Hong Ma

Phylogenomic profile of exon-intron organization across angiosperms, their relationships with protein domains, and functional implications
Taikui Zhang, Lin Zhang, Hong Ma, Jun Wang, Dec 2026, In: Nature communications
Date: Dec 2026

CLE19 suppresses brassinosteroid signaling output via the BSL-BIN2 module to maintain BES1 activity and pollen exine patterning in Arabidopsis
Shuangshuang Wang, Shiting Zhang, Ying Yu, Jianzheng Wang, Jingya Wang, Mengyu Li, Jianan Lu, Juanying Ye, Hanji Li, Yeqiao Liu, Yuhan Zhao, Wen Song, Juan Dong, Jia Li, Chunming Liu, Hong Ma, Fang Chang, Dec 2025, In: Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
Date: Dec 2025

Clonal longevity and the enigmatic flowering of woody bamboos are associated with rates of protein evolution
Xin Wang, Zhi Hua Zeng, Peng Fei Ma, Yun Long Liu, Hua Ying Sun, Hong Wang, Hong Ma, De Zhu Li, Wei Zhou, Nov 2025, In: Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
Date: Nov 2025

Genome duplications, genomic conflict, and rapid phenotypic evolution characterize the Cretaceous radiation of Fagales
Ying Ying Yang, Gregory W. Stull, Xiao Jian Qu, Min Deng, Lei Zhao, Yi Hu, Zhi Heng Wang, Hong Ma, De Zhu Li, Stephen A. Smith, Ting Shuang Yi, Nov 2025, In: Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
Date: Nov 2025

Nuclear phylogenomics provide evidence to clarify key morphological evolution and whole-genome duplication across rosids
Yiyong Zhao, Di Yu, Wenyu Kuo, Jie Huang, Jing Guo, Miao Sun, Yi Hu, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Hong Ma, Chien Hsun Huang, Oct 2025, In: Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
Date: Oct 2025

Unraveling evolutionary pathways
Si Yu Xie, Xiao Hua Lin, Jun Ru Wang, Dai Kun Ma, Na Su, Chao Xu, Yu Zhang, Hong Ma, Pan Li, Duo Yuan Chen, Xin Zhong, Bin Jie Ge, Richard G.J. Hodel, Liang Zhao, Bin Bin Liu, Jul 2025, In: Plant Journal
Date: Jul 2025

ANAPHASE-PROMOTING COMPLEX/CYCLOSOME coactivators maintain AURORA 1 kinase homeostasis during meiotic chromosome segregation
Jing Xu, Lian Zhou, Kaixin Chen, Runsen Huang, Baixiao Niu, Juanying Ye, Hong Ma, Gregory P. Copenhaver, Yingxiang Wang, Jun 1 2025, In: Plant Cell
Date: Jun 1 2025

Pan-genome analysis reveals the evolution and diversity of Malus
Wei Li, Chong Chu, Taikui Zhang, Haochen Sun, Shiyao Wang, Zeyuan Liu, Zijun Wang, Hui Li, Yuqi Li, Xingtan Zhang, Zhiqiang Geng, Youqing Wang, Yi Li, Hengtao Zhang, Weishu Fan, Yi Wang, Xuefeng Xu, Lailiang Cheng, Dehui Zhang, Yao Xiong, Huixia Li, Bowen Zhou, Qingmei Guan, Cecilia H. Deng, Yongmin..., May 2025, In: Nature Genetics
Date: May 2025

Nuclear Phylogenomics of Angiosperms and Evolutionary Implications
Lin Zhang, Chien Hsun Huang, Guojin Zhang, Caifei Zhang, Yiyong Zhao, Jie Huang, Jing Guo, Lin Cheng, Taikui Zhang, Hong Ma, Feb 2025, In: Diversity
Date: Feb 2025

Rethinking the role of colour in avian fruit choices and foraging mechanisms
João Vitor S. Messeder, Benjamin Scott Vizzachero, Juan M. Morales, Hong Ma, Tomás A. Carlo, 2025, In: Functional Ecology
Date: 2025

