State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany

　　    Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

　　    20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan

　    　Beijing 100093, China

　    　Tel: 86-10-62836087; Fax: 86-10-62836095

　　    E-mail:yangxia@ibcas.ac.cn

　    　Education:

　　　　2005–2010 Ph.D, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

　　　　2002–2005 Master, Anhui Agricultural University

　　　　1998–2002 Bachelor, Anhui Agricultural University

　　　　Publications:

　　　　(7) Yang X, Zhao X-G (Co-first author), Li C-Q, Liu J, Qiu Z-J, Dong Y, Wang Y-Z. 2015 Distinct regulatory changes underlying differential expression of TEOSINTE BRANCHED 1-CYCLOIDEA-PROLIFERATING CELL FACTOR genes associated with petal variations in zygomorphic flowers of Petrocosmea spp. of the family Gesneriaceae. Plant Physiology 169: 2138-2151.

　　　　(6) Liu B-L, Yang X (Co-first author), Liu J, Liu B-L, Dong Y, Wang Y-Z. 2014. Characterization, efficient transformation and regeneration of Chirita pumila (Gesneriaceae), a potential evo-devo model plant. Plant Cell, Tissue, and Organ Culture 118: 357-371.

　　　　(5) Dong Y, Yang X, Liu J, Wang B-H, Liu B-L, Wang Y-Z. 2014. Pod shattering resistance associated with domestication is mediated by a NAC gene in soybean. Nature Communications | 5:3352 | DOI:10.1038/ ncomms4352.

　　　　(4) Liu B-L, Pang H-B, Yang X, Wang Y-Z. 2014. Functional and evolutionary analyses of Primulina heterotricha CYC1C gene in tobacco and Arabidopsis transformation systems. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 52 (1): 112–123.

　　　　(3) Yang X, Pang H-B, Liu B-L, Qiu Z-J, Gao Q, Wei L, Dong Y, Wang Y-Z. 2012. Evolution of double positive autoregulatory feedback loops in CYCLOIDEA2 clade genes is associated with the origin of floral zygomorphy. The Plant Cell 24 (5): 1834–1847.

　　　　(2) Yang X, Cui H, Yuan Z-L, Wang Y-Z. 2010. Significance of consensus CYC-binding sites found in the promoters of both ChCYC and ChRAD genes in Chirita heterotricha (Gesneriaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 48 (4): 249–256.

　　　　(1) Yang X, Zhang Y-H (Co-first author), Yang Z-L, Chen L-J, He J-L, Wang R-F. 2009. pH dependence of photosynthetic behavior of plant photosystem I particles. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology 56 (5): 599–606.