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The Group of Xiao-Quan Wang: Plant Molecular Systematics, Evolution and Biogeography

 

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              Dr. Xiao-Quan Wang, Professor

      

 

 

 

Address:

            State Key Laboratory of Systematics and Evolutionary Botany

            Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

            20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan

            Beijing 100093, China

            Tel: 86-10-62836502; Fax: 86-10-62590843

            E-mail: xiaoq_wang@ibcas.ac.cn

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Education:

Ph. D.

Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), August, 1997

M. S.

Institute of Botany (CAS), August, 1992

B. A.

Anhui Normal University, July, 1989

 

Professional Experience:

2003.7-present 

Professor, Institute of Botany (CAS)

1998.7-1999.5

Visiting Scholar, Michigan State University, USA

1997.11-2003.6

Associate Professor, Institute of Botany (CAS)

1994.8-1997.11

Assistant professor, Institute of Botany (CAS)

1992.7-1994.8

Research Assistant, Institute of Botany (CAS)

 

Research Interests:

      (1) Molecular systematics and biogeography of seed plants, especially gymnosperms;

      (2) Speciation and phylogeography of plants in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau;

      (3) Evolution of gene families and molecular basis of adaptation;

      (4) Plant DNA barcoding.

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Other Activities:

2011.10- 

Director, State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, China

2006. 6-2011.7 

Director, Research Center for Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany (CAS)

2006.12-2011.7

Executive Director, State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, China

2002.6-2006.12

Deputy Director, Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany (CAS)

2009-

Director, Plant Taxonamy and Evolution Committee of the Botanical Society of China

2012.1-  

Editor of Plant Biology

2007.2-   

Editorial board member of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

2004-2008

Editor-in-Chief of Biodiversity Science

2004-  

Editorial board member (Co-editor) of Journal of Integrative plant Biology

2002-2005      

Editorial member of China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica

1999-2003

Executive Editor-in-Chief of Biodiversity Science

1999-  

Editorial board member of Journal of Systematics and Evolution (formerly Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica)

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Honor:

      National Outstanding Ph. D. Dissertation of China, 1999

      Special Prize of the President Scholarship of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1997

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Selected publications (* Corresponding author):

(39) Zhang, W., Wang X.-Q., Li Z. -Y.* 2011. The protective shell: selereids and their mechanical function in corollas of some species of Camellia (Theaceae). Plant Biol. 13: 688-692

(38) Ran, J.-H., Wang, P.-P., Zhao, H.-J., Wang, X.-Q.* 2010. A test of seven candidate barcode regions from the plastome in Picea (Pinaceae). J. Int. Plant Biol. 52: 1109-1126

(37) Guo, D.-M., Ran, J.-H., Wang, X.-Q.* 2010. Evolution of the cinnamyl/sinapyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD/SAD) gene family: the emergence of real lignin is associated with the origin of bona fide CAD. J. Mol. Evol. 71: 202-218

(36) Cun, Y.-Z., Wang X.-Q.* 2010. Plant recolonization in the Himalaya from the southeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Geographical isolation contributed to high population differentiation. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 56: 972-982

(35) Wei, X.-X.*, Yang, Z.-Y., Li, Y., Wang, X.-Q.* 2010. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Pseudotsuga (Pinaceae): Insights into the floristic relationship between Taiwan and its adjacent areas. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 55: 776-785

(34) Ran, J.-H., Gao, H., Wang, X.-Q.* 2010. Fast evolution of the retroprocessed mitochondrial rps3 gene in Conifer II and further evidence for the phylogeny of gymnosperms. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 54: 136-149

(33) Wen, J., Xiang, Q.-Y., Qian, H., Li, J., Wang, X.-Q., Ickert-Bond, S.M. 2009. Intercontinental and intracontinental biogeography—patterns and methods. J. Syst. Evol. 47: 327-330

(32) Yang, F.-S., Li, Y.-F., Ding, X., Wang, X.-Q.*. 2008. Extensive population expansion of Pedicularis longiflora (Orobanchaceae) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its correlation with the Quaternary climate change. Mol. Ecol. 17: 5135-5145

(31) Peng, D., Wang, X.-Q.*. 2008. Reticulate evolution in Thuja inferred from multiple gene sequences: implications for the study of biogeographical disjunction between eastern Asia and North America.Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 47: 1190-1202

(30) Kan,X.-Z., Wang, X.-Q.*. 2007. Structural evolution of nrDNA ITS in Pinaceae and its phylogenetic implications. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 44: 765-777

(29) Qiao, C.-Y., Ran, J.-H., Wang, X.-Q.*. 2007. Phylogeny and biogeography of Cedrus (Pinaceae) inferred from sequences of seven paternal chloroplast and maternal mitochondrial DNA regions. Ann. Bot. 100:573-580

(28) Yang, F.-S., Wang X.-Q.*. 2007. Extensive length variation in the cpDNA trnT-trnF region of parasitic Pedicularis and its phylogenetic implications. Pl. Syst. Evol. 264: 251-264

(27) Ran, J.-H., Wei, X.-X., Wang, X.-Q.*. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Picea (Pinaceae): implications for phylogeographical studies using cytoplasmic haplotypes. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 41:405-419

(26) Wei, X.-X., Wang, X.-Q.*. 2004. Recolonization and radiation in Larix (Pinaceae): evidence from nuclear ribosomal DNA paralogues. Mol. Ecol. 13: 3115-3123

(25) Wei, X.-X., Wang, X.-Q.*. 2004. Evolution of 4-coumarate: coenzyme A ligase (4CL) gene and divergence of Larix (Pinaceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 31: 542-553

