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Tianzhen Zhang

Tianzhen Zhang

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Genetics

D-Index
67
Citations
18296
World Ranking
2518
National Ranking
65

Overview

Tianzhen Zhang is affiliated with Zhejiang 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 primarily focuses on Plant Science, with significant work in Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Genetics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research encompasses a range of topics including:

  • Research in Cotton Cultivation
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis

Among their recent publications are:

  • The miR319-Targeted GhTCP4 Promotes the Transition from Cell Elongation to Wall Thickening in Cotton Fiber (2020, Molecular Plant)
  • MicroRNA-146a switches microglial phenotypes to resist the pathological processes and cognitive degradation of Alzheimer's disease (2021, Theranostics)
  • MIXTAs and phytohormones orchestrate cotton fiber development (2020, Current Opinion in Plant Biology)
  • Structural variation (SV)-based pan-genome and GWAS reveal the impacts of SVs on the speciation and diversification of allotetraploid cottons (2023, Molecular Plant)
  • Divergent improvement of two cultivated allotetraploid cotton species (2021, Plant Biotechnology Journal)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Yan Hu
  • Zhanfeng Si
  • Lei Fang
  • Ting Zhao
  • Zegang Han

Tianzhen Zhang has published multiple articles in various academic venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • The Plant Journal
  • Plant Communications
  • Industrial Crops and Products

Best Publications

  • Sequencing of allotetraploid cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L. acc. TM-1) provides a resource for fiber improvement

    Tianzhen Zhang;Yan Hu;Wenkai Jiang;Lei Fang

  • Repeated polyploidization of Gossypium genomes and the evolution of spinnable cotton fibres

    Andrew H Paterson;Jonathan F Wendel;Heidrun Gundlach;Hui Guo

  • Gossypium barbadense and Gossypium hirsutum genomes provide insights into the origin and evolution of allotetraploid cotton.

    Yan Hu;Yan Hu;Jiedan Chen;Lei Fang;Lei Fang;Zhiyuan Zhang

  • Toward Sequencing Cotton ( Gossypium ) Genomes

    Z. Jeffrey Chen;Brian E. Scheffler;Elizabeth Dennis;Barbara A. Triplett

  • A Microsatellite-Based, Gene-Rich Linkage Map Reveals Genome Structure, Function and Evolution in Gossypium

    Wangzhen Guo;Caiping Cai;Changbiao Wang;Zhiguo Han

  • Genomic analyses in cotton identify signatures of selection and loci associated with fiber quality and yield traits

    Lei Fang;Lei Fang;Qiong Wang;Yan Hu;Yan Hu;Yinhua Jia

  • Characteristics, development and mapping of Gossypium hirsutum derived EST-SSRs in allotetraploid cotton

    Zhiguo Han;Changbiao Wang;Xianliang Song;Wangzhen Guo

  • Molecular linkage map of allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. × Gossypium barbadense L.) with a haploid population

    J. Zhang;W. Guo;T. Zhang

  • Genetic mapping of EST-derived microsatellites from the diploid Gossypium arboreum in allotetraploid cotton

    Z.-G. Han;W.-Z. Guo;X.-L. Song;T.-Z. Zhang

  • Molecular mapping of QTLs for fiber qualities in three diverse lines in Upland cotton using SSR markers

    Xinlian Shen;Wangzhen Guo;Xiefei Zhu;Youlu Yuan

  • Gossypium barbadense genome sequence provides insight into the evolution of extra-long staple fiber and specialized metabolites.

    Xia Liu;Bo Zhao;Hua-Jun Zheng;Yan Hu

  • Genetic mapping of quantitative trait loci for fiber quality and yield trait by RIL approach in Upland cotton

    Xinlian Shen;Wangzhen Guo;Qiongxian Lu;Xiefei Zhu

  • Molecular tagging of a major QTL for fiber strength in Upland cotton and its marker-assisted selection.

    Tianzhen Zhang;Youlu Yuan;John Yu;Wangzhen Guo

  • Control of cotton fibre elongation by a homeodomain transcription factor GhHOX3

    Chun Min Shan;Xiao Xia Shangguan;Bo Zhao;Xiu Fang Zhang

  • Epigenomic and functional analyses reveal roles of epialleles in the loss of photoperiod sensitivity during domestication of allotetraploid cottons.

    Qingxin Song;Tianzhen Zhang;David M. Stelly;Z. Jeffrey Chen;Z. Jeffrey Chen

  • QTL mapping of yield and fiber traits based on a four-way cross population in Gossypium hirsutum L.

    Hongde Qin;Wangzhen Guo;Yuan-Ming Zhang;Tianzhen Zhang

  • Genetic basis for glandular trichome formation in cotton

    Dan Ma;Yan Hu;Changqing Yang;Bingliang Liu

  • Inheritance and fine mapping of fertility restoration for cytoplasmic male sterility in Gossypium hirsutum L.

    L. Liu;W. Guo;X. Zhu;T. Zhang

  • Complete assignment of the chromosomes of Gossypium hirsutum L. by translocation and fluorescence in situ hybridization mapping

    Kai Wang;Xianliang Song;Zhiguo Han;Wangzhen Guo

  • Overexpression of GhSusA1 increases plant biomass and improves cotton fiber yield and quality

    Yanjie Jiang;Wangzhen Guo;Huayu Zhu;Yong-Ling Ruan

Frequent Co-Authors

Wangzhen Guo
Wangzhen Guo Nanjing Agricultural University
Z. Jeffrey Chen
Z. Jeffrey Chen The University of Texas at Austin
Xiao-Ya Chen
Xiao-Ya Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
David M. Stelly
David M. Stelly Texas A&M University
Brian E. Scheffler
Brian E. Scheffler Agricultural Research Service
Elizabeth S. Dennis
Elizabeth S. Dennis Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Qingxin Song
Qingxin Song Xi'an Jiaotong University
Jonathan F. Wendel
Jonathan F. Wendel Iowa State University
Haibao Tang
Haibao Tang Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Andrew H. Paterson
Andrew H. Paterson University of Georgia

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