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Fangpu Han is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research broadly focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work largely centers on plant science, especially the genetics and molecular biology aspects of crops. Their subfields of study include plant science, molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, and aspects of ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The main research topics covered by Fangpu Han include chromosomal and genetic variations, plant disease resistance and genetics, wheat and barley genetics and pathology, plant virus research studies, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, and mycotoxins in agriculture and food.

Fangpu Han has published extensively, with key papers illustrating significant research findings. Notable recent publications include:

  • Wheat genomic study for genetic improvement of traits in China, 2022, Science China Life Sciences
  • Back-spliced RNA from retrotransposon binds to centromere and regulates centromeric chromatin loops in maize, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • Genome-wide mapping reveals R-loops associated with centromeric repeats in maize, 2021, Genome Research
  • Sequence of the supernumerary B chromosome of maize provides insight into its drive mechanism and evolution, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Pan-centromere reveals widespread centromere repositioning of soybean genomes, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The frequent co-authors who collaborate with Fangpu Han include:

  • Handong Su
  • Yang Liu
  • Congyang Yi
  • James A. Birchler
  • Yuhong Huang

Fangpu Han has contributed to a variety of publication venues with multiple works, including:

  • Science China Life Sciences
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Genome Biology
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Best Publications

  • High frequency of centromere inactivation resulting in stable dicentric chromosomes of maize

    Fangpu Han;Jonathan C. Lamb;James A. Birchler

  • Genomic constitution and variation in five partial amphiploids of wheat–Thinopyrum intermedium as revealed by GISH, multicolor GISH and seed storage protein analysis

    Fangpu Han;Fangpu Han;Bao Liu;George Fedak;Zhaohui Liu

  • Mobilization of the Active MITE Transposons mPing and Pong in Rice by Introgression from Wild Rice (Zizania latifolia Griseb.)

    Xiaohui Shan;Zhenlan Liu;Zhenying Dong;Yongming Wang

  • Persistent whole-chromosome aneuploidy is generally associated with nascent allohexaploid wheat.

    Huakun Zhang;Yao Bian;Xiaowan Gou;Bo Zhu;Bo Zhu

  • Reactivation of an Inactive Centromere Reveals Epigenetic and Structural Components for Centromere Specification in Maize

    Fangpu Han;Zhi Gao;James A. Birchler

  • Construction and behavior of engineered minichromosomes in maize.

    Weichang Yu;Fangpu Han;Zhi Gao;Juan M. Vega

  • Maize centromere structure and evolution: sequence analysis of centromeres 2 and 5 reveals dynamic Loci shaped primarily by retrotransposons.

    Thomas K. Wolfgruber;Anupma Sharma;Kevin L. Schneider;Patrice S. Albert

  • Rapid and Repeatable Elimination of a Parental Genome-Specific DNA Repeat (pGc1R-1a) in Newly Synthesized Wheat Allopolyploids

    Fangpu Han;George Fedak;Wanli Guo;Bao Liu

  • High-density mapping of the major FHB resistance gene Fhb7 derived from Thinopyrum ponticum and its pyramiding with Fhb1 by marker-assisted selection.

    Jun Guo;Xiuli Zhang;Yanlin Hou;Jinjin Cai

  • Efficient Targeted Genome Modification in Maize Using CRISPR/Cas9 System.

    Chao Feng;Jing Yuan;Rui Wang;Yang Liu

  • Telomere-mediated chromosomal truncation in maize.

    Weichang Yu;Jonathan C. Lamb;Fangpu Han;James A. Birchler

  • High-efficiency genome editing using a dmc1 promoter-controlled CRISPR/Cas9 system in maize

    Chao Feng;Handong Su;Han Bai;Rui Wang

  • Activation of a rice endogenous retrotransposon Tos17 in tissue culture is accompanied by cytosine demethylation and causes heritable alteration in methylation pattern of flanking genomic regions

    Z. L. Liu;F. P. Han;M. Tan;X. H. Shan

  • Extent and pattern of DNA methylation alteration in rice lines derived from introgressive hybridization of rice and Zizania latifolia Griseb.

    Z. Y. Dong;Y. M. Wang;Z. J. Zhang;Y. Shen

  • Distinct chromosomal distributions of highly repetitive sequences in maize.

    Jonathan C. Lamb;Julie M. Meyer;Blake Corcoran;Akio Kato

  • Rapid genomic changes in interspecific and intergeneric hybrids and allopolyploids of Triticeae.

    F P Han;G Fedak;T Ouellet;B Liu

  • Molecular cytogenetic characterization of wheat--Thinopyrum elongatum addition, substitution and translocation lines with a novel source of resistance to wheat Fusarium Head Blight.

    Shulan Fu;Zhenling Lv;Zhenling Lv;Bao Qi;Xiang Guo

  • Characterization of six wheat x Thinopyrum intermedium derivatives by GISH, RFLP, and multicolor GISH

    F P Han;G Fedak;A Benabdelmouna;K Armstrong

  • Advances in plant chromosome identification and cytogenetic techniques

    Akio Kato;Juan M Vega;Fangpu Han;Jonathan C Lamb

  • Asymmetric Epigenetic Modification and Elimination of rDNA Sequences by Polyploidization in Wheat

    Xiang Guo;Fangpu Han

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Birchler
James A. Birchler University of Missouri
Bao Liu
Bao Liu Northeast Normal University
Jiming Jiang
Jiming Jiang Michigan State University
Xiu-Jie Wang
Xiu-Jie Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
R. Kelly Dawe
R. Kelly Dawe University of Georgia
Jianlin Cheng
Jianlin Cheng University of Missouri
Jing Wang
Jing Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jun Li
Jun Li Applied Biological Materials (Canada)
Diter von Wettstein
Diter von Wettstein Washington State University
Xiuyun Lin
Xiuyun Lin Beijing Normal University

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