Yunchen Gong

The paper identifies a 117 kb indel associated with leaf shape polymorphism in Ipomoea hederacea and shows it is a novel genetic mechanism distinct from related species.

The paper develops a framework to analyze multispecies synteny data and applies it to Rumex, finding accelerated syntenic evolution linked to transitions to dioecy and XY sex determination.

The paper investigates Y chromosome degeneration in Rumex hastatulus, finding widespread underexpression of Y genes and no evidence of early dosage compensation.

This study investigates the genetic basis of sex determination in waterhemp, revealing complex chromosomal diversity and phenotypic variability associated with the transition to dioecy.

This study uses phylogenomic analysis of Rumex species to resolve sex chromosome evolution, finding two independent origins and chromosomal rearrangements without adaptive expansion support.

The paper studies Y chromosome degeneration in Rumex hastatulus by analyzing phased genome assemblies of old and new sex chromosomes, finding extensive gene loss and transposable element expansion on the Y chromosome.

The paper identifies two supergenes controlling tristyly in Eichhornia paniculata, with specific gene expression patterns and evolutionary age estimates supporting their role in the polymorphism.

This study characterizes sex differences in recombination landscape in Rumex hastatulus, showing strong male-specific recombination suppression and its potential role in sex chromosome evolution.

This study shows that perturbations of the ZED1 pseudokinase activate plant immunity by forming a ternary complex with PBL kinases and ZAR1, independent of the effector HopZ1a.