Yingxiang Wang, Team leader
Tier 2 Professor, National Distinguished Young Scholar
Expertise and Research Interest:
Cell Biology
Plant Meiosis
Soybean Biobreeding
Email:yxwang@scau.edu.cn
Jiyue Huang, Professor
Postdoc at UNC
Ph.D. from Fudan Univeristy
Expertise and Research Interest:
Plant Genetics
Plant Meiotic Recombination and Regulation of Fertility
Email:jyhuang@scau.edu.cn
Changkui Guo, Professor
Ph.D. from Fudan Univeristy
B.S. from Shandong University
Expertise and Research Interest:
Stress Biology
Plant Growth, Development and Adaptation to Environment
Email:guock@scau.edu.cn
Chenjiang You, Professor
Postdoc at UCR
Ph.D. & B.S. from Fudan Univeristy
Expertise and Research Interest:
Bioinformatics
Non-coding RNAs and Plant Reproductive Development
Email:cjyou@scau.edu.cn
Yalin Liu, Professor
Postdoc at JIC
Ph.D. from IGDB, CAS
Expertise and Research Interest:
Chromosomal Biology
Development of Plant Zygote and Embryo
Email:yalin.liu@scau.edu.cn
Cong Wang, Professor
Postdoc at Fudan University
Ph.D. from Fudan University
Expertise and Research Interest:
Epigenetics
Fate Determination of Microsporocyte and Epigenetic Reprogramming in Plants
Email:wangc@scau.edu.cn
Qian Jia, Associate Professor
Postdoc at SYSU
Ph.D. from SYSU
Expertise and Research Interest:
Structural Biology
Structure and Function of Regulatory Proteins in Plant Reproductive Development
Email:qjia@scau.edu.cn
Haifeng Peng, Associate Professor
Ph.D. from SCAU
Expertise and Research Interest:
Megagametophyte Development and Germline Differentiation in Plants
Plant Morphoanatomy
Email:phf72@scau.edu.c
Yuan Fang, Associate Professor
Postdoc at SIAT
Ph.D. from NJAU
Expertise and Research Interest:
Bioinformatics
Plant epigenomics
Email:hedafangyuan@163.com
2026
● Han Y#, Jia Q#, Liu M, Fang Y, Shen T, Tan S, Gao Q, Liu J, You C*, Wang Y*. Glycine max Jumonji C domain-containing proteins JMJ19/20 exhibit endopeptidase activity and interact with LUXs to mediate flowering time. Nucleic Acids Res (2026)
2025
● Chang Y#, Chen Z#, Chen W#, Jin X, Wang X, Zhan H, Cao L, Wang H, Wang Y*, Wang C*, Sun B*. KNUCKLES promotes meiotic cell cycle progression by directly repressing the expression of KRP1 and KRP3 to ensure male fertility. Plant Commun (2025)
● Xu W#, Lian Q#, Li M, Copenhaver GP, Wang Y*. The regulatory mechanisms controlling meiotic cross-over patterning in plants. Biochem Soc Trans (2025)
● Lian Q#, Jiao W, Wang Y*. In Press, Journal Pre-proof Designing Better Crops with Phased Pangenomes. Molecular Plant (2025)
● Xu J#, Fang Y#, Cheng Y, Wang Y*, Guo C*. Soybean cultivation in low-latitude regions: Adaptive strategies for sustainable production. Plant Cell Environ (2025)
● Fang Y#, Han Y#, Fang Y, Sun J, Lin C, Bukhari B, Zhou D, Liu B, Guo C*, Wang Y*. Epigenetic regulation modulates seasonal temperature-dependent growth of soybean in southern China. Plant Biotechnol J (2025)
● Liu M#, Fang Y#, Jiang J#, Chen H, Yang B, Xu X, Liu G, Ling C, Dong Z, Yang C*, Wang Y*. Natural variation in histone demethylase GmLDL2 confers flowering time divergence for geographical expansion in soybean. Nat Commun (2025)
● Walker J#, Zhang J#, Liu Y#, Xu S#, Yu Y, Vickers M, Ouyang W, Tálas J, Dolan L, Nakajima K, Feng X*. Extensive N4 Cytosine Methylation Is Essential for Marchantia Sperm Function. Cell (2025)
● Xu J, Zhou L, Chen K, Huang R, Niu B, Ye J, Ma H, Gregory P. C, Wang Y*. APC/C Coactivators Maintain Aurora 1 Homeostasis during Meiotic Chromosome Segregation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell (2025)
● Birra B, Guo C, Sun J, Han Y, Lai X, Lin X, Wang Y*, Fang Y*. Proteomic, Transcriptomic, Biochemical and Physiological Investigations Shed Light on Responses to Low Temperature Stress in Two Contrasting Soybean Varieties. Plant, Cell Environment (2025)
2024
● Chen Z, Wei Y, Hou J, Huang J, Zhu X, Zhuang B, Han J, Peng H, Wang Y*, Liu Y*. Transcriptional atlas for embryo development in soybean. Seed Biology 3, e022 (2024).
