State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany

　　　　Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

　　　　20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan

　    　Beijing 100093, China

　    　Tel: 86-10-62836736; Fax: 86-10-62836095

　　    E-mail: xuguixia1982@ibcas.ac.cn; xuguixia1982@126.com

　　　　Education

　　　　2005-2010 Ph.D. (Botany), State Key Laboratory of Systematic & Evolutionary Botany,Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

　　　　2001-2005 B.S. (Biology), School of Life Sciences,Yunnan University, Kunming, China

　　　　Work Experience

　　　　2018.04 Principal Investigator (PI), Research Group for Genome and Molecular Evolution, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2017.03 Professor, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

　　　　2013.01-2017.03 Associate Professor, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

　　　　2012.05-2013.06 Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan, USA

　　　　2010.07-2012.12 Assistant Professor; Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

　　　　Funding

　　　　Mechanisms and Asymmetry of Structural Divergence of Duplicate Genes; NSFC, 2012.01-2014.12

　　　　Research Initiation Foundation Projects for Winners of CAS Presidential Award, 2011.09-2014.09

　　　　Youth Innovation Promotion Association Foundation of CAS, 2013-2016

　　　　Honors and Awards

　　　　2015 Lujiaxi Young Talent Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

　　　　2011 Excellent PhD Thesis Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences

　　　　2010 Pacemaker to Merit Student,Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

　　　　2010 CAS Zhu Li Yuehua Scholarship of Outstanding Doctoral Award

　　　　2009 “Excellent Prize” of the President Scholarship of Chinese Academy of Sciences

　　　　2009 Pacemaker to Merit Student,Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

　　　　Publications

　　　　Jiang Y, Wang M, Zhang R, Xie J, Duan X, Shan H, Xu G*, Kong H* (2020) Identification of the target genes of AqAPETALA3-3 (AqAP3-3) in Aquilegia coerulea (Ranunculaceae) helps understand the molecular bases of the conserved and non-conserved features of petals, New Phytologist, in press. (* corresponding author)

　　Liao I, Shan H, Xu G, Zhang R (2016) Bridging evolution and development in plants. New Phytologist, 212: 827–830.

　　Yu X, Duan X, Zhang R, Ye L, Fu X, Kong H, Xu G*, Shan H* (2016) Prevalent exon-intron structural changes in the APETALA1/FRUITFULL, SEPALLATA, AGAMOUS-LIKE6, and FLOWERING LOCUS C MADS-Box gene subfamilies provide new insights into their evolution. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: 598. (* corresponding author)

　　Xu G, Zhang J (2015) In search of beneficial coding RNA editing. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32: 536-541.

　　Li L, Yu X, Guo C, Duan X, Shan H, Zhang R, Xu G, Kong H (2015) Interactions among proteins of floral MADS-box genes in Nuphar pumila (Nymphaeaceae) and the most recent common ancestor of extant angiosperms help understand the underlying mechanisms of the origin of the flower. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 53:285-296.

　　Xu G, Zhang J (2014) Human coding RNA editing is generally nonadaptive. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 111: 3769-3774.

　　Jia R, Guo C, Xu G, Shan H, Kong H (2014) Evolution of the cyclin gene family in plants. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 52:651-659.

　　Wang B, Zhang N, Guo C, Xu G, Kong H, Shan H (2012) Evolutionary divergence of the APETALA1 and CAULIFLOWER proteins. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 50: 502-511.

　　Xu G, Guo C, Shan H, Kong H (2012) Divergence of duplicate genes in exon-intron structure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 109: 1187-1192.

　　Liu Y, Guo C, Xu G, Shan H, Kong H (2011) Evolutionary pattern of the regulatory network for flower development: Insights gained from a comparison of two Arabidopsis species. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 49: 528-538.

　　Li A, Xu G, Kong H (2011) Mechanisms underlying copy number variation in F-box genes: evidence from comparison of 12 Drosophila species. Biodiversity Science, 19: 3-16.

　　Xue H, Xu G, Guo C, Shan H, Kong H (2010) Comparative evolutionary analysis of MADS-box genes in Arabidopsis thaliana and A. lyrata. Biodiversity Science, 18: 109-119.

　　Xu G, Ma H, Nei M, Kong H (2009) Evolution of F-box genes in plants: different modes of sequence divergence and their relationships with functional diversification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 106: 835-840.

　　Xu G, Kong H (2007) Duplication and divergence of floral MADS-box genes in grasses: evidence for the generation and modification of novel regulators. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 49: 927-939.

　　Zhang J, Xu G, Xue H, Hu J (2007) Foundation and current progress of plant evolutionary developmental biology. Chinese Bulletin of Botany, 24: 1-30.

　　Shan H, Zhang N, Liu C, Xu G, Zhang J, Chen Z, Kong H (2007) Patterns of gene duplication and functional diversification during the evolution of the AP1/SQUA subfamily of plant MADS-box genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 44: 26-41.