#co-first author      *corresponding author

 

2025

Lai Q#, Wang Z#, Jia C, Qumu X, Wang R, Zhao Z, Liu Y, Hou Y, Liu J, Ingvarsson PK, Wang J* (2025). Evolutionary History and Genomic Consequences of Polyploidization in Natural Populations of Orychophragmus taibaiensis. Horticulture Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhaf314

Long Z#, Sang Y#, Feng J#, Zhang X, Shi T, Zhang L, Mao K, Rieseberg LH, Liu J, Wang J* (2025) Evolutionary Genomics Unravels the Responses and Adaptation to Climate Change in a Key Alpine Forest Tree Species. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42(7): msaf116. (Cover paper)

Wang J* (2025). Hybridization contributes to reproductive isolation. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 9:756-757.

Dan X#, Qumu X#, Lai Q, Mao K, Gong W, Qin X, Li T, Liu X, Wang J* (2025). Phylogenomic analysis and SNP fingerprinting construction of Camellia oleifera Abel. germplasm resources using SLAF-seq technology. Industrial Crops and Products. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2025.120978.

Wu B, Luo D, Yue Y, Yan H, He M, Ma X, Zhao B, Xu B, Zhu J, Wang J, Jia J, Sun M, Xie Z, Wang X, Huang L* (2025). New insights into the cold tolerance of upland switchgrass by integrating a haplotype-resolved genome and multi-omics analysis. Genome Biology. 26: 128.

Feng L#, Wang CY#, Zhou LP#, Wang YH, Wang J, Wang ZY, Zhou T, Wang XM* (2025). Harnessing landscape genomics to evaluate genomic vulnerability and future climate resilience in an East Asia perennial. Molecular Ecology. 34(21):e70128.

Liang R#, Tan L#, Guo X#, Lou S#, Dan X, Han Y, Zeng C, Zhang H, Yang K, Chen L, Liang X, Liu M, Guo M, Yin K, Tang S, Song Y, Gao X, Gu S, Hou J, Yao Y, Zhang R, Yan J, Fu W, Li X, Hu Y, Liu Y, Liu W, Wu Q , Yan Z, Jia W, Hu B, Wang J, Liu J, Liu H* (2025). Allelic variation in the promoter of WRKY22 enhances humid adaptation of Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Plant 18: 42-58.

2024

Shi T, Zhang X, Hou Y, Jia C, Dan X, Zhang Y, Jiang Y, Lai Q, Feng J, Feng J, Ma T, Wu J, Liu S, Zhang L, Long Z, Chen L, Street NR, Ingvarsson PK, Liu J*, Yin T*, Wang J* (2024). The super-pangenome of Populus unveil genomic facets for its application and diversification in widespread forest trees. Molecular Plant. 17: 725-746 (Cover paper, Highly Cited Paper).

Dai X#, Xiang S#, Zhang Y, Yang S, Hu Q, Wu Z, Zhou T, Xiang J, Chen G, Tan X, Wang J*, Ding J* (2024). Genomic evidence for evolutionary history and local adaptation of two endemic apricots: Prunus hongpingensis and P. Zhengheensis. Horticulture Research. 11: uhad215.

Jia C#, Lai Q#, Zhu Y, Feng J, Dan X, Zhang Y, Long Z, Wu J, Wang Z, Qumu X, Wang R*, Wang J* (2024). Integrative metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal the potential regulatory mechanism of unique dihydroxy fatty acid biosynthesis in the seeds of an industrial oilseed crop Orychophragmus violaceus. BMC Genomics. 25: 29.

Robinson, KM, Schiffthaler B, Liu H, Rydman SM, Rendón-Anaya M, Kalman TA, Kumar V, Canovi C, Bernhardsson C, Delhomme N, Jenkins J, Wang J, Mähler N, Richau KH, Stokes V, A’Hara S, Cottrell J, Coeck K, Diels T, Vandepoele K, Mannapperuma C, Park E-J, Plaisance S, Jansson S, Ingvarsson PK, Street NR (2024). An improved chromosome-scale genome assembly and population genetics resource for Populus tremula. Physiologia Plantarum, 176(5), e14511.

2023

Niu, S#*, Ding J#, Xu C#, Wang J# (2023). Modern and future forestry based on biotechnology. Modern Agriculture. 1: 27-33.

Nocchi G#, Wang J#, Yang L, Ding J, Gao Y, Buggs RJ*, Wang N* (2023). Genomic signals of local adaptation and hybridization in Asian white birch. Molecular Ecology.32: 595-612.

Li X#, Ruhsam M#, Wang Y, Zhang HY, Fan XY, Zhang L, Wang J*, Mao KS* (2023). Wind-dispersed seeds blur phylogeographic breaks: The complex evolutionary history of Populus lasiocarpa around the Sichuan Basin. Plant Diversity. 45: 156-168.

Wang J#, Zhang H#, Ruhsam M, Fan X, Li X, Chung JM, Chung MY, Chung MG, Wang S, Wang J*, Mao K* (2023). Phylogeography of Populus koreana reveals an unexpected glacial refugium in Northeast Asia. Forestry Research. 3: 23.

Yan H#, Sun M#, Zhang Z#, Jin Y#, Zhang A, Lin c, Wu B, He M, Xu B, Wang J, Qin P, Mendieta JP, Nie G, Wang JP, Jones CS, Feng G, Srivastava RK, Zhang X, Bombarely A, Luo D, Jin L, Peng Y, Wang X, Ji Y, Tian S*, Huang L* (2023). Pangenomic analysis identifies structural variation associated with heat tolerance in pearl millet. Nature Genetics. 55: 507-518.