● Hang R*, Li H, Liu W, Wang R, Hu H, Chen M, You C*, Chen X*. HOT3/eIF5B1 confers Kozak motif-dependent translational control of photosynthesis-associated nuclear genes for chloroplast biogenesis. Nature Communications 15, 9878 (2024).
●Wang C, Chen ZY, Copenhaver GP*, Wang YX*. Heterochromatin in plant meiosis. Nucleus 15(1), 2328719 (2024).
●Wang C, Wang Y. Meiosis requires m6A modification for selection of targets in plants. New Phytologist 244(6), 2118–2120 (2024).
●Liu G, Fang Y, Liu X, Jiang J, Ding G, Wang Y, Zhao X, Xu X, Liu M, Wang Y*, Yang C*. Genome-wide association study and haplotype analysis reveal novel candidate genes for resistance to powdery mildew in soybean. Frontiers in Plant Science 15, 1369650 (2024).
●Peng G, Liu M, Luo Z, Deng S, Wang Q, Wang M, Chen H, Xiao Y, Zhang Y, Hong H, Zhu L, Liu Z, Zhou L, Wang Y, Zhuang C, Zhou H*. An E3 ubiquitin ligase CSIT2 controls critical sterility-inducing temperature of thermo-sensitive genic male sterile rice. New Phytologist241, 2059–2074 (2024).
2023
● Ren Z, Guo R, Zhuo W, Chen Z, Yin X, Cao Y, Wang Y, Mi Y, Liu Y, Wang Y, Fan LM, Deng XW, Qian W. The MBD-ACD DNA methylation reader complex recruits MICRORCHIDIA6 to regulate rRNA gene expression in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell2023, koad313
●Wang T, Wang H, Lian Q, Jia Q, You C, Copenhaver GP, Wang C, Wang, Y. HEI10 is subject to phase separation and mediates RPA1a degradation during meiotic interference-sensitive crossover formation. PNAS2023, 120(52): e2310542120
● Li Q, Zhou J, Li S, Zhang W, Du Y, Li K, Wang Y, Sun Q. DNA polymerase ε harmonizes topological states and R-loops formation to maintain genome integrity in Arabidopsis. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14(1):7763
● Wang Y, Chen C, Copenhaver GP, Wang CR. Editorial: Meiosis in plants: sexual reproduction, genetic variation and crop improvement. Front. Plant Sci. 2023, 14:1294591
● Liu Y, Yi C, Fan C, Liu Q, Liu S, Shen L, Zhang K, Huang Y, Liu C, Wang Y, Tian Z, Han F. Pan-centromere reveals widespread centromere repositioning of soybean genomes. PNAS 2023, 120(42): e2310177120.
● Peng G, Liu M, Zhu L, Luo W, Wang Q, Wang M, Chen H, Luo Z, Xiao Y, Zhang Y, Hong H, Liu Z, Zhou L, Guo G, Wang Y, Zhuang C, Zhou H. The E3 ubiquitin ligase CSIT1 regulates critical sterility-inducing temperature by ribosome-associated quality control to safeguard two-line hybrid breeding in rice.Mol Plant 2023, 16(10):1695-1709
● Hu LQ, Yu SX, Xu WY, Zu SH, Jiang YT, Shi HT, Zhang YJ, Xue HW, Wang YX, Lin WH. Spatiotemporal formation of the large vacuole regulated by the BIN2-VLG module is required for female gametophyte development in Arabidopsis.Plant Cell 2023, 35(4):1241-1258.
● Hang R, Xu Y, Wang X, Hu H, Flynn N, You C*, Chen X*. Arabidopsis HOT3/eIF5B1 constrains rRNA RNAi by facilitating 18S rRNA maturation. PNAS 2023, 120(15):e2301081120.
● Xu W, Yu Y, Jing J, Wu Z, Zhang X, You C, Ma H, Copenhaver GP, He Y, Wang Y*. SCFRMF mediates degradation of the meiosis-specific recombinase DMC1. Nat Commun. 2023, 14:5044
● Wang C, Li X, Huang J, Ma H, Wang C R, Wang Y. Isolation of Meiocytes and Cytological Analyses of Male Meiotic Chromosomes in Soybean, Lettuce, and Maize. In: Riechmann, J.L., Ferrándiz, C. (eds) Flower
Development. Methods Mol. Biol. 2023 vol 2686. Humana, New York, NY.
