Wenbin Zhou (周文彬)

Wenbin Zhou (周文彬)

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I am a plant systematist and evolutionary biologist

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Name: Wenbin (Bean) Zhou

E-mail: wenbin.evolution@gmail.com

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Zhou, W., Sakaguchi, S., Bypassing the Batch Effects to Improve the Reusability of RAD-seq Data: A Case Study of Recurrent Hybridization in the Japanese Torreya Species Complex. (under review Molecular Ecology Resources)

Zhou, W., Poindexter, D., Skelly, T.J., Winshell, J., Copenhaver, G., Jones, C.D., Randall, J., Sea-level and climate changes drive lineage diversification in the imperiled Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula J. Ellis, Droseraceae). (submitted to Molecular Ecology)

Zhou, W., Poindexter, D., Armijos, C.E., Urquia, D., An, H., Jones, A.M., Jones, C.D. Looking for adaptation to shade: Whole genome comparison between two rush species from shade vs. open habitat. (targeted for New Phytologist)

Zhou, W., Poindexter, D., Wang, J., Whole genome comparison between Selaginella apoda and Selaginella ludoviciana from shade vs. open habitats. (targeted for New Phytologist)

Peer Reviewed Publications: (* Corresponding author)

  1. 2026, Fitzpatrick, C.R., Smith, R.A., Hige, J., Law, T.F., Russ, D. et al., Zhou, W., Grant, S.R. Mougous, J.D., Jones, C.D., Dangl, Jeffery L. Streptomyces enrichment in roots during drought is uncoupled from plant benefit and is driven by host suppression of iron uptake and immunity. Cell.

  2. 2026, Shouse, E.M., Aragón-Raygoza, A., Tallerday, E.J., Healy, T., Zhou, W., Boeshore, S.L., Burr, C., Jones, C., Schaller, G.E., Strable, J. and Kieber, J.J. Cytokinin histidine kinase receptors regulate multiple aspects of rice growth and development. Plant Physiology, p.kiag215.

  3. 2025, Sun, Y.X., Zhou, W., Xiang, Q.Y., Genomic data uncover complex hybridization and evolutionary history of the bunchberry species complex (Cornus L., Cornaceae), Horticulture Research.

  4. 2024, Lou, F., Zhou, W., Tunc-Ozdemir, M., Yang, J., Velazhahan, V., Tate, C.G. and Jones, A.M., VPS26 Moonlights as a β-Arrestin-like Adapter for a 7-Transmembrane RGS Protein in Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochemistry, 63(22), 2990-2999.

  5. 2024, Xie, P., Guo, Y., Teng, Y., Zhou, W. and Yu, Y., GeneMiner: A tool for extracting phylogenetic markers from next-generation sequencing data. Molecular Ecology Resources, 24(3), p.e13924.

  6. 2023, Du, Z.Y., Xiang, Q.Y., Cheng, J., Zhou, W., Wang, Q.F., Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S., An updated phylogeny, biogeography, and PhyloCode-based classification of Cornaceae based on three sets of genomic data. American Journal of Botany, 110(2), p.e16116.

  7. 2023, Zhou, W.*, Armijos, E.C., Lee, C., Lu, R.S., Wang, J., Ruhlman, A.T., Jansen, K.R., Jones, A.M., Jones, C.D., Plastid Genome Assembly Using Long-read data. Molecular Ecology Resources, 23(6), 1442-1457. (Top cited)

  8. 2023, Zhou, W.*, Shi, W., Soltis, P.S., Soltis, D.E. and Xiang, Q.Y., Foliar endophyte diversity in Eastern Asian-Eastern North American disjunct tree species–influences of host identity, environment, phylogeny, and geographic isolation. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, p.1274746.

  9. 2022, Zhang, Z., Xie, P., Guo, Y., Zhou, W., Liu, E. and Yu, Y., Easy353: A tool to get Angiosperms353 genes for phylogenomic research. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39(12), p.msac261.

