2025

(1) Chang-Wang Ma, Dan Xie, Hong Du, Kai-Yuan Huang, Yuan-Yuan Feng, Zhou-Rui Wei, Xin-Quan Liu, Cheng-Ru Li, Jing-Jing Sun, Xiao-Xin Wei, Zhi-Heng Wang, Wei-Hua Xu, Xiao-Quan Wang*, Jin-Hua Ran*. 2025. Tree of life and conservation of gymnosperms in China. Science China Life Sciences (Accepted).

(2) Kai-Yuan Huang, Yuan-Yuan Feng, Hong Du, Chang-Wang Ma, Dan Xie, Tao Wan, Xiu-Yan Feng, Xiao-Gang Dai, Tong-Ming Yin, Xiao-Quan Wang*, Jin-Hua Ran*. 2025. DNA methylation dynamics in gymnosperm duplicate genes: implications for genome evolution and stress adaptation. Plant Journal, 121: e70006.

(3) Wen-Di Zhang, Yan-Yan Liu, Man-Man Li, Hong Du, Kai-Yuan Huang, Yuan-Yuan Feng, Chang-Wang Ma, Xiao-Xin Wei, Xiao-Quan Wang, Jin-Hua Ran*. 2025. Decoding endosperm endophytes in Pinus armandi: A crucial indicator for host response to climate change. BMC Microbiology, 25: 239.

(4) Dan Xie, Tian-Xiang Chen , Hong Du, Hui Wu, Jin-Hua Ran*. 2025. Gymnosperm collecting in China: Past, present, and future. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 63: 479-491.

2024

(5) Yuan-Yuan Feng, Hong Du, Kai-Yuan Huang, Jin-Hua Ran*, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2024. Reciprocal expression of MADS-box genes and DNA methylation reconfiguration initiate bisexual cones in spruce. Communications Biology, 7: 114.

2022

(6) Kai-Yuan Huang, Sheng-Long Kan, Ting-Ting Shen, Pin Gong, Yuan-Yuan Feng, Hong Du, Yun-Peng Zhao, Tao Wan, Xiao-Quan Wang, Jin-Hua Ran*. 2022. A comprehensive evolutionary study of chloroplast RNA editing in gymnosperms: A novel type of G‐to‐A RNA editing is common in gymnosperms. International Journal of Molecular Science, 23: 10844.

(7) Dan Xie, Hong Du, Wei-Hua Xu, Jin-Hua Ran*, Xiao-Quan Wang. 2022. Effects of climate change on richness distribution patterns of threatened conifers endemic to China. Ecological Indicators, 136: 108594.

2021

(8) Dan Xie, Xin-Quan Liu, Ya-Xing Chen, Dan Jiao, Jia-Xin Lou, Xiu-Fei Qiu, Wei-Hua Xu, Zhi-Heng Wang, Jin-Hua Ran*, Xiao-Quan Wang. 2021. Distribution and conservation of threatened gymnosperms in China. Global Ecology and Conservation, 32: e01915.

(9) Sheng-Long Kan, Ting-Ting Shen, Jin-Hua Ran*, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2021. Both Conifer II and Gnetales are characterized by a high frequency of ancient mitochondrial gene transfer to the nuclear genome. BMC Biology, 19: 146.

(10) Tao Wan, Zhiming Liu, Ilia J. Leitch, Haiping Xin, Gillian Maggs-Kölling, Yanbing Gong, Zhen Li, Eugene Marais, Yiying Liao, Can Dai, Fan Liu, Qijia Wu, Chi Song, Yadong Zhou, Weichang Huang, Kai Jiang, Qi Wang, Yong Yang, Zhixiang Zhong, Ming Yang, Xue Yan, Guangwan Hu, Chen Hou, Yingjuan Su, Shixiu Feng, Ji Yang, Jijun Yan, Jinfang Chu, Fan Chen, Jin-Hua Ran, Xiao-Quan Wang*, Yves Van de Peer*, Andrew R. Leitch*, Qingfeng Wang*. 2021. The Welwitschia genome reveals a unique biology underpinning extreme longevity in deserts. Nature Communications, 12: 4247.

(11) Hui Wu, Qiong Yu, Jin-Hua Ran, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2021. Unbiased subgenome evolution in allotetraploid species of Ephedra and its implications for the evolution of large genomes in gymnosperms. Genome Biology and Evolution, 13: evaa236.

(12) Yuan-Yuan Feng, Ting-Ting Shen, Cheng-Cheng Shao, Hong Du, Jin-Hua Ran*, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2021. Phylotranscriptomics reveals the complex evolutionary and biogeographic history of the genus Tsuga with an East Asian-North American disjunct distribution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 157: 107066.

(13) Xing-Ke Fan, Xia Yan, Yuan-Yuan Feng, Jin-Hua Ran, Chao-Ju Qian, Xiao-Yue Yin, Shan-Shan Zhou, Ting-Zhou Fang, Xiao-Fei Ma. 2021. Genome size variations and species differentiation of Reaumuria soongarica. Biodiversity Science, 29: 1308-1320.

2020

(14) Hong Du, Jin-Hua Ran, Yuan-Yuan Feng, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2020. The flattened and needlelike leaves of the pine family (Pinaceae) share a conserved genetic network for adaxial-abaxial polarity but have diverged for photosynthetic adaptation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20: 131.

(15) Sheng-Long Kan, Ting-Ting Shen, Ping Gong, Jin-Hua Ran*, Xiao-Quan Wang. 2020. The complete mitochondrial genome of Taxus cuspidata (Taxaceae): Eight protein-coding genes have transferred to the nuclear genome. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20: 10.

