Gen Xu
Research Assistant Professor Agronomy & Horticulture University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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KEIM 361
Lincoln NE 68583-0915 - Phone
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402-472-1408 On-campus 2-1408
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gxu6@unl.edu
Area of Expertise: Plant Breeding and Genetics
Area of Focus: Quantitative Genetics and Genomics
Education
B.A. Agronomy, Yangzhou University, China, 2011
Ph.D. Crop Genetics and Breeding, China Agriculture University, Beijing, China, 2018
Research Interests
My research focus is on integrating different omics data, such as phenomics, genomics, transcriptomics, methylomics datasets, to dissect the genetic mechanisms of quantitative traits, especially maize yield-related traits and their heterosis.
Publications
Google Scholar publication list
- Palali Delen S, Xu G, Velazquez-Perfecto J, et al. Estimating the genetic parameters of yield-related traits under different nitrogen conditions in maize. Genetics, 2023, 223(4): iyad012.
- Xu G, Zhang X, Chen W, et al. Population genomics of Zea species identifies selection signatures during maize domestication and adaptation. BMC plant biology, 2022, 22(1): 1-15.
- Yin L, Xu G, Yang J, et al. The heterogeneity in the landscape of gene dominance in maize is accompanied by unique chromatin environments. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2022, 39(10): msac198.
- Meier M A, Xu G, Lopez-Guerrero M G, et al. Association analyses of host genetics, root-colonizing microbes, and plant phenotypes under different nitrogen conditions in maize. Elife, 2022, 11: e75790.
- Xu G, Lyu J, Li Q, et al. Evolutionary and functional genomics of DNA methylation in maize domestication and improvement. Nature communications, 2020, 11(1): 5539.