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Sexual dimorphic floral development in dioecious plants revealed by transcriptome, phytohormone, and DNA methylation analysis in Populus tomentosa
- Yuepeng Song, Kaifeng Ma, Dong Ci, Qingqing Chen, Jiaxing Tian, Deqiang Zhang
- Biology, Medicine
- Plant Molecular Biology
- 17 July 2013
Dioecious plants have evolved sex-specific floral development mechanisms. However, the precise gene expression patterns in dioecious plant flower development remain unclear. Here, we used… Expand
Variation in Genomic Methylation in Natural Populations of Chinese White Poplar
- Kaifeng Ma, Yuepeng Song, Xiaohui Yang, Z. Zhang, Deqiang Zhang
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 21 May 2013
Background It is thought that methylcytosine can be inherited through meiosis and mitosis, and that epigenetic variation may be under genetic control or correlation may be caused by neutral drift.… Expand
The genetic architecture of floral traits in the woody plant Prunus mume
- Q. Zhang, H. Zhang, +24 authors Tangren Cheng
- Biology, Medicine
- Nature Communications
- 27 April 2018
Mei (Prunus mume) is an ornamental woody plant that has been domesticated in East Asia for thousands of years. High diversity in floral traits, along with its recent genome sequence, makes mei an… Expand
Photosynthetic response to genome methylation affects the growth of Chinese white poplar
- Kaifeng Ma, Yuepeng Song, Xibing Jiang, Z. Zhang, B. Li, Deqiang Zhang
- Biology
- Tree Genetics & Genomes
- 6 June 2012
Genome methylation plays a key role in regulating gene expression, but limited knowledge exists concerning the link between DNA methylation and economic traits in forest trees. We measured… Expand
Biochemical, physiological and gene expression analysis reveals sex-specific differences in Populus tomentosa floral development.
- Yuepeng Song, Kaifeng Ma, Dong Ci, Z. Zhang, Deqiang Zhang
- Biology, Medicine
- Physiologia plantarum
- 2014
The productivity, distribution and population structure of poplar are affected by temperature transitions. Poplar floral buds develop in a fluctuating environment and the molecular basis of… Expand
Sexual Dimorphism Floral MicroRNA Profiling and Target Gene Expression in Andromonoecious Poplar (Populus tomentosa)
- Yuepeng Song, Kaifeng Ma, Dong Ci, Z. Zhang, Deqiang Zhang
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 7 May 2013
Although the molecular basis of poplar sex-specific flower development remains largely unknown, increasing evidence indicates an essential role for microRNAs (miRNAs). The specific miRNA types and… Expand
Sex-specific DNA methylation and gene expression in andromonoecious poplar
- Yuepeng Song, Kaifeng Ma, W. Bo, Z. Zhang, Deqiang Zhang
- Biology, Medicine
- Plant Cell Reports
- 4 April 2012
The andromonoecious poplar is an exceptional model system for studying sex-specific flower development in dioecious plants. There is increasing evidence that epigenetic regulation, particularly DNA… Expand
Genetic control of juvenile growth and botanical architecture in an ornamental woody plant, Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc. as revealed by a high-density linkage map
- Lidan Sun, Yaqun Wang, +9 authors Q. Zhang
- Biology, Medicine
- BMC Genetics
- 20 June 2014
Mei, Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc., is an ornamental plant popular in East Asia and, as an important member of genus Prunus, has played a pivotal role in systematic studies of the Rosaceae. However, the… Expand
The SUPERMAN gene family in Populus: nucleotide diversity and gene expression in a dioecious plant
- Yuepeng Song, Kaifeng Ma, Dong Ci, Xueyuan Tian, Z. Zhang, Deqiang Zhang
- Biology, Medicine
- Plant Cell Reports
- 16 April 2013
Key messagesSUPgene family expression and regulation patterns reported in dioecious woody plant. Phylogenetic and nucleotide diversity analysis indicatedPtoSUP1is highly conserved and has undergone… Expand
Epigenetic Variance, Performing Cooperative Structure with Genetics, Is Associated with Leaf Shape Traits in Widely Distributed Populations of Ornamental Tree Prunus mume
- Kaifeng Ma, Lidan Sun, Tangren Cheng, Huitang Pan, Jia Wang, Q. Zhang
- Biology, Medicine
- Front. Plant Sci.
- 30 January 2018
Increasing evidence shows that epigenetics plays an important role in phenotypic variance. However, little is known about epigenetic variation in the important ornamental tree Prunus mume. We used… Expand