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Jinsheng Lai is affiliated with China Agricultural University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans a range of subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics in their work include:

  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Lai has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, frequently appearing in:

  • Nature Genetics
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • The Plant Cell
  • Molecular Plant
  • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Recent notable publications authored or co-authored by Jinsheng Lai include:

  • Programmable RNA editing with compact CRISPR-Cas13 systems from uncultivated microbes, 2021, Nature Methods
  • Genome-wide selection and genetic improvement during modern maize breeding, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • A complete telomere-to-telomere assembly of the maize genome, 2023, Nature Genetics
  • A graph-based genome and pan-genome variation of the model plant Setaria, 2023, Nature Genetics
  • The transcription factor bZIP68 negatively regulates cold tolerance in maize, 2022, The Plant Cell

Throughout their career, Lai has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Weibin Song (32 joint publications)
  • Haiming Zhao (26 joint publications)
  • Jian Chen (15 joint publications)
  • E Lizhu (9 joint publications)
  • Junpeng Shi (7 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon

    John P. Vogel;David F. Garvin;Todd C. Mockler;Jeremy Schmutz

  • Comparative population genomics of maize domestication and improvement

    Matthew B. Hufford;Xun Xu;Joost Van Heerwaarden;Tanja Pyhäjärvi

  • Maize HapMap2 identifies extant variation from a genome in flux

    Jer Ming Chia;Chi Song;Peter J. Bradbury;Peter J. Bradbury;Denise Costich;Denise Costich

  • Genome-wide patterns of genetic variation among elite maize inbred lines

    Jinsheng Lai;Ruiqiang Li;Xun Xu;Weiwei Jin

  • Close split of sorghum and maize genome progenitors

    Zuzana Swigonová;Jinsheng Lai;Jianxin Ma;Wusirika Ramakrishna

  • Construction of the third-generation Zea mays haplotype map.

    Robert Bukowski;Xiaosen Guo;Yanli Lu;Cheng Zou

  • Extensive intraspecific gene order and gene structural variations between Mo17 and other maize genomes.

    Silong Sun;Yingsi Zhou;Jian Chen;Junpeng Shi

  • A maize wall-associated kinase confers quantitative resistance to head smut.

    Weiliang Zuo;Qing Chao;Nan Zhang;Jianrong Ye

  • Genome-wide genetic changes during modern breeding of maize

    Yinping Jiao;Hainan Zhao;Longhui Ren;Weibin Song

  • A retrotransposon in an HKT1 family sodium transporter causes variation of leaf Na+ exclusion and salt tolerance in maize.

    Ming Zhang;Yibo Cao;Zhiping Wang;Zhi-qiang Wang

  • A 4-bp Insertion at ZmPLA1 Encoding a Putative Phospholipase A Generates Haploid Induction in Maize

    Chenxu Liu;Xiang Li;Dexuan Meng;Yu Zhong

  • HelitronScanner uncovers a large overlooked cache of Helitron transposons in many plant genomes.

    Wenwei Xiong;Limei He;Jinsheng Lai;Hugo K. Dooner

  • Dynamic Transcriptome Landscape of Maize Embryo and Endosperm Development

    Jian Chen;Biao Zeng;Mei Zhang;Shaojun Xie

  • Gene movement by Helitron transposons contributes to the haplotype variability of maize

    Jinsheng Lai;Yubin Li;Joachim Messing;Hugo K. Dooner

  • Steady‐state transposon mutagenesis in inbred maize

    Donald R. McCarty;Andrew Mark Settles;Masaharu Suzuki;Bao Cai Tan

  • Genome-wide selection and genetic improvement during modern maize breeding.

    Baobao Wang;Zechuan Lin;Xin Li;Yongping Zhao

  • Specific adaptation of Ustilaginoidea virens in occupying host florets revealed by comparative and functional genomics

    Yong Zhang;Kang Zhang;Anfei Fang;Yanqing Han

  • Programmable RNA editing with compact CRISPR-Cas13 systems from uncultivated microbes.

    Chunlong Xu;Yingsi Zhou;Qingquan Xiao;Bingbing He

  • Mutation of ZmDMP enhances haploid induction in maize.

    Yu Zhong;Chenxu Liu;Xiaolong Qi;Yanyan Jiao

  • Efficiency and Inheritance of Targeted Mutagenesis in Maize Using CRISPR-Cas9.

    Jinjie Zhu;Ning Song;Silong Sun;Weilong Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Weibin Song
Weibin Song China Agricultural University
Edward S. Buckler
Edward S. Buckler Cornell University
Doreen Ware
Doreen Ware Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Patrick S. Schnable
Patrick S. Schnable Iowa State University
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra University of California, Davis
Joachim Messing
Joachim Messing Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Xun Xu
Xun Xu Beijing Genomics Institute
Jianxin Ma
Jianxin Ma Purdue University West Lafayette
Michael D. McMullen
Michael D. McMullen University of Missouri
John Doebley
John Doebley University of Wisconsin–Madison

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