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Plant Science and Agronomy

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75
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548
National Ranking
164

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Overview

Jun Wen is affiliated with the National Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong focus on molecular biology and plant diversity.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of agriculture and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work has an emphasis on subfields such as molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, plant science, genetics, and cell biology. The research topics covered include plant diversity and evolution, plant and fungal species descriptions, genomics and phylogenetic studies, genetic diversity and population structure, plant and animal studies, horticultural and viticultural research, and plant pathogens and fungal diseases.

Jun Wen's publication record includes frequent contributions to several academic journals. The most common venues of publication are:

  • Journal of Systematics and Evolution
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • PhytoKeys
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent papers demonstrate a sustained interest in plant phylogenomics and evolutionary analysis. Selected recent publications include:

  • Phylogenetic relationships and chloroplast capture in the Amelanchier-Malacomeles-Peraphyllum clade (Maleae, Rosaceae): Evidence from chloroplast genome and nuclear ribosomal DNA data using genome skimming (2020), published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Phylogenomic conflict analyses in the apple genus Malus s.l. reveal widespread hybridization and allopolyploidy driving diversification, with insights into the complex biogeographic history in the Northern Hemisphere (2022), published in Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
  • Major clades and a revised classification of Magnolia and Magnoliaceae based on whole plastid genome sequences via genome skimming (2020), published in Journal of Systematics and Evolution
  • Phylogeny and divergence time estimation of the walnut family (Juglandaceae) based on nuclear RAD-Seq and chloroplast genome data (2020), published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Phylogenomic approaches untangle early divergences and complex diversifications of the olive plant family (2022), published in BMC Biology

Jun Wen collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors reflecting a network of active research partnerships. These co-authors include:

  • Ze-Long Nie
  • Binbin Liu
  • Hua-Feng Wang
  • Zhiduan Chen
  • Ying Meng

Best Publications

  • Evolution of Eastern Asian and Eastern North American Disjunct Distributions in Flowering Plants

    Jun Wen

  • Phylogeny and Biogeography ofPanaxL. (the Ginseng Genus, Araliaceae): Inferences from ITS Sequences of Nuclear Ribosomal DNA

    Jun Wen;Elizabeth A. Zimmer

  • Evolutionary diversifications of plants on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

    Jun Wen;Jian-Qiang Zhang;Ze-Long Nie;Yang Zhong

  • Evolution of Rosaceae Fruit Types Based on Nuclear Phylogeny in the Context of Geological Times and Genome Duplication

    Yezi Xiang;Chien Hsun Huang;Yi Hu;Jun Wen

  • Intercontinental disjunctions between eastern Asia and western North America in vascular plants highlight the biogeographic importance of the Bering land bridge from late Cretaceous to Neogene

    Jun Wen;Ze-Long Nie;Ze-Long Nie;Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond

  • A phylogenetic analysis of Prunus and the Amygdaloideae (Rosaceae) using ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA.

    Sangtae Lee;Jun Wen

  • Phylogeny of Panax using chloroplast trnC-trnD intergenic region and the utility of trnC-trnD in interspecific studies of plants.

    Chunghee Lee;Jun Wen;Jun Wen

  • Phylogenetic analysis of the grape family (Vitaceae) based on three chloroplast markers

    Akiko Soejima;Jun Wen

  • Evolution of Eastern Asian–Eastern North American Biogeographic Disjunctions: A Few Additional Issues

    Jun Wen

  • Using nuclear gene data for plant phylogenetics: Progress and prospects II. Next-gen approaches

    Elizabeth A. Zimmer;Jun Wen

  • The Evolution of Araliaceae: A Phylogenetic Analysis Based on ITS Sequences of Nuclear Ribosomal DNA

    Jun Wen;Gregory M. Plunkett;Anthony D. Mitchell;Steven J. Wagstaff

  • Diversification of almonds, peaches, plums and cherries molecular systematics and biogeographic history of Prunus (Rosaceae)

    Siew-Wai Chin;Joey Shaw;Rosemarie Haberle;Jun Wen

  • Evolution of the Madrean–Tethyan disjunctions and the North and South American amphitropical disjunctions in plants

    Jun Wen;Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond

  • Phylogenetic and biogeographic complexity of Magnoliaceae in the Northern Hemisphere inferred from three nuclear data sets

    Ze-Long Nie;Jun Wen;Jun Wen;Hiroshi Azuma;Yin-Long Qiu

  • DNA Barcoding of Panax Species

    Yunjuan Zuo;Zhongjian Chen;Katsuhiko Kondo;Tsuneo Funamoto

  • Using nuclear gene data for plant phylogenetics: progress and prospects.

    Elizabeth A. Zimmer;Jun Wen

  • Phylogenomic conflict analyses in the apple genus Malus s.l. reveal widespread hybridization and allopolyploidy driving diversification, with insights into the complex biogeographic history in the Northern Hemisphere.

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  • Regional differences in rates of plant speciation and molecular evolution: a comparison between eastern Asia and eastern North America.

    Qiu-Yun (Jenny) Xiang;Wen Heng Zhang;Robert E. Ricklefs;Hong Qian

  • Rapid radiation and dispersal out of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of an alpine plant lineage Rhodiola (Crassulaceae).

    Jian-Qiang Zhang;Shi-Yong Meng;Geraldine A. Allen;Jun Wen

  • Infrafamilial classifications and characters in Araliaceae: Insights from the phylogenetic analysis of nuclear (ITS) and plastid (trnL-trnF) sequence data

    Gregory M. Plunkett;Jun Wen;Porter P. Lowry

  • Collections-based systematics: Opportunities and outlook for 2050

    Jun Wen;Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond;Marc S. Appelhans;Laurence J. Dorr

  • Transcriptome sequences resolve deep relationships of the grape family.

    Jun Wen;Zhiqiang Xiong;Ze Long Nie;Likai Mao

  • Biogeographic diversification in Nolana (Solanaceae), a ubiquitous member of the Atacama and Peruvian deserts along the western coast of South America

    Michael O. Dillon;Tieyao Tu;Lei Xie;Victor Quipuscoa Silvestre

Frequent Co-Authors

Hang Sun
Hang Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond
Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond University of Alaska Fairbanks
Elizabeth A. Zimmer
Elizabeth A. Zimmer National Museum of Natural History
Ting-Shuang Yi
Ting-Shuang Yi Chinese Academy of Sciences
De-Zhu Li
De-Zhu Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Song Ge
Song Ge Chinese Academy of Sciences
Vicki A. Funk
Vicki A. Funk National Museum of Natural History
Steven R. Manchester
Steven R. Manchester Florida Museum of Natural History
Warren L. Wagner
Warren L. Wagner Smithsonian Institution
Paul M. Peterson
Paul M. Peterson Smithsonian Institution

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