Xiang-Qin Yu
Associate Professor at Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Master's Supervisor
Email address: yuxiangqin@mail.kib.ac.cn
132# Lanhei Road, Panlong district, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Research Areas
My research interests include phylogenomics, biogeography, evolutionary genomics, population genomics, speciation, species delimitation, DNA barcoding, integrative taxonomy.
Education
2007.09-2013.07 Ph.D. Botany, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2003.09-2007.07 B.S. Biology, Jiujiang University
Experience
- 2021.02- present: Associate Professor, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- 2016.04-2021.01: Assistant Researcher, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- 2016.03-2017.03: Visiting Scholar, Soltis Lab, Department of Biology, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
2013.08-2016.03: Postdoctoral Researcher, Molecular Phylogenetics and Biogeography Group, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Publications
Papers
# represents co-first author, and * represents corresponding author:
- Qiong Zhang, Ryan A. Folk, Zhi-Qiong Mo, Hang Ye, Zhao-Yuan Zhang, Hua Peng, Jian-Li Zhao*, Shi-Xiong Yang*,Xiang-Qin Yu*, 2023. Phylotranscriptomic analyses reveal deep gene tree discordance in Camellia (Theaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 188: 107912.
- Ya-Li Zhang#, Xiang-Qin Yu#, Yin-Zi Jiang, Yin Wu, Shi-Xiong Yang*, 2023. Camellia renshanxiangiae, a synonym of C. punctata (Theaceae). Phytotaxa 609 (2): 157-162.
- Sheng-Yuan Qin, Zheng-Yu Zuo, Cen Guo, Xin-Yu Du, Shui-Yin Liu, Xiang-Qin Yu, Xiao-Guo Xiang, Jun Rong, Bing Liu, Zhi-Fang Liu, Peng-Fei Ma*, De-Zhu Li*, 2023. Phylogenomic insights into the origin and evolutionary history of evergreen broadleaved forests in East Asia under Cenozoic climate change. Molecular Ecology DOI: 10.1111/mec.16904.
- Shi-Xiong Yang*, Xiang-Qin Yu, 2022. Comment on the View that “Camellia sinensis Originated from Tertiary Magnolia latifolia”. Guangxi Forestry Science 51 (3): 298-306.
- Xiang-Qin Yu#, *, Yin-Zi Jiang#, Ryan A. Folk, Jian-Li Zhao, Chao-Nan Fu, Liang Fang, Hua Peng, Jun-Bo Yang*, Shi-Xiong Yang*, 2022. Species discrimination in Schima (Theaceae): Next-generation super-barcodes meet evolutionary complexity. Molecular Ecology Resources 22: 3161-3175.
- Jian-Li Zhao#, Xiang-Qin Yu#, W. John Kress, Ya-Li Wang, Yong-Mei Xia, Qing-Jun Li*, 2022. Historical biogeography of the gingers and its implications for shifts in tropical rain forest habitats. Journal of Biogeography 49:1339-1351.
- Hong-Hu Meng#, Can-Yu Zhang#, Yi-Gang Song, Xiang-Qin Yu, Guan-Long Cao, Lang Li, Chao-Nan Cai, Jian-Hua Xiao, Shi-Shun Zhou, Yun-Hong Tan, Jie Li*, 2022. Opening a door to the spatiotemporal history of plants from the tropical Indochina Peninsula to subtropical China. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 171: 107458.
- Qiong Zhang, Lei Zhao, Ryan A. Folk, Jian-Li Zhao, Nelson A. Zamora, Shi-Xiong Yang, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Lian-Ming Gao, Hua Peng*, Xiang-Qin Yu*. 2022. Phylotranscriptomics of Theaceae: generic level relationships, reticulation and whole-genome duplication. Annals of Botany 129: 457-471.
- Shi-Xiong Yang*, Wei Fang, Xiang-Qin Yu, 2021. New Record of Camellia sect. Thea in Guangxi——Camellia crassicolumna var. multiplex. Guangxi Forestry Science 50 (5): 493-495.
- Jian-Li Zhao, B Ram Paudel, Xiang-Qin Yu, Jie Zhang, Qing-Jun Li*, 2021. Speciation along the elevation gradient: divergence of Roscoea species within the south slope of the Himalayas. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 164: 107292.
- Xiang-Qin Yu#, En-De Liu#, Zhen-Wen Liu, Bo Xiao, Jin-Lin Ma*, Shi-Xiong Yang*, 2021. Camellia luteocalpandria (Theaceae), a new species and the first discovery of sect. Calpandria in China. Phytotaxa 489(2): 223-228.
- Xiang-Qin Yu, Qiong Zhang, Yin-Zi Jiang, Hua Peng, Jian-Li Zhao*, Shi-Xiong Yang*, 2020. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Laplacea alpestris and its phylogenetic position. Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources 5 (3): 3807-3809.
- Zhen-Wen Liu, Sheng-Feng Chai, Fang-Yuan Wu, Pin-Ming Ye, Chang-Jie Jiang, Zhi-Rong Zhang, Xiang-Qin Yu, Jin-Lin Ma, Shi-Xiong Yang*, 2020. Camellia rostrata, a new species of yellow camellias from Southwest China. Phytotaxa 459: 61-68.
- Xing-Fu Zhu, Xiang-Qin Yu, Jian-Li Zhao*, 2019. The complete chloroplast sequence of Roscoea humeana(Zingiberaceae): an alpine ginger in the Hengduan Mountains, China, Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources 4 (1): 1398-1399.
- Qiong Zhang, Jian Luo, Jin-Lin Ma, Xiao-Juan Wei, Hua Peng, Shi-Xiong Yang*, Xiang-Qin Yu*, 2019. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Camellia mingii (Theaceae), a critically endangered yellow camellia species endemic to China. Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources 4: 1338-1340.
