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State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering (PCCE),
Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Room 618, No.1 Building, No.1 West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District,
Beijing, 100101 China
Tel: 86-10-64803672
Fax: 86-10-64801362
E-mail: zxtian@genetics.ac.cn
http://tianlab.genetics.ac.cn/Tianlab.htm
Area of expertise: Crop; Soybean; Genomics; Genetics; Molecular Breeding
Selected Publications:
Liu, S., Fan, L., Liu, Z., Yang, X., Zhang, Z., Duan, Z., Liang, Q., Imran, M., Zhang, M., and Tian, Z. (2020). A Pd1-Ps-P1 feedback loop controls pubescence density in soybean. Mol. Plant. 13: 1–16.
Liu, Y., Du, H., Li, P., Shen, Y., Peng, H., Liu, S., Zhou, G.A., Zhang, H., Liu, Z., Shi, M., Huang, X., Li, Y., Zhang, M., Wang, Z., Zhu, B., Han, B., Liang, C., and Tian, Z. (2020). Pan-genome of wild and cultivated soybeans. Cell. 182:1–15.
Wang, S., Liu, S., Wang, J., Yokosho, K., Zhou, B., Yu, Y.C., Liu, Z., Frommer, W.B., Ma, J.F., Chen, L.Q., Guan, Y., Shou, H., and Tian, Z. (2020). Simultaneous changes in seed size, oil content, and protein content driven by selection of SWEET homologues during soybean domestication. Natl. Sci. Rev. 7: 1776–1786.
Liu, S., Zhang, M., Feng, F., Tian, Z. (2020). Toward a “green revolution” for soybean. Mol. Plant. 13: 688–697.
Lu, S., Dong, L., Fang, C., Liu, S., Kong, L., Cheng, Q., Chen, L., Su, T., Nan, H., Zhang, D., Zhang, L., Wang, Z., Yang, Y., Yu, D., Liu, X., Yang, Q., Lin, X., Tang, Y., Zhao, X., Yang, X., Tian, C., Xie, Q., Li, X., Yuan, X., Tian, Z., Liu, B., Weller, J., and Kong, F. (2020). Stepwise selection on homeologous PRR genes controlling flowering and maturity during soybean domestication. Nat. Genet. 52:428–436.
Zhu, X., Pan, Y., Liu, Z., Liu, Y., Zhong, D., Duan, Z., Tian, Z., Zhu, B., and Zhou, G. (2020). Mutation of YL results in a yellow leaf with chloroplast RNA editing defect in soybean. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 21: E4275.
Shen, Y., Du, H., Liu, Y., Ni, L., Wang, Z., Liang, C., and Tian, Z. (2019). Update soybean Zhonghuang 13 genome to a golden reference. Sci. China Life Sci. 62:1257–1260.
Wang, M., Li, W., Fang, C., Xu, F., Liu, Y., Wang, Z., Yang, R., Zhang, M., Liu, S., Lu, S., Lin, T., Tang, J., Wang, Y., Wang, H., Lin, H., Zhu, B., Chen, M., Kong, F., Liu, B., Zeng, D., Jackson, S., Chu, C., and Tian, Z. (2018). Parallel domestication selection of a dormancy gene in crops from multiple families. Nat. Genet. 50: 1435–1441.
Shen, Y., Zhang, J., Liu, Y., Liu, S., Liu, Z., Duan, Z., Wang, Z., Zhu, B., Guo, Y.L., and Tian, Z. (2018). DNA methylation footprints during soybean domestication and improvement. Genome Biol. 19: 128.
Shen, Y., Liu, J., Geng, H., Zhang, J., Liu, Y., Zhang, H., Xing, S., Du, J., Ma, S., and Tian, Z. (2018). De novo assembly of a Chinese soybean genome. Sci. China Life Sci. 61: 871–884.
Fang, C., Ma, Y., Wu, S., Liu, Z., Wang, Z., Yang, R., Hu, G., Zhou, Z., Yu, H., Zhang, M., Pan, Y., Zhou, G., Ren, H., Du, W., Yan, H., Wang, Y., Han, D., Shen, Y., Liu, S., Liu, T., Zhang, J., Qin, H., Yuan, J., Yuan, X., Kong, F., Liu, B., Li, J., Zhang, Z., Wang, G., Zhu, B., and Tian, Z. (2017). Genome-wide association studies dissect the genetic networks underlying agronomical traits in soybean. Genome Biol. 18: 161.
Lu, S., Zhao, X., Hu, Y., Liu, S., Nan, H., Li, X., Fang, C., Cao, D., Shi, X., Kong, L., Su, T., Zhang, F., Li, S., Wang, Z., Yuan, X., Cober, E., Weller, J., Liu, B., Hou, X., Tian, Z., and Kong, F. (2017). Natural variation at the soybean J locus improves adaptation to the tropics and enhances yield. Nat. Genet. 49:773–779.
Li, Q., Fang, C., Duan, Z., Liu, Y., Qin, H., Zhang, J., Sun, P., Li, W., Wang, G., and Tian, Z. (2016). Functional conservation and divergence of GmCHLI genes in polyploid soybean. Plant J. 88: 584–596.
Liu, T., Fang, C., Ma, Y., Shen, Y., Li, C., Li, Q., Wang, M., Liu, S., Zhang, J., Zhou, Z., Yang, R., Wang, Z., and Tian, Z. (2016). Global investigation of the coevolution of MIRNA genes and microRNA targets during soybean domestication. Plant J. 85: 396–409.
Zhou, Z., Jiang, Y., Wang, Z., Gou, Z., Lyu, J., Li, W., Yu, Y., Shu, L., Zhao, Y., Ma, Y., Fang, C., Shen, Y., Liu, T., Li, C., Li, Q., Wu, M., Wang, M., Wu, Y., Dong, Y., Wan, W., Wang, X., Ding, Z., Gao, Y., Xiang, H., Zhu, B., Lee, S.H., Wang, W., and Tian, Z. (2015). Resequencing 302 wild and cultivated accessions identifies genes related to domestication and improvement in soybean. Nat. Biotechnol. 33: 408–414.
Wang, Z., Zhou, Z., Liu, Y., Liu, T., Li, Q., Ji, Y., Li, C., Fang, C., Wang, M., Wu, M., Shen, Y., Tang, T., Ma, J., and Tian, Z. (2015). Functional evolution of phosphatidylethanolamine-binding proteins in soybean and Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 27: 323–336.
Shen, Y., Zhou, Z., Wang, Z., Li, W., Fang, C., Wu, M., Ma, Y., Liu, T., Kong, L.A., Peng, D.L., and Tian, Z. (2014). Global dissection of alternative splicing in paleopolyploid soybean. Plant Cell. 26: 996–1008.
Fang, C., Li, C., Li, W., Wang, Z., Zhou, Z., Shen, Y., Wu, M., Wu, Y., Li, G., Kong, L.A., Liu, C., Jackson, S.A., and Tian, Z. (2014). Concerted evolution of D1 and D2 to regulate chlorophyll degradation in soybean. Plant J. 77: 700–712.
Zhou, Z., Wang, Z., Li, W., Fang, C., Shen, Y., Li, C., Wu, Y., and Tian, Z. (2013). Comprehensive analyses of microRNA genes evolution in paleopolyploid soybean genome. Plant J. 76: 332–344.
Fang, C., Li, W., Li, G., Wang, Z., Zhou, Z., Ma, Y., Shen, Y., Li, C., Wu, Y., Zhu, B., Yang, W., and Tian, Z. (2013). Cloning of Ln gene through combined approach of map-based cloning and association study in soybean. J. Genet. Genomics. 40: 93–96.
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