● Li JC#, Wang C#, Liang WJ, Jiang CK, Liu Y, Ren ZT, Ci D, Chang JJ, Wang YX* and Qian WQ*. Functional importance and divergence of plant apurinic/apyrimidinic endonucleases in somatic and meiotic DNA repair. Plant Cell2023,35(6): 2316-2331
2022
● Wang C#, Huang JY#, Li YP, Zhang J, He CP, Jiang DH, Dong AW, Ma H*, Copenhaver GP*, Wang YX*. DNA polymerase epsilon binds histone H3.1-H4 and recruits MORC1 to mediate meiotic heterochromatin condensation. PNAS2022, 119: e2213540119
● Wang C, Huang JY, Zhang J, Yu Y, Copenhaver GP, You CJ*, Wang YX*. DNA polymerase epsilon interacts with SUVH2/9 to repress the expression of genes associated with meiotic DSB hotspot in Arabidopsis. PNAS2022, 119: e2208441119
● Xian P, Cai Z, Jiang B, Xia Q, Cheng Y, Yang Y, Zhou Q, Lian T, Ma Q, Wang Y*, Ge L*, Nian H*.GmRmd1 encodes a TIR-NBS-BSP protein and confers resistance to powdery mildew in soybean.Plant Communication2022, 3: 100418
He CP#, Chen ZY#, Zhao YY, Yu Y, Wang HK, Wang C, Copenhaver GP, Qi J*, Wang YX*. Histone demethylase IBM1-mediated meiocyte gene expression ensures meiotic chromosome synapsis and recombination. PLoS Genet2022, 18: e1010041
● Jia Q, Zhang J, Zeng H, Tang J, Xiao N, Gao S, Li H, Xie W*. Substrate specificity of GSDA revealed by cocrystal structures and binding studies. Int J Mol Sci 2022, 23(23): 14976
● You CJ, Yu Y, Wang YX*. Small RNA in plant meiosis and gametogenesis. Reprod Breed 2022, 2: 65-70
● Zhao JL#, Shi M#, Yu J*, Guo CK*. SPL9 mediates freezing tolerance by directly regulating the expression of CBF2 in Arabidopsis thaliana.BMC Plant Biol 2022, 22: 59
● Mengshi Liu#, Jiacan Jiang#, Yapeng Han, Mengying Shi, Xianli Li, Yingxiang Wang,Zhicheng Dong*,and Cunyi Yang*. Functional Characterization of the Lysine-Specific Histone Demethylases Family in Soybean. Plants 2022, 11: 1398
● Jiyue Huang#, Xiang Li, Cong Wang, and Yingxiang Wang*. Evaluation of Crossover Number,Distribution, and Interference Using Cytological Assays in Arabidopsis. Curr Protoc. 2022, 2: e599
● Huang Jiyue#, WANG Cong, WANG Yingxiang*. Advances in molecular genetic mechanism of meiotic recombination and applications in crop breeding.Journal of South China Agricultural University, 2022, 43: 17-35
● Juli Jing# , Nan Wu#, Wanyue Xu, Yingxiang Wang, Wojciech P. Pawlowski and Yan He*. An F-box protein ACOZ1 functions in crossover formation by ensuring proper chromosome compaction during maize meiosis. New Phytol. 2022. 235: 157-172
● Yuxuan Guo#, Shunping Yan, Yingxiang Wang*. Recent advances in functional conservation and divergence of recombinase RAD51 and DMC1. Hereditas. 44: 398-413
文章链接:DOI: 10.16288/j.yczz.22-016
2021
● Huang JY#, Wang HK#, Wang YX*, Copenhaver GP*. Comparative transcriptomic analysis of thermally stressed Arabidopsis thaliana meiotic recombination mutants. BMC Genomics 2021, 22(1): 181
● Guo CK, Jiang YQ, Shi M, Wu X, Wu G*. ABI5 acts downstream of miR159 to delay vegetative phase change in Arabidopsis.New Phytol 2021, 231(1): 339-350
● Li X, Zhang J, Huang J, Xu J, Chen Z, Copenhaver GP, Wang YX*. Regulation of interference-sensitive crossover distribution ensures crossover assurance in Arabidopsis.PNAS 2021, 118: e2107543118
● Li X, Yu MS, Bolaños-Villegas P, Zhang J, Ni DA, Ma H, Wang YX*. Fanconi anemia ortholog FANCM regulates meiotic crossover distribution in plants.Plant Physiol 2021, 186: 344-360
● Chen H#, He C#, Wang C#, Wang X, Ruan F, Yan J, Yin P, Wang YX*, Yan SP*. RAD51 supports DMC1 by inhibiting the SMC5/6 complex during meiosis.Plant Cell 2021, 33(8): 2869-2882