2019

(16) Ting-Ting Shen, Jin-Hua Ran*, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2019. Phylogenomics disentangles the evolutionary history of spruces (Picea) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: implications for the design of population genetic studies and species delimitation of conifers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 141: 106612.

(17) Cheng-Cheng Shao^#, Ting-Ting Shen^#, Wei-Tao Jin, Han-Jie Mao, Jin-Hua Ran*, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2019. Phylotranscriptomics resolves interspecific relationships and indicates multiple historical out-of-North America dispersals through the Bering Land Bridge for the genus Picea (Pinaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 141: 106610.

2018

(18) Jin-Hua Ran^#*, Ting-Ting Shen ^#, Hui Wu, Xun Gong, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2018. Phylogeny and evolutionary history of Pinaceae updated by transcriptomic analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 129: 106-116.

(19) Jin-Hua Ran, Ting-Ting Shen, Ming-Ming Wang, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2018. Phylogenomics resolves the deep phylogeny of seed plants and indicates partial convergent or homoplastic evolution between Gnetales and angiosperms. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285: 20181012.

2016

(20) Shohei Takuno, Jin-Hua Ran*, Brandon G. Gaut*. 2016. Evolutionary patterns of genic DNA methylation vary across land plants. Nature Plants, 2: 15222.

(21) Hui Wu, Zhen Ma, Ming-Ming Wang, Ai-Li Qin, Jin-Hua Ran, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2016. A high frequency of allopolyploid speciation in the gymnospermous genus Ephedra and its possible association with some biological and ecological features. Molecular Ecology, 25: 1192-1210.

(22) Zhi-Duan Chen*, Tuo Yang, Li Lin, Li-Min Lu, Hong-Lei Li, Miao Sun, Bing Liu, Min Chen, Yan-Ting Niu, Jian-Fei Ye, Zhi-Yong Cao, Hong-Mei Liu, Xiao-Ming Wang, Wei Wang, Jing-Bo Zhang, Zhen Meng, Wei Cao, Jian-Hui Li, Sheng-Dan Wu, Hui-Ling Zhao, Zhong-Jian Liu, Zhi-Yuan Du, Qing-Feng Wang, Jing Guo, Xin-Xin Tan, Jun-Xia Su, Lin-Jing Zhang, Lei-Lei Yang, Yi-Ying Liao, Ming-He Li, Guo-Qiang Zhang, Shih-Wen Chung, Jian Zhang, Kun-Li Xiang, Rui-Qi Li, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Shi-Liang Zhou, Jin-Hua Ran, Xiao-Quan Wang, Xiao-Hua Jin, You-Sheng Chen, Tian-Gang Gao, Jian-Hua Li, Shou-Zhou Zhang*, An-Ming Lu*, and China Phylogeny Consortium#. 2016. Tree of life for the genera of Chinese vascular plants. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54: 277-306.

2015

(23) Jin-Hua Ran ^#, Ting-Ting Shen ^#, Wen-Juan Liu, Pei-Pei Wang, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2015. Mitochondrial introgression and complex biogeographic history of the genus Picea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 93: 63-76.

2014

(24) Ying Lu^#, Jin-Hua Ran ^#, Dong-Mei Guo, Zu-Yu Yang, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2014. Phylogeny and divergence times of gymnosperms inferred from single-copy nuclear genes. PLoS One, 9: e107679.

(25) Xiao-Quan Wang*, Jin-Hua Ran. 2014. Evolution and biogeography of gymnosperms. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 75: 24-40.

2013

(26) Jin-Hua Ran*, Ting-Ting Shen, Wen-Juan Liu, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2013. Evolution of the bHLH genes involved in stomatal development: Implications for the expansion of developmental complexity of stomata in land plants. PLoS One, 8: E78997.

(27) Ai-Li Qin, Ming-Ming Wang, Yu-Zhi Cun, Fu-Sheng Yang, Shan-Shan Wang, Jin-Hua Ran, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2013. Phylogeographic evidence for a link of species divergence of Ephedra in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions to the Miocene Asian aridification. PLoS One, 8: e56243.

2012

(28) Zu-Yu Yang, Jin-Hua Ran, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2012. Three genome-based phylogeny of Cupressaceae s.l.: Further evidence for the evolution of gymnosperms and the Southern Hemisphere biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 64: 452-470.

(29)Hui Gao, Dong-Mei Guo, Wen-Juan Liu, Jin-Hua Ran*, Xiao-Quan Wang. 2012. Evolution of the 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase (4CL) gene family: Conserved evolutionary pattern and two new gene classes in gymnosperms. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 50: 195-205.

2010年及以前

(30) Dong-Mei Guo^#, Jin-Hua Ran^#, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2010. Evolution of the cinnamyl/sinapyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD/SAD) gene family: the emergence of real lignin is associated with the origin of bona fide CAD. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 71: 202-218.

(31) Jin-Hua Ran, Hui Gao, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2010. Fast evolution of the retroprocessed mitochondrial rps3 gene in Conifer II and further evidence for the phylogeny of gymnosperms. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 54: 136-149.

(32) Jin-Hua Ran, Pei-Pei Wang, Hui-Juan Zhao, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2010. A test of seven candidate barcode regions from the plastome in Picea (Pinaceae). Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 52: 1109-1126.

(33) Cai-Yuan Qiao ^#, Jin-Hua Ran^#, Yan Li, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2007. Phylogeny and biogeography of Cedrus (Pinaceae) inferred from sequences of seven paternal chloroplast and maternal mitochondrial DNA regions. Annals of Botany, 100: 573-580.

(34) Jin-Hua Ran, Xiao-Xin Wei, Xiao-Quan Wang*. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Picea (Pinaceae): implications for phylogeographical studies using cytoplasmic haplotypes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 41: 405-419.