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2014
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ray Ming is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans extensive work in agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong focus on plant science and molecular biology, contributing significantly across these fields.

The scientist has published 182 works in agricultural and biological sciences and 93 in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their subfields of interest include plant science (141 publications), molecular biology (73), ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics (16), biomedical engineering (15), and genetics (12).

The main topics covered in their research consist of:

  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
  • Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies

Ray Ming has gained recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2018.

Among recent publications, key papers include:

  • Haplotype-resolved genome assembly provides insights into evolutionary history of the tea plant Camellia sinensis, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Two divergent haplotypes from a highly heterozygous lychee genome suggest independent domestication events for early and late-maturing cultivars, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Genomes of the Banyan Tree and Pollinator Wasp Provide Insights into Fig-Wasp Coevolution, 2020, Cell
  • Somatic variations led to the selection of acidic and acidless orange cultivars, 2021, Nature Plants
  • Pangenome analysis provides insight into the evolution of the orange subfamily and a key gene for citric acid accumulation in citrus fruits, 2023, Nature Genetics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Xingtan Zhang
  • Jisen Zhang
  • Zhenyang Liao
  • Xiaokai Ma
  • Haibao Tang

Most of Ray Ming's work appears in respected publication venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Nature Plants
  • Nature Genetics
  • The Plant Journal
  • Horticulture Research

Best Publications

  • The Sorghum bicolor genome and the diversification of grasses

    Andrew H. Paterson;John E. Bowers;Rémy Bruggmann;Inna Dubchak

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Synteny and collinearity in plant genomes.

    Haibao Tang;John E. Bowers;Xiyin Wang;Ray Ming

  • Sex Determination: Why So Many Ways of Doing It?

    Doris Bachtrog;Judith E. Mank;Catherine L. Peichel;Mark Kirkpatrick

  • The draft genome of the transgenic tropical fruit tree papaya (Carica papaya Linnaeus)

    Ray Ming;Shaobin Hou;Yun Feng;Qingyi Yu

  • The genome of the pear (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.)

    Jun Wu;Zhiwen Wang;Zebin Shi;Shu Zhang

  • Allele-defined genome of the autopolyploid sugarcane Saccharum spontaneum L.

    Jisen Zhang;Xingtan Zhang;Haibao Tang;Qing Zhang

  • The coffee genome provides insight into the convergent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis

    Lorenzo Carretero-Paulet;Alexis Dereeper;Gaëtan Droc

  • Unraveling ancient hexaploidy through multiply-aligned angiosperm gene maps

    Haibao Tang;Xiyin Wang;Xiyin Wang;John E. Bowers;Ray Ming

  • The genome of cultivated peanut provides insight into legume karyotypes, polyploid evolution and crop domestication

    Weijian Zhuang;Hua Chen;Meng Yang;Jianping Wang;Jianping Wang

  • The pineapple genome and the evolution of CAM photosynthesis

    Ray Ming;Ray Ming;Robert VanBuren;Robert VanBuren;Robert VanBuren;Ching Man Wai;Ching Man Wai;Haibao Tang;Haibao Tang

  • Sex Chromosomes in Land Plants

    Ray Ming;Abdelhafid Bendahmane;Abdelhafid Bendahmane;Susanne S. Renner

  • Genome of the long-living sacred lotus ( Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.)

    Ray Ming;Ray Ming;Robert VanBuren;Yanling Liu;Mei Yang

  • A primitive Y chromosome in papaya marks incipient sex chromosome evolution

    Zhiyong Liu;Paul H. Moore;Hao Ma;Christine M. Ackerman

  • Finding and Comparing Syntenic Regions among Arabidopsis and the Outgroups Papaya, Poplar, and Grape: CoGe with Rosids

    Eric Lyons;Brent Pedersen;Josh Kane;Maqsudul Alam

  • Assembly of allele-aware, chromosomal-scale autopolyploid genomes based on Hi-C data.

    Xingtan Zhang;Shengcheng Zhang;Qian Zhao;Ray Ming;Ray Ming

  • ALLMAPS: robust scaffold ordering based on multiple maps

    Haibao Tang;Haibao Tang;Xingtan Zhang;Chenyong Miao;Jisen Zhang

  • Detailed Alignment of Saccharum and Sorghum Chromosomes: Comparative Organization of Closely Related Diploid and Polyploid Genomes

    Ray R Ming;S. C. Liu;Y. R. Lin;J. Da Silva;J. Da Silva

  • Sequencing papaya X and Y h chromosomes reveals molecular basis of incipient sex chromosome evolution

    Jianping Wang;Jong Kuk Na;Jong Kuk Na;Qingyi Yu;Andrea R. Gschwend

  • Nelumbo nucifera [data set]

    Ray Ming;Robert Vanburen;Yanling Liu;Mei Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul H. Moore
Paul H. Moore Agricultural Research Service
Andrew H. Paterson
Andrew H. Paterson University of Georgia
Haibao Tang
Haibao Tang Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Robert E. Paull
Robert E. Paull University of Hawaii at Manoa
Qing Zhang
Qing Zhang Nanyang Technological University
Maqsudul Alam
Maqsudul Alam University of Hawaii at Manoa
John E. Bowers
John E. Bowers University of Georgia
Michael C. Schatz
Michael C. Schatz Johns Hopkins University
David Sankoff
David Sankoff University of Ottawa
Jiming Jiang
Jiming Jiang Michigan State University

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