Hong Ma

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Recent Publications

SCFRMF mediates degradation of the meiosis-specific recombinase DMC1

Xu, W., Yu, Y., Jing, J., Wu, Z., Zhang, X., You, C., Ma, H., Copenhaver, G. P., He, Y. & Wang, Y., Dec 2023, In: Nature communications. 14, 1, 5044.

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Tree2GD: a phylogenomic method to detect large-scale gene duplication events

Chen, D., Zhang, T., Chen, Y., Ma, H. & Qi, J., Nov 30 2022, In: Bioinformatics (Oxford, England). 38, 23, p. 5317-5321 5 p.

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A well-supported nuclear phylogeny of Poaceae and implications for the evolution of C4 photosynthesis

Huang, W., Zhang, L., Columbus, J. T., Hu, Y., Zhao, Y., Tang, L., Guo, Z., Chen, W., McKain, M., Bartlett, M., Huang, C. H., Li, D. Z., Ge, S. & Ma, H., Apr 4 2022, In: Molecular plant. 15, 4, p. 755-777 23 p.

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Phylogenomic conflict analyses in the apple genus Malus s.l. reveal widespread hybridization and allopolyploidy driving diversification, with insights into the complex biogeographic history in the Northern Hemisphere

Liu, B. B., Ren, C., Kwak, M., Hodel, R. G. J., Xu, C., He, J., Zhou, W. B., Huang, C. H., Ma, H., Qian, G. Z., Hong, D. Y. & Wen, J., May 2022, In: Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 64, 5, p. 1020-1043 24 p.

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Analysis of Paralogs in Target Enrichment Data Pinpoints Multiple Ancient Polyploidy Events in Alchemilla s.l. (Rosaceae)

Morales-Briones, D. F., Gehrke, B., Huang, C. H., Liston, A., Ma, H., Marx, H. E., Tank, D. C. & Yang, Y., Jan 2022, In: Systematic Biology. 71, 1, p. 190-207 18 p.

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DNA polymerase epsilon binds histone H3.1-H4 and recruits MORC1 to mediate meiotic heterochromatin condensation

Wang, C., Huang, J., Li, Y., Zhang, J., He, C., Li, T., Jiang, D., Dong, A., Ma, H., Copenhaver, G. P. & Wang, Y., Oct 25 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 43, e2213540119.

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Preferential retention of the slowly evolving gene in pairs of duplicates in angiosperm genomes

Wang, L. B., Ma, H. & Lin, J., Jul 2022, In: Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 60, 4, p. 848-858 11 p.

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Phylotranscriptomics Resolves the Phylogeny of Pooideae and Uncovers Factors for Their Adaptive Evolution

Zhang, L., Zhu, X., Zhao, Y., Guo, J., Zhang, T., Huang, W., Huang, J., Hu, Y., Huang, C. H. & Ma, H., Feb 1 2022, In: Molecular biology and evolution. 39, 2, msac026.

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Fanconi anemia ortholog FANCM regulates meiotic crossover distribution in plants

Li, X., Yu, M., Bolaños-Villegas, P., Zhang, J., Ni, D., Ma, H. & Wang, Y., May 2021, In: Plant physiology. 186, 1, p. 344-360 17 p.

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Gene duplications and phylogenomic conflict underlie major pulses of phenotypic evolution in gymnosperms

Stull, G. W., Qu, X. J., Parins-Fukuchi, C., Yang, Y. Y., Yang, J. B., Yang, Z. Y., Hu, Y., Ma, H., Soltis, P. S., Soltis, D. E., Li, D. Z., Smith, S. A. & Yi, T. S., Aug 2021, In: Nature Plants. 7, 8, p. 1015-1025 11 p.

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Evolution of the Brassicaceae-specific MS5-Like family and neofunctionalization of the novel MALE STERILITY 5 gene essential for male fertility in Brassica napus

Zeng, X., Li, H., Li, K., Yuan, R., Zhao, S., Li, J., Luo, J., Li, X., Ma, H., Wu, G. & Yan, X., Feb 2021, In: New Phytologist. 229, 4, p. 2339-2356 18 p.

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Phylotranscriptomic insights into Asteraceae diversity, polyploidy, and morphological innovation

Zhang, C., Huang, C. H., Liu, M., Hu, Y., Panero, J. L., Luebert, F., Gao, T. & Ma, H., Jul 2021, In: Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 63, 7, p. 1273-1293 21 p.

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Nuclear phylotranscriptomics and phylogenomics support numerous polyploidization events and hypotheses for the evolution of rhizobial nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in Fabaceae

Zhao, Y., Zhang, R., Jiang, K. W., Qi, J., Hu, Y., Guo, J., Zhu, R., Zhang, T., Egan, A. N., Yi, T. S., Huang, C. H. & Ma, H., May 3 2021, In: Molecular plant. 14, 5, p. 748-773 26 p.

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Analyses of functional conservation and divergence reveal requirement of bHLH010/089/091 for pollen development at elevated temperature in Arabidopsis

Fu, Y., Li, M., Zhang, S., Yang, Q., Zhu, E., You, C., Qi, J., Ma, H. & Chang, F., Aug 2020, In: Journal of Genetics and Genomics. 47, 8, p. 477-492 16 p.

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Phylotranscriptomics in Cucurbitaceae Reveal Multiple Whole-Genome Duplications and Key Morphological and Molecular Innovations

Guo, J., Xu, W., Hu, Y., Huang, J., Zhao, Y., Zhang, L., Huang, C. H. & Ma, H., Aug 3 2020, In: Molecular plant. 13, 8, p. 1117-1133 17 p.

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