Yongzhi Yang
Editors, Plant Diversity
Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Area of expertise: Angiosperm Phylogenomics, Conservation Genomics, Population Genetics, Pangenomics
Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Area of expertise: Angiosperm Phylogenomics, Conservation Genomics, Population Genetics, Pangenomics
Title: Professor
Email: yangyz@lzu.edu.cn
Web-link of Research Group: https://ceen.lzu.edu.cn/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=show&catid=9&id=149
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Yang YZ#, Sun PC#, Lv L, Wang DD, Ru DF, Li Y, Ma T, Zhang L, Shen XX, Meng FB, Jiao BB, Shan LX, Liu M, Wang QF, Qin ZJ, Xi ZX*, Wang XY*, Davis CC*, Liu JQ*. Prickly waterlily and rigid hornwort genomes shed light on early angiosperm evolution. Nature Plants 2020, 6: 215-222. (F1000 Faculty Opinions Recommended, ESI Highly Cited Paper)
Zheng ZY, Zhu MJ, Zhang J, Liu XF, Hou LQ, Liu WY, Yuan S, Lou CH, Yao XH, Liu JQ*, Yang YZ*. A sequence-aware merger of genomic structural variations at population scale. Nature Communications 2024, 15(1), 960. (Featured Articles)
Ma JX#, Sun PC#, Wang DD#, Wang ZY, Yang J, Li Y, Mu WJ, Xu RP, Wu Y, Dong CC, Shrestha N, Liu JQ, Yang YZ*. The Chloranthus sessilifolius genome provides insight into early diversification of angiosperms. Nature communications 2021, 12: 6929. (Featured Articles)
Yang YZ#, Ma T#, Wang ZF, Lu ZQ, Li Y, Fu CX, Chen XY, Zhao MS, Olson MS, Liu JQ*. Genomic effects of population collapse in a critically endangered ironwood tree Ostrya rehderiana. Nature communications 2018, 9: 5449.
Sun PC, Lu ZQ, Wang ZY, Wang S, Zhao KX, Mei D, Yang J, Yang YZ*, Renner SS*, Liu JQ*. Subgenome-aware analyses reveal the genomic consequences of ancient allopolyploid hybridizations throughout the cotton family. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2024, 121(15):e2313921121.
Wang ZY#, Li Y#, Sun PC#, Zhu MJ, Wang DD, Lu ZQ, Hu HY, Xu RP, Zhang J, Ma JX, Liu J*, Yang Y*. A high-quality Buxus austro-yunnanensis (Buxales) genome provides new insights into karyotype evolution in early eudicots. BMC Biology. 2022 Dec;20(1):1-7.
Zhang H#, Du X#, Dong C, Zheng ZY, Mu WJ, Zhu MJ, Yang YB, Li XJ, Hu HY, Shrestha N, Li MJ, Yang Y*. Genomes and demographic histories of the endangered Bretschneidera sinensis (Akaniaceae). GigaScience. 2022, 11:giac050.
Li Y#, Sun P#, Lu Z, Chen JY, Wang ZY, Du X, Zheng ZY, Wu Y, Hu HY, Yang J, Ma JX, Liu JQ, Yang Y*. The Corylus mandshurica genome provides insights into the evolution of Betulaceae genomes and hazelnut breeding. Horticulture Research. 2021, 8(1):54.
Chen Y#, Ma T#, Zhang LS, Kang MH, Zhang ZY, Zheng ZY, Sun PC, Shrestha N, Liu JQ*, Yang YZ*. Genomic analyses of a ‘living fossil’, the endangered dove-tree. Molecular Ecology Resources 2020, 20(3): 756-769.
Yang Y, Li Y, Chen Q, Sun Y*, Lu Z*. WGDdetector: a pipeline for detecting whole genome duplication events using the genome or transcriptome annotations. BMC bioinformatics 2019, 20(1):75.