Plant species with extremely small populations conservation program: achieving Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity targets. Trends in Plant Science
Sun WB*, Ma YP*, Corlett RT, 2024. Plant species with extremely small populations conservation program: achieving Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity targets. Trends in Plant Science 29: 827–830
Hao Yang, Xiongfang Liu, Zhen Luo, Rengang Zhang*, Yongpeng Ma*, 2026. Plant genome data sharing: a call towards fully open access. Plant Communications, 101696,
Ma YP*, Wariss, HM, Liao RL, Zhang RG, Yun QZ, Olmstead RG, Chau JH, Milne RI*,
Van de Peer Y*, Sun WB*, 2021. Genome wide analysis of butterfly bush (Buddleja alternifolia) in three uplands provides insights into biogeography, demography and speciation. New Phytologist 232: 1463–1476
Ma YP*, Liu DT, Wariss, HM, Zhang RG, Tao LD, Milne RI, Sun WB*, 2022.Demographic history and identification of threats revealed by population genomic analysis provide insights into conservation for an endangered maple. Molecular Ecology 31: 767–779.