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College of Life Sciences
Sichuan University, China
E-mail: matao.yz@gmail.com
https://life.scu.edu.cn/info/1121/3242.htm
Area of expertise: Adaptive evolution; genomics; population genetics; speciation; multiomics; regulatory evolution
Selected Publications:
Li, Y., Wang, D., Wang, W., Yang, W., Gao, J., Zhang, W., Shan, L., Kang, M., Chen, Y., Ma, T. (2023). A chromosome-level Populus qiongdaoensis genome assembly provides insights into tropical adaptation and a cryptic turnover of sex determination. Mol. Ecol. 32: 1366–1380.
Wang, W., Chen, K., Chen, N., Gao, J., Zhang, W., Gong, J., Tong, S., Chen, Y., Li, Y., Feng, Y., Jiang, Y., Ma, T. (2023) Chromatin accessibility dynamics insight into crosstalk between regulatory landscapes in poplar responses to multiple treatments. Tree Physiol. 43: 1023–1041
Wang, D., Li, Y., Li, M., Yang, W., Ma, X., Zhang, L., Wang, Y., Feng, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhou, R., Sanderson, B., Keefover-Ring, K., Yin, T., Smart, L., DiFazio, S., Liu, J., Olson, M., Ma, T. (2022). Repeated turnovers keep sex chromosomes young in willows. Genome Biol. 23: 1–23.
Chen, Y., Tong, S., Jiang, Y., Ai, F., Feng, Y., Zhang, J., Gong, J., Qin, J., Zhang, Y., Zhou, Y., Liu, J., Ma, T. (2021). Transcriptional landscape of highly lignified poplar stems at single-cell resolution. Genome Biol. 22: 1–22.
Yang, W., Wang, D., Li, Y., Zhang, Z., Tong, S., Li, M., Zhang, X., Zhang, L., Ren, L., Ma, X., Zhou, R., Sanderson, B., Keefover-Ring, K., Yin, T., Smart, L., Liu, J., DiFazio, S., Olson, M., Ma, T. (2021). A general model to explain repeated turnovers of sex determination in the Salicaceae. Mol. Biol. Evol. 38: 968–980.
Zhang, L., Zhao, J., Bi, H., Yang, X., Zhang, Z., Su, Y., Li, Z., Zhang, L., Sanderson, B., Liu, J., Ma, T. (2021). Bioinformatic analysis of chromatin organization and biased expression of duplicated genes between two poplars with a common whole-genome duplication. Hortic. Res. 8: 62.
Wang, M., Zhang, L., Zhang, Z., Li, M., Wang, D., Zhang, X., Xi, Z., Keefover-Ring, K., Smart, L., DiFazio, S., Olson, M., Yin, T., Liu, J., Ma, T. (2020). Phylogenomics of the genus Populus reveals extensive interspecific gene flow and balancing selection. New Phytol. 225: 1370–1382.
Ma, J., Wan, D., Duan, B., Bai, X., Bai, Q., Chen, N., Ma, T. (2019). Genome sequence and genetic transformation of a widely distributed and cultivated poplar. Plant Biotechnol. J. 17: 451–460.
Ma, T., Wang, K., Hu, Q., Xi, Z., Wan, D., Wang, Q., Feng, J., Jiang, D., Ahani, H., Abbott, R., Lascoux, M., Nevo, E., Liu, J. (2018). Ancient polymorphisms and divergence hitchhiking contribute to genomic islands of divergence within a poplar species complex. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 115: E236–E243.
Ma, T., Wang, J., Zhou, G., Yue, Z., Hu, Q., Chen, Y., Liu, B., Qiu, Q., Wang, Z., Zhang, J., Wang, K., Jiang, D., Gou, C., Yu, L., Zhan, D., Zhou, R., Luo, W., Ma, H., Yang, Y., Pan, S., Fang, D., Luo, Y., Wang, X., Wang, G., Wang, J., Wang, Q., Lu, X., Chen, Z., Liu, J., Lu, Y., Yin, Y., Yang, H., Abbott, R., Wu, Y., Wan, D., Li, J., Yin, T., Lascoux, M., DiFazio, S., Tuskan, G., Wang, J., Liu, J. (2013). Genomic insights into salt adaptation in a desert poplar. Nat. Commun. 4: 2797.
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