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Xia Yang
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: English, Chinese, German
Floral Symmetry
Evolution
Developmental Biology
Cycloidea-Like Genes
Gene Regulation
Plant Biology
Molecular Mechanisms
Petal Variation
Zygomorphic Flowers
Arabidopsis
Areas of Focus
- Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Floral Symmetry
Work Experience
- 2016-04~Present - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2010-07~2016-03 - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2018-11--2020-07 Visiting Scholar: Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
- 2005-09--2010-07 PhD in Science: Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2002-09--2005-07 MSc in Science: Anhui Agricultural University
- 1998-09--2002-07 BSc in Science: Anhui Agricultural University
Publications
- CYCLOIDEA-like genes control floral symmetry, floral orientation, and nectar guide patterning, First Author, 2023
- An Efficient and Universal Protoplast Isolation Protocol Suitable for Transient Gene Expression Analysis and Single-Cell RNA Sequencing, Fourth Author, 2022
- MicroRNA172 controls inflorescence meristem size through regulation of APETALA2 in Arabidopsis, Fourth Author, 2022
- An Optimized Transformation System and Functional Test of CYC-Like TCP Gene CpCYC in Chirita pumila (Gesneriaceae), Corresponding Author, 2021
- Regulatory pathways of CYC-like genes in patterning floral zygomorphy exemplified in Chirita pumila, Third Author, 2021
- Mutagenesis of a Quintuple Mutant Impaired in Environmental Responses Reveals Roles for CHROMATIN REMODELING4 in the Arabidopsis Floral Transition, Fifth Author, 2020
- Evolution of Darwin's Peloric Gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa) Is Caused by a Null Mutation in a Pleiotropic TCP Gene, Sixth Author, 2018
- Dosage imbalance of B- and C-class genes causes petaloid-stamen relating to F-1 hybrid variation, Fourth Author, 2018
- Distinct regulatory changes underlying differential expression of teosinte branched1-cycloidea-proliferating cell factor genes associated with petal variations in zygomorphic flowers of petrocosmea spp. of the family gesneriaceae, First Author, 2015
- Characterization, efficient transformation and regeneration of chirita pumila (gesneriaceae), a potential evo-devo model plant., Second Author, 2014
- Pod shattering resistance associated with domestication is mediated by a nac gene in soybean., Second Author, 2014
- Functional and evolutionary analyses of Primulina heterotricha CYC1C gene in tobacco and Arabidopsis transformation systems, Third Author, 2014
- Evolution of Double Positive Autoregulatory Feedback Loops in CYCLOIDEA2 Clade Genes Is Associated with the Origin of Floral Zygomorphy, First Author, 2012
- Significance of consensus CYC-binding sites found in the promoters of both ChCYC and ChRAD genes in Chirita heterotricha (Gesneriaceae), First Author, 2010
- pH Dependence of Photosynthetic Behavior of Plant Photosystem I Particles, Corresponding Author, 2009
