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Overview

Xue-Jun Ge is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has a significant body of research focused on agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, plant science, genetics, and nature and landscape conservation.

Their research emphasizes genomics and phylogenetic studies, plant and fungal species descriptions, plant diversity and evolution, and studies involving both plants and animals. Additionally, they have contributed to work on banana cultivation and research, chromosomal and genetic variations, as well as genetic diversity and population structure.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Xue-Jun Ge include:

  • Hai-Fei Yan
  • Lu Jin
  • Tian-Wen Xiao
  • Song Feng
  • Kevin S. Burgess

Regular publication outlets for their research include:

  • BMC Plant Biology
  • Scientific Data
  • BMC Genomics
  • New Phytologist
  • Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Notable papers featuring Xue-Jun Ge's research are:

  • "Conflicting phylogenetic signals in plastomes of the tribe Laureae (Lauraceae)", 2020, PeerJ
  • "Plastome structure, phylogenomics, and divergence times of tribe Cinnamomeae (Lauraceae)", 2022, BMC Genomics
  • "Complete plastome sequencing resolves taxonomic relationships among species of Calligonum L. (