Yang, Ji, Professor

E-mail: jiyang@fudan.edu.cn

B.A. degree in Biology from Beijing Normal University in 1983 and M.S. degree in Botany from Peking University in 1986. Lecturer/Associate Professor at Peking University from 1986 to 2006; Professor at Fudan University since 2007. Visiting scholars at the Australian National University (1997,1-1998,1), University College London (2001,11-2002,4), and University of Cambridge (2003,8-2004,8).

Research interests

Evo-Devo: Exploring the molecular basis of the major innovations that occurred during land plant evolution by studying the duplication, diversification and co-option of key developmental regulator genes; Eco-Devo: Tracking correlations between environmental stimuli, epigenetic modification and phenotypic variation to approach the molecular mechanisms underlying phenotypic plasticity.

Selected publications

1. Gao L, Geng Y, Li B, Chen J, Yang J.（2010）Genome-wide DNA methylation alterations of Alternanthera philoxeroides in natural and manipulated habitats: implications for epigenetic regulation of rapid responses to environmental fluctuation and phenotypic variation. Plant, Cell and Environment. 33 :1820–1827.
2. Xie Z, Li X, Glover B, Bai S, Rao G, Luo J, Yang J.（2008）Duplication and functional diversification of HAP3 genes leading to the origin of the seed-developmental regulatory gene, LEAFY COTYLEDON1 (LEC1), in non-seed plant genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 25(8) :1581–1592.