- Xiang-Qin Yu, Chun-Lei Xiang, Hua Peng*, 2018. Taxonomy in the Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB): Progress during the past decade (2008–2018) and perspectives on future development. Plant Diversity 40 (4): 147-157.
- Xiang-Qin Yu, Dan Yang, Cen Guo, Lian-Ming Gao*, 2018. Plant phylogenomics based on genome-partitioning strategies: Progress and prospects. Plant Diversity 40 (4): 158-164.
- Xiang-Qin Yu, Lian-Ming Gao, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Jun-Bo Yang, Liang Fang, Shi-Xiong Yang*, De-Zhu Li*, 2017. Insights into the historical assembly of East Asian subtropical evergreen broadleaved forests revealed by the temporal history of the tea family. New Phytologist 215 (3): 1235-1248.
- Xiang-Qin Yu, Bryan T. Drew, Jun-Bo Yang, Lian-Ming Gao*, De-Zhu Li*, 2017. Comparative Chloroplast Genomes of Eleven Schima (Theaceae) Species: Insights into DNA Barcoding and Phylogeny. PLoS ONE 12: e0178026.
- Xiang-Qin Yu, Masayuki Maki, Bryan T. Drew, Alan J. Paton, Hsi-Wen Li, Jian-Li Zhao, John G. Conran, Jie Li*, 2014. Phylogeny and biogeography of Isodon (Lamiaceae): rapid radiation in south-west China and Miocene overland dispersal into Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77: 183-194.
- Xiang-Qin Yu, Tian-Hua He, Jian-Li Zhao, Qiao-Ming Li*, 2014. Invasion genetics of Chromolaena odorata(Asteraceae): extremely low diversity across Asia. Biological Invasions 16: 2351-2366.
- Xiang-Qin Yu, Qiao-Ming Li*, 2011. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers for a worldwide invasive weed, Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany 98 (9): e259-261.
- Xiang-Qin Yu, Yu-Long Feng, Qiao-Ming Li*, 2010. Review of research advances and prospects of invasive Chromolaena odorata. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology 34 (5): 591-600.
Conferences
Qiong Zhang, Ryan A. Folk, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Xiang-Qin Yu*, Generic level relationships, reticulation and whole-genome duplication in Theaceae, Botanical Society of America, Botany 2022, 2022.07.24-7.27, Anchorage, Alaska, USA. (Oral Presentation)
- Qiong Zhang, Ryan A. Folk, Jian-Li Zhao, Hua Peng, Shi-Xiong Yang, Xiang-Qin Yu*. Transcriptome-based phylogeny of Theaceae, an economically and ecologically important family of Ericales. The symposium on “Plant Systematic and Evolution”, 2020.11.26-11.28, Jinghong, Yunnan, China (Oral presentation)
- Xiang-Qin Yu, Lian-Ming Gao, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Jun-Bo Yang, Liang Fang, Shi-Xiong Yang, De-Zhu Li*. Insights into the historical construction of East Asian subtropical evergreen broadleaved forests revealed by the temporal history of Theaceae. The XIX International Botanical Congress, 2017.7.23-7.29, Shenzhen, China. (Oral presentation)
- Xiang-Qin Yu, Jie Li*. 2013. Phylogenetics and biogeography of Isodon (Lamiaceae). Presented at the XV Member Congress of the Botanical Society of China, Nanchang, China. (Oral Presentation)
Collaboration
Collaborators University
Prof. Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida
Prof. Douglas E. Soltis University of Florida
Dr. Ryan A. Folk Mississippi State University
Students
已指导学生
蒋银子 硕士研究生 071001-植物学
张琼 博士研究生 071001-植物学
现指导学生
高昊烨 硕士研究生 086000-生物与医药
Honors & Distinctions
The Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program "Young Talent" Project
- The Third Prize of the Academic workshop of Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in 2016
- Outstanding student of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2013
- The Second Prize of Di Ao Scholarship of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2013
Grants
The Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program "Young Talent" Project, CNY 250,000, 01/2023-12/2027
- Applied Basic Research Project of Yunnan, Application of nuclear DNA barcodes in molecular identification of tea plants and varieties, 202201AT070621, CNY 100,000, 06/2023-05/2026
- Open Research Fund of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Non-wood Forest Cultivation & Utilization, Deciphering the ancestral origin of Camellia osmantha, JB-22-01-01, CNY 80,000, 06/2022-12/2024
- Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS, Evolutionary genomics of important economic tree species within Theaceae, 2021393, CNY 800,000, 2021.02-2025.02
- National Natural Science Foundation of China, Deciphering species boundary and reticulation of Camellia sect. Theabased on genome resequencing, 32070369, CNY 696,000, 01/2021-12/2024
- Open Research Fund of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Non-wood Forest Cultivation & Utilization, Comparative transcriptome analysis of Camellia oleifera and closely related species, 19-B-01-03, CNY 80,000, 01/2019-12/2021
- CAS "Light of West China" Program Category B 2018, CNY 150,000, 01/2019-12/2021
- Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan (Yunnan University), Phylogeny and molecular identification of Camellia sect. Thea, 2018KF007, CNY 100,000, 11/2018-10/2020
- National Natural Science Foundation of China,Biogeographic reconstruction of Theaceae and the historical assembly of evergreen broadleaved forests in East Asia, 31700182, CNY 300,000, 01/2018-12/2020
- Applied Basic Research Project of Yunnan, Species delimitation and molecular phylogeny of Schima (Theaceae) from China, 2014FB167, CNY 100,000, 10/2014-09/2017
- Visiting scholar grant from China Scholarship Council, $ 20,400