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Zhongwei Lin
Veterinary Medicine
China Agricultural University
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Genetics
Maize
Germplasm
Trait Formation
Molecular Mechanisms
Comparative Genomics
Design Breeding
Evolution
Molecular Biology
Crop Science
Areas of Focus
- Genetic basis of maize germplasm resource evolution
- Molecular mechanisms of maize trait formation
- Comparative functional genomics
- Molecular design breeding of maize
Work Experience
- 2012-Present Professor, China Agricultural University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2002-2007 PhD in Crop Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University
- 2007-2012 Postdoctoral Research, Kansas State University, USA
- Selected for the National Overseas High-Level Talents Plan (Youth Project) in 2013
Publications
- A gene regulatory network for tiller development mediated by Tin8 in maize, Lin Z*, 2022
- Transposon insertion drove the loss of natural seed shattering during foxtail millet domestication, Lin Z*, 2022
- Convergent loss of anthocyanin pigments is controlled by the same MYB gene in cereals, Lin Z*, 2022
- Gene duplication drove the loss of awn in sorghum, Lin Z*, 2021
- Opposite response of maize ZmCCT to photoperiod due to transposon jumping, Lin Z*, 2021
- A large transposon insertion in the stiff1 promoter increases stalk strength in maize, Lin Z*, 2020
- The tin1 gene retains the function of promoting tillering in maize, Lin Z*, 2019
- krn1 a major quantitative trait locus for kernel row number in maize, Lin Z*, 2019
- Genetic Architecture of domestication- and improvement-related traits using a population derived from Sorghum virgatum and Sorghum bicolor, Lin Z*, 2019
- QTL mapping in a maize F2 population using Genotyping-by-Sequencing and a modified fine-mapping strategy, Lin Z*, 2018
- A new allele of the Brachytic2 gene in maize can efficiently modify plant architecture, Lin Z*, 2018
- The genetic architecture of nodal root number in maize, Lin Z*, 2018
- Parallel Domestication of the Heading Date 1 Gene in Cereals, Lin Z*, 2015
- A transposable element insertion disturbed starch synthase gene SSIIb in maize, Lin Z*, 2014
- Parallel domestication of the Shattering1 genes in cereals, Lin Z*, 2012
- Presence of tannins in sorghum grains is conditioned by different natural alleles of Tannin1, Lin Z*, 2012
- Chromosome size in diploid eukaryotic species centers on the average length with a conserved boundary, Lin Z*, 2011
- TAC1 a major quantitative trait locus controlling tiller angle in rice, Lin Z*, 2007
- Origin of seed shattering in rice (Oryza sativa L.), Lin Z*, 2007
