Area(s) of Expertise

Forest Genetics, Tree Breeding

Education

B.S. Beijing Forestry University (1982)
M.S. North Carolina State University (1985)
Ph.D. North Carolina State University (1989)

Research Interests

Forest genetics and breeding; Quantitative and population genetics; Breeding strategy development; Genetic data analysis and interpretation;
Genetic studies of tree physiology and molecular biology

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Publications

• Association genetics and transcriptome analysis reveal a gibberellin-responsive pathway involved in regulating photosynthesis (2016)
• Genetic architecture of growth traits in Populus revealed by integrated quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis and association studies (2016)
• Identification of additive, dominant, and epistatic variation conferred by key genes in cellulose biosynthesis pathway in Populus tomentosa (2015)
• Genome-wide transcriptional profiling reveals molecular signatures of secondary xylem differentiation in Populus tomentosa (2014)
• Megasporogenesis, megagametogenesis, and induction of 2n eggs with colchicine in poplar section Aigeiros (2014)
• Variation in growth, leaf, and wood property traits of Chinese white poplar (Populus tomentosa), a major industrial tree species in Northern China (2014)
• Identification of genes differentially expressed in shoot apical meristems and in mature xylem of Populus tomentosa (2014)
• Allelic variation in a cellulose synthase gene (PtoCesA4) associated with growth and wood properties in Populus tomentosa (2013)
• Polymorphic simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci within cellulose synthase (PtoCesA) genes are associated with growth and wood properties in Populus tomentosa (2013)
• Effects of propagule type on genetic parameters of wood density and growth in a loblolly pine progeny test at ages 10 and 11 years (2011)

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