个人简历

简介
　　本实验室主要兴趣在于：
　　系统与进化植物学：运用宏观至微观生物学的手段，通过对基因到表型、个体到群体多个层次上遗传变异式样及其成因的综合分析，研究植物类群的起源、分化和散布，探讨它们现代地理分布格局的成因，揭示植物类群的进化历史及其系统发育关系。
　　植物居群生物学和保护遗传学：以植物的居群/种群为研究对象，利用群体遗传学的原理和方法，研究目标植物的居群遗传结构、时空动态变化及其成因；探讨物种形成的式样和机制；研究植物遗传多样性产生、维持和丧失的原因和机制，建立多样性保护和利用的理论基础和技术体系。
　　植物演化发育生物学：通过对植物演化过程中关键创新性性状及其相关基因和表达调控网络的研究，推动对植物表型演化机制和多样性起源的探索。

研究领域

系统与进化植物学：运用宏观至微观生物学的手段，通过对基因到表型、个体到群体多层次遗传变异式样及其成因的综合分析，研究植物类群／基因／基因家族的起源和演化，探讨它们的分类、系统发生关系及其演化历史。植物居群／种群生物学：以植物的居群/种群为研究对象，利用群体遗传学的原理和方法，研究目标植物的居群遗传结构、时空动态变化及其成因，探讨物种形成的式样和机制。植物进化发育生物学：通过对植物演化过程中关键创新性性状及其相关基因和表达调控网络的研究，推动对植物表型演化机制和多样性起源的探索。 "研究领域：系统与进化植物学、植物居群生物学和保护遗传学、植物演化发育生物学。"

近期论文

Li X, Han JD, Fang YH, Bai SN & Rao GY. (2017) Expression analyses of embryogenesis-associated genes during somatic embryogenesis of Adiantum capillus-veneris L. in vitro: New Insights into the evolution of reproductive organs in land plants. Front. Plant Sci., 8:658. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00658 ♦ Han JD, Li X, Jiang CK, Wong GK-S, Rothfels CJ & Rao GY. (2017) Evolutionary analysis of the LAFL genes involved in the land plant seed maturation program. Front. Plant Sci., 8:439. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00439 ♦ Fang YH, Li X, Bai SN & Rao GY. (2017) Sugar treatments can induce AcLEAFY COTYLEDON1 expression and trigger the accumulation of storage products during prothallus development of Adiantum capillus-veneris. Front. Plant Sci., 8:541. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00541 ♦ Huang Y, An YM, Meng SY, Guo YP & Rao GY. (2017) Taxonomic status and phylogenetic position of Phaeostigma in the subtribe Artemisiinae (Asteraceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 55: 426–436. doi: 10.1111/jse.12257 ♦ Zhang JQ, Meng SY & Rao GY. (2016) Two new species of Rhodiola (Crassulaceae) from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Phytotaxa, 224 (2): 159–172. ♦ Huang Y, Wang X, Ge S & Rao GY. (2015) Divergence and adaptive evolution of the gibberellin oxidase genes in plants. BMC Evol Biol, 15:207 . doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0490-2. ♦ Li X, Fang YH, Han JD, Bai SN & Rao GY. (2015) Isolation and characterization of a novel SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS RECEPTOR KINASE gene expressed in the fern Adiantum capillus-veneris during shoot regeneration in vitro. Plant Mol Biol Rep, 33:638–647. ♦ Zhang JQ, Meng SY, Wen J & Rao GY. (2015) DNA Barcoding of Rhodiola (Crassulaceae): A case study on a group of recently diversified medicinal plants from the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0119921. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119921. ♦ Zhang JQ, Meng SY, Rao GY. (2014) Phylogeography of Rhodiola kirilowii (Crassulaceae): A story of Miocene divergence and Quaternary expansion. PLoS ONE 9(11): e0112923. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112923. ♦ Zhang JQ, Meng SY, Allen GA, Wen J & Rao GY. (2014) Rapid radiation and dispersal out of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of an alpine plant lineage Rhodiola (Crassulaceae), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution , 77: 147–158. ♦ Li J, Wan Q, Guo YP, Abbott RJ & Rao GY. (2014) Should I stay or should I go: biogeographic and evolutionary history of a polyploid complex (Chrysanthemum indicum complex) in response to Pleistocene climate change in China. New Phytologist , 201: 1031-1044. ♦ Zhang JQ, Meng SY, Wen J & Rao GY. (2014) Phylogenetic relationships and character evolution of Rhodiola (Crassulaceae) based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid trnL-F and psbA-trnH sequences , Systematic Botany, 2014 , 39: 441–451 ♦ Li J, Wan Q, Abbott RJ, Rao GY. (2013) Geographical distribution of cytotypes in the Chrysanthemum indicum complex as evidenced by ploidy level and genome-size variation. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 51: 196 – 204.