  10. 2022, Zhou, W.*, Xiang, Q.Y., Phylogenomics and Biogeography of Castanea and Hamamelis - a comparison between RAD-seq and Hyb-Seq data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 176, 107529.

  11. 2022, Zhou, W., Harris, AJ, Xiang, Q.Y., Phylogenomics and biogeography of Torreya (Taxaceae) – Integrating data from three organelle genomes, morphology, and fossils and a practical method for reducing missing data from RAD-seq. Journal of Systematics and Evolution.

  12. 2022, Zhou, W., Soghigian, J., Xiang, Q.Y., A new pipeline for removing paralogs in target enrichment data. Systematic Biology, 71(2), pp.410-425.

  13. 2020, Zhou, W.*, Xiang, Q.Y.’*, Wen, J., Phylogenomics, biogeography, and evolution of morphology and ecological niche of the eastern Asian‐eastern North American Nyssa (Nyssaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 58(5), pp.571-603.

  14. 2020, Lindelof, K., Lindo, J.A., Zhou, W., Ji, X., Xiang, Q.Y., Phylogenomics, biogeography, and evolution of the blue‐or white‐fruited dogwoods (Cornus)‐insights into morphological and ecological niche divergence following intercontinental geographic isolation. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 58(5), pp.604-645.

  15. 2020, Wahlsteen, E., Zhou, W., Xiang, Q.Y., Rushforth, K., Rediscovery of the lost little dogwood Cornus wardiana (Cornaceae)–its phylogenetic and morphological distinction and implication in the origin of the Arctic‐Sino‐Himalayan disjunction. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 59(2), 405-416.

  16. 2019, Dong, Y., Chen, S., Cheng, S., Zhou, W., Ma, Q., Chen, Z., Fu, C.X., Liu, X., Zhao, Y.P., Soltis, P.S., Wong, G.K.S., Natural selection and repeated patterns of molecular evolution following allopatric divergence. Elife, 8, p.e45199.

  17. 2019, Chen, C., Zheng, L., Ma, Q., Zhou, W., Zhao, Y., Fu, C., Impacts of Domestication on Population Genetics of a Traditional Chinese Medicine, Atractylodes macrocephala (Asteraceae), Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 57(3), pp.222-233.

  18. 2018, Zhou, W., Ji, X., Obata, S., Pais, A., Dong, Y., Peet, R., Xiang, Q.Y., Resolving relationships and phylogeographic history of the Nyssa sylvatica complex using data from RAD-seq and species distribution modeling, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 126, pp.1-16.

  19. 2018, Koch, M., Hohmann, N., Wolf, E., Rigault, P., Zhou, W., Kiefer, M., Zhao, Y., Fu, C., Ginkgo biloba´s footprint of dynamic Pleistocene history dates back only 400,000 years ago and indicates multiple range expansions and retractions, BMC Genomics, 19(1), p.299.

  20. 2016, Guan, R., Zhao, Y., Zhang, H., Fan, G., Liu, X., Zhou, W., Shi, C., Wang, J., Liu, W., Liang, X., Fu, Y., Draft genome of the living fossil Ginkgo biloba. Gigascience, 5(1), p.49.

  21. 2016, Zhou, W., Cheng, Z., Zhao, Y.P., Fu, C.X., Contribution of environmental and genetic variation to chemical similarity of Maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp.). Journal of Zhejiang University, 42(6): 731-738. 

  22. 2016, Sun, Z.S., Zhou, W., Jin, X., Ohi-Toma, T., Li, P., Fu, C.X., A tale of two islands: parallel evolution of dwarfism in Smilax biflora (Smilacaceae). Phytotaxa, 245(2), pp.89-106.

  23. 2013, Shao, R., Shen, Y., Zhou, W., Fang, J., Zheng, B., Recent advances for plant ATP-binding cassette transporters. Journal of Zhejiang AF University, 30, pp.761-768.

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