Gen Xu

Gen Xu

Gen Xu

Research Assistant Professor

Area of Expertise: Plant Breeding and Genetics

B.A. Agronomy, Yangzhou University, China, 2011

Ph.D. Crop Genetics and Breeding, China Agriculture University, Beijing, China, 2018

Area of Focus

Quantitative Genetics and Genomics

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.