Ancestral polyploidy in seed plants and angiosperms
Yuannian Jiao, Norman J. Wickett, Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam, André S. Chanderbali, Lena Landherr, Paula E. Ralph, Lynn P. Tomsho, Yi Hu, Haiying Liang, Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis, Sandra W. Clifton, Scott E. Schlarbaum, Stephan C. Schuster, Hong Ma, Jim Leebens-Mack, Claude W. Depamphilis, May 5 2011, In: Nature
Citations: 1,888

The protein encoded by the Arabidopsis homeotic gene agamous resembles transcription factors
Martin F. Yanofsky, Hong Ma, John L. Bowman, Gary N. Drews, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Elliot M. Meyerowitz, 1990, In: Nature
Citations: 1,371

The Amborella genome and the evolution of flowering plants
Claude W. DePamphilis, Jeffrey D. Palmer, Steve Rounsley, David Sankoff, Stephan C. Schuster, Jetty S.S. Ammiraju, W. Bradley Barbazuk, Srikar Chamala, Andre S. Chanderbali, Ronald Determann, Ma Hong, Paula Ralph, Jason Talag, Lynn Tomsho, Brandon Walts, Stefan Wanke, Rod A. Wing, Tien Hao Chang, Ti..., Dec 20 2013, In: Science
Citations: 761

Control of rice grain-filling and yield by a gene with a potential signature of domestication
Ertao Wang, Jianjun Wang, Xudong Zhu, Wei Hao, Linyou Wang, Qun Li, Lixia Zhang, Wei He, Baorong Lu, Hongxuan Lin, Hong Ma, Guiquan Zhang, Zuhua He, Nov 2008, In: Nature Genetics
Citations: 748

The rice tapetum degeneration retardation gene is required for tapetum degradation and anther development
Na Li, Da Sheng Zhang, Hai Sheng Liu, Chang Song Yin, Xiao Xing Li, Wan Qi Liang, Zheng Yuan, Ben Xu, Huang Wei Chu, Jia Wang, Tie Qiao Wen, Hai Huang, Da Luo, Ma Hong, Da Bing Zhang, Nov 2006, In: Plant Cell
Citations: 652

Widespread genome duplications throughout the history of flowering plants
Liying Cui, P. Kerr Wall, James H. Leebens-Mack, Bruce G. Lindsay, Douglas E. Soltis, Jeff J. Doyle, Pamela S. Soltis, John E. Carlson, Kathiravetpilla Arumuganathan, Abdelali Barakat, Victor A. Albert, Hong Ma, Claude W. DePamphilis, Jun 2006, In: Genome Research
Citations: 630

Patterns of gene action in plant development revealed by enhancer trap and gene trap transposable elements
Venkatesan Sundaresan, Patricia Springer, Thomas Volpe, Samuel Haward, Jonathan D.G. Jones, Caroline Dean, Hong Ma, Robert Martienssen, Jul 15 1995, In: Genes and Development
Citations: 621

Genome-wide analysis of basic/helix-loop-helix transcription factor family in rice and Arabidopsis
Xiaoxing Li, Xuepeng Duan, Haixiong Jiang, Yujin Sun, Yuanping Tang, Zheng Yuan, Jingkang Guo, Wanqi Liang, Liang Chen, Jingyuan Yin, Hong Ma, Jian Wang, Dabing Zhang, Aug 2006, In: Plant physiology
Citations: 619

The SCF^COI1 ubiquitin-ligase complexes are required for jasmonate response in Arabidopsis
Linghui Xu, Fuquan Liu, Esther Lechner, Pascal Genschik, William L. Crosby, Hong Ma, Wen Peng, Dafang Huang, Daoxin Xie, Aug 2002, In: Plant Cell
Citations: 610

Molecular genetic analyses of microsporogenesis and microgametogenesis in flowering plants
Hong Ma, 2005, In: Annual Review of Plant Biology
Citations: 599

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• One Health Microbiome Center
• Plant Institute

• Bioinformatics and Genomics IGDP
• Plant Biology IGDP

• Department of Biology
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