2022

Sang Y#, Long Z#, Dan X, Feng J, Shi T, Jia C, Zhang X, Lai Q, Yang G, Zhang H, Xu X, Liu H, Jiang Y, Ingvarsson PK, Liu J*, Mao K*, Wang J* (2022). Genomic insights into local adaptation and future climate-induced vulnerability of a keystone forest tree in East Asia. Nature Communications. 13: 6541.

Liu S#, Zhang L#, Sang Y, Lai Q, Zhang X, Jia C, Long Z, Wu J, Ma T, Mao K, Street NR, Ingvarsson PK, Liu J, Wang J* (2022). Demographic history and natural selection shape patterns of deleterious mutation load and barriers to introgression across Populus genome. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(2): msac008.

Sinclair-Waters M*, Nome T, Wang J, Lien S, Kent MP, Sægrov H, Florø-Larsen, Bolstad GH, Primmer CR, Barson BJ (2022). Dissecting the loci underlying maturation timing in Atlantic salmon using haplotype and multi-SNP based association methods. Heredity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-022-00570-w.

Wang Z#, Jiang Y#, Yang X#, Bi H, Li J, Mao X, Ma Y, Ru D, Zhang C, Hao G, Wang J, Abbott RJ, Liu J* (2022). Molecular signatures of parallel adaptive divergence causing reproductive isolation and speciation across two genera. The Innovation. 3(3): 100247.

2021

Li J, Zhong L, Wang J, Ma T, Mao K, Zhang L* (2021). Genomic insights into speciation history and local adaptation of an alpine aspen in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and adjacent highlands. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 59(6): 1220-1231.

Song X, Milne RI, Fan X, Xie S, Zhang L, Zheng H, Fan L, Chung JM, Chung MG, Ma T, Xu X, Wang J, Mao K* (2021). Blow to the Northeast? Intraspecific differentiation Populus davidiana suggests a north-eastward skew of a phylogeographic break in East Asia. Journal of Biogeography. 48(1): 187-201.

2020

Wang J*, Street NR, Park EJ, Liu JQ, Ingvarsson K (2020). Evidence for widespread selection in shaping the genomic landscape during speciation of Populus. Molecular Ecology. 29(6):1120-1136.

Before 2020

Lin YC^#, Wang J^#, Delhomme N^#,Schiffthaler B, Sundström G, Zuccolo A, Nystedt B, Hvidsten TR, de la Torre A, Cossu R, Hoppner M, Lantz H, Scofield DG, Zamani N, Johansson A, Mannapperuma C, Robinson KM, Mähler N, Leitch I, Pellicer J, Park EJ, Montagu MV, Van der Peer V, Grabherr M, Jansson S, Ingvarsson K, Street NR* (2018). Functional and evolutionary genomic inferences in Populus through genome and population sequencing of American and European aspen. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 115 (46): E10970-E10978. (#co-first author)

Wang J*, Ding J, Tan B, Robinson KM, Michelson IH, Johansson A, Nystedt B, Scofield DG, Nilsson O, Jansson S, Street NR, Ingvarsson PK* (2018). A major locus controls local adaptation and adaptive life history variation in a perennial plant. Genome Biology. 19: 72

Ingvarsson PK*, Wang J (2017). Small and large-scale heterogeneity in genetic variation across the collard flycatcher genome: implications for estimating genetic diversity in non-model organisms. Molecular Ecology Resources. 17 (4): 583-585.

Mähler N, Wang J, Terebieniec BK, Ingvarsson PK, Street NR*, Hvidsten TR* (2017). Gene co-expression network connectivity is an important determinant of selective constraint. PLoS Genetics. 13 (4): e1006402.

Wang J, Street NR, Scofield D, Ingvarsson PK* (2016). Variation in linked selection and recombination drive genomic divergence during allopatric speciation of European and American aspens. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33:1754-1767.

Wang J, Street NR, Scofield D, Ingvarsson PK* (2016). Natural selection and recombination rate variation shape nucleotide polymorphism across the genomes of three related Populus species. Genetics. 202: 1185-1200.

Wang J, Scofield D, Street NR, Ingvarsson PK* (2015). Variant calling using NGS data in European aspen (Populus tremula). Book chapter for “Advances in the Understanding of Biological Sciences using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Approaches”. Ed. by Sablok, G., Kumar, S., Ueno, S., Kuo, J., Varotto, C. Springer, IBSN: 978-3-319-17156-2. Pp 43-61.

Peng YL, Tian B, Tian XM, Wang J, Hensen I, Liu JQ* (2015). Range expansion during the Pleistocene drove morphological radiation of the fir genus (Abies, Pinaceae) in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Himalayas. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 179: 444-453.

Wang J, Abbott RJ, Ingvarsson PK, Liu JQ* (2014). Increased genetic divergence between two closely related fir species in areas of range overlap. Ecology and Evolution 4: 1019-1029.

Lockwood JD, Aleksić JM, Zou JB, Wang J, Liu JQ, Renner SS* (2013). A new phylogeny for the genus Picea from plastid, mitochondrial, and nuclear sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69: 717-727.

Peng YL, Yin SM, Wang J, Tian B, Ren GP, Guo QH, Liu JQ* (2012). Phylogeographic analysis of the fir species in southern China suggests complex origin and genetic admixture. Annals of Forest Science 69: 409-416.

Wang J, Abbott RJ, Peng YL, Du FK, Liu JQ* (2011). Species delimitation and biogeography of two fir species (Abies) in central China: cytoplasmic DNA variation. Heredity 107: 362-370.