1)Zhongtao Zhao, Jin Hu, Shi Chen, Zhonglai Luo, Da Luo, Jun Wen, Tieyao Tu,Dianxiang Zhang*. Evolution of CYCLOIDEA-like genes in Fabales: Insights into duplication patterns and the control of floral symmetry. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2019, 132, 81-89.
2)Zhongtao Zhao, Zhonglai Luo*, Shuai Yuan, Lina Mei, Dianxiang Zhang*. Global transcriptome and gene co-expression network analyses on the development of distyly in Primula oreodoxa. Heredity, July, 2019, doi: 10.1038/s41437-019-0250-y.
3) Li X, Qian X, Yao G, Zhao Z*, Zhang D*. 2019. Plastome of mycoheterotrophic Burmannia itoana Mak. (Burmanniaceae) exhibits extensive degradation and distinct rearrangements. PeerJ 7:e7787 DOI 10.7717/peerj.7787
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5)Zhao Z, Jin Q, Xu J-R*, Liu H (2014) Identification of a Fungi-Specific Lineage of Protein Kinases Closely Related to Tyrosine Kinases. PLoS ONE 9(2): e89813. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089813.
6)Zhao Z, Liu H*, Wang C, Xu JR. (2013) Comparative analysis of fungal genomes reveals different plant cell wall degrading capacity in fungi. BMC Genomics 14(1):274.
7)Xing Guo, Zhongtao Zhao, Shek Shing Mar, Dianxiang Zhang and Richard M. K. Saunders*. A symbiotic balancing act: arbuscular mycorrhizal specificity and specialist fungus gnat pollination in the mycoheterotrophic genus Thismia (Thismiaceae). Annals of Botany, 2019, 124(2):331-342.
8)Duan Tingting, Deng Xiaofang, Chen Shi, Luo Zhonglai, Zhao Zhongtao, Tu Tieyao, Nguyen Sinh Khanga, Sylvain G. Razafimandimbisone, Dianxiang Zhang*. Evolution of sexual systems and growth habit in Mussaenda (Rubiaceae): Insights into the evolutionary pathways of dioecy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2018, 123, 113-122.
9)Zhonglai Luo, Jin Hu, Zhongtao Zhao, Dianxiang Zhang*. Transcriptomic analysis of heteromorphic stamens in Cassia biscapsularis L. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 31600.
10)Mu Li, Cong Jiang, Qinhu Wang, Zhongtao Zhao, Qiaojun Jin, Jin-Rong Xu, Huiquan Liu*, 2016. Evolution and functional insights of different ancestral orthologous clades of chitin synthase genes in the fungal tree of life. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016, 7:37. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00037.
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