● Li P#, Tian J#, Guo CK*, Luo SP, Li J*. Interaction of gibberellin and other hormones in almond anthers: phenotypic and physiological changes and transcriptomic reprogramming. Hortic Res2021, 8(1): 94
● Jia Q, Zeng H, Li H, Xiao N, Tang J, Gao S, Zhang J, Xie W*. The C-terminal loop of Arabidopsis thaliana guanosine deaminase is essential to catalysis.Chem Commun2021, 57(76): 9748-9751
● Jia Q#, Zeng H#, Tu J, Sun L, Cao W, Xie W*. Structural insights into an MsmUdgX mutant capable of both crosslinking and uracil excision capability. DNA Repair2021, 97: 103008
● Jia Q, Zeng H, Zhang J, Gao S, Xiao N, Tang J, Dong X*, Xie W*. The crystal structure of the Spodoptera litura chemosensory protein CSP8. Insects2021, 12(7): 602
● Fang XL, Han YP, Liu MS, Jiang JC, Li X, Lian QC, Xie XR, Huang Y, Ma QB, Nian H, Qi J, Yang CY*, Wang YX*. Modulation of evening complex activity enables north-to-south adaptation of soybean. Sci China Life Sci 2021,64: 179-195 (Cover story)
2020
● Liu Y#, Su H#, Zhang J#, Shi L, Liu Y, Zhang B, Bai H, Liang S, Gao Z, Birchler JA, Han F*. Rapid birth or death of centromeres on fragmented chromosomes in maize. Plant Cell2020, 32: 3113-3123
● Su H#, Liu Y#, Liu C, Shi Q, Huang Y, Han F*. Centromere satellite repeats have undergone rapid changes in polyploid wheat subgenomes. Plant Cell 2020, 9: 2035-2051
● Wang J#, Yu CY#, Zhuang SB, Ye JY, Dai H, Wang HK, Huang JY, Cao XF, Ma JB*, Ma H*, Wang YX*. Cell-type-dependent histone demethylase specificity promotes meiotic chromosome condensation in Arabidopsis.Nat Plants 2020, 6: 823–837
● Wang HK#, Xu WY#, Sun YJ, Lian QC, Wang C, Yu CY, He CP, Wang J, Ma H, Copenhaver GP*, Wang YX*. The cohesin loader SCC2 contains a PHD finger that is required for meiosis in land plants.PLoS Genet 2020, 16(6): e1008849
● Liu Y#, Su H#, Zhang J, Liu Y, Feng C, Han F*. Back-spliced RNA from retrotransposon binds to centromere and regulates centromeric chromatin loops in maize.PLoS Biol2020, 18: e3000582
● Huang JY#, Wang C#, Li X, Fang XL, Huang N, Wang Y, Ma H, Wang YX*, Copenhaver GP*. Conservation and divergence in the meiocyte sRNAomes of Arabidopsis, soybean, and cucumber, Plant Physiol 2020, 182: 301-317
2019
● Huang JY#, Wang C#, Wang HF, Lu PL, Zheng BL, Ma H, Copenhaver GP, Wang YX*. Meiocyte-specific and AtSPO11-1-dependent small RNAs and their association with meiotic gene expression and recombination. Plant Cell 2019, 31(2): 444-464
● Wang C#, Huang JY#, Zhang J, Wang HK, Han YP, Copenhaver GP, Ma H, Wang YX*. The largest subunit of DNA polymerase delta is required for normal formation of meiotic type I crossovers.Plant Physiol 2019, 179: 446-459
● You C, He W, Hang R, Zhang C, Cao X, Guo H, Chen X, Cui J*, and Mo B*. FIERY1 promotes microRNA accumulation by suppressing rRNA-derived small interfering RNAs in Arabidopsis. Nat Commun 2019, 10: 4424
● Xu RY#, Xu J#, Wang LD#, Niu BX, Copenhaver GP, Ma H, Zheng BL, Wang YX*. The Arabidopsis anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome subunit 8 is required for male meiosis.New Phytol 2019, 224(1): 229-224
● Jia Q, Xie W*. Alternative conformation induced by substrate binding for Arabidopsis thaliana N6-methyl-AMP deaminase.Nucleic Acids Res 2019, 47(6): 3233-3243
2018
● Jia Q#, Lin Y#, Gou X, He L, Shen D, Chen D, Xie W*, Lu Y*. Legionella pneumophila effector WipA, a bacterial PPP protein phosphatase with PTP activity. Acta Bioch Bioph Sin 2018, 50(6): 547-554
● Xue M#, Wang J#, Jiang LG, Wolfe S, Pawlowskic WP*, Wang YX*, He Y*. The number of meiotic double-strand breaks influences crossover distribution in Arabidopsis.Plant Cell 2018, 30: 2628-2638
● Wang YX*, Copenhaver GP*. Meiotic recombination: Mixing it up in plants. Annu Rev Plant Biol2018, 69: 577-609