(24) Hong D.-Y., Wang X.-Q., Zhang D.-M. 2004. Paeonia saueri (Paeoniaceae), a new species from the Balkans. Taxon 53(1): 83-90

(23) Wei, X.-X., Wang, X.-Q.*, Hong, D.-Y. 2003. Marked intragenomic heterogeneity and  geographical differentiation of nrDNA ITS in Larix potaninii (Pinaceae). J. Mol. Evol. 57(6): 623-635

(22) Wei, X.-X., Wang, X.-Q.*. 2003. Phylogenetic split of Larix: evidence from paternally inherited cpDNA trnT-trnF region. Pl. Syst. Evol. 239: 67-77

(21) Yang, F.-S., Wang, X.-Q.*, Hong, D.-Y. 2003. Unexpected high divergence in nrDNA ITS and  extensive parallelism in floral morphology of Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 240: 91-105

(20) Song, B.-H., Wang, X.-Q.*, Wang, X.-R., Ding, K.-Y., Hong, D.-Y. 2003. Cytoplasmic  composition in Pinus densata and population establishment of the diploid hybrid pine.  Mol. Ecol. 12: 2995-3001

(19) Liu, Z.-L., Zhang, D., Wang, X.-Q., Ma, X.-F., Wang, X.-R. 2003. Intragenomic and inter- specific 5S rDNA sequence variation in five Asian pines. Amer. J. Bot., 90: 17-24

(18) Song, B.-H., Wang, X.-Q.*, Wang, X.-R., Sun, L.-J., Hong, D.-Y., Peng, P.-H. 2002Maternal lineages of Pinus densata, a diploid hybrid. Mol. Ecol. 11(6): 1057-1063

(17) Song, B.-H., Wang, X.-Q.*, Li, F.-Z., Hong, D.-Y. 2001. Further evidence for  paraphyly  of  the Celtidaceae from the chloroplast gene matK. Pl. Syst. Evol. 22: 107-115

(16) Wang, X.-Q., Tank, D.-C., Sang, T. 2000. Phylogeny and divergence times in Pinaceae: evidence from three genomes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 17: 773-781

(15) Wang, X.-Q.*, Shu, Y.-Q. 2000. Chloroplast matK gene phylogeny of Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae, with additional reference to the systematic position of Nageia. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 38:201-210

(14) Liu, Z., Wang, X.-Q.*, Chen, Z.-D., Lin Q.,, Lu, A.-M. 2000. The phylogeny of Schisandraceae inferred from sequence analysis of the nrDNA ITS region. Acta Bot. Sin. 42(7): 758-761

(13) Song, B.-H., Chen, Z.-D., Wang, X.-Q., Li, F.-Z. 2000. Sequence analysis of the ITS region of nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) in Chinese Amaranthus and its systematic utility. Acta Bot. Sin. 42: 1184-1189

(12) Ma, X.-J., Wang, X.-Q., Xu, Z.-X., Xiao, P.-G., Hong, D.-Y. 2000. RAPD variation within and among populations of ginseng cultivars. Acta Bot. Sin. 42(6): 587-590

(11) Ma, X.-J., Wang, X.-Q., Sun, S.-S., Xiao, P.-G., Hong, D.-Y. 1999. A study on RAPD fingerprintings of wild mountain ginseng (Panax ginseng). Acta Pharm. Sin. 34(4): 312-316

(10) Wang, X.-Q., Han, Y., and Hong, D.-Y. 1998. A molecular systematic study of Cathaya, a relic genus of the Pinaceae in China. Pl. Syst. Evol. 213: 165-172

(9) Wang, X.-Q., Han, Y., and Hong, D.-Y. 1998. PCR-RFLP analysis of the chloroplast gene trnK in the Pinaceae, with special reference to the systematic position of Cathaya. Is. J. Plant Sci. 46: 265-271

(8) Wang, X.-Q.*, Li, Z.-Y. 1998. The application of sequence analysis of rDNA fragment to the systematic study of the subfamily Cyrtandroideae (Gesneriaceae). Acta Phytotax. Sin. 36(2): 97-105

(7) Wang, X.-Q.*, Deng, Z.-R., Hong, D.-Y. 1998. The systematic position of Beesia: evidence from ITS (nrDNA) sequence analysis. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 36: 403-410

(6) Wang, X.-Q., Zou, Y.-P., Zhang, D.-M., Hong, D.-Y., and Liu, Z.-Y. 1997. Genetic diversity analysis by RAPD in Cathaya argyrophylla Chun et Kuang. Science In China (Series C), 40(2): 145151

(5) Wang, X.-Q., Han, Y., Deng, Z.-R., Hong, D.-Y. 1997. Phylogeny of the Pinaceae evidenced by molecular biology. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 35(2): 97-106

(4) Wang, X.-Q., Hong, D.-Y. 1997. Progress in molecular systematics of plants in recent five years. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 35(5): 465-480

(3) Wang, X.-Q.*, Zou, Y.-P., Zhang, D.-M., Zhang, Z.-X., Hong, D.-Y. 1996. Problems in the use of RAPD to the study of genetic diversity and systematics. Acta Bot. Sin. 38(12): 954-962

(2) Wang, X.-Q., Li, Z.-Y., and Hong, D.-Y. 1994. A karyomorphological study of nine species in four genera of Ranunculaceae. Cathaya 6: 43~56

(1) Wang, X.-Q., Hong, D.-Y., and Li, Z.-Y. 1993. A study on pollen and seed-coat in the tribe Cimicifugeae and some allied genera (Ranunculaceae). Cathaya 5: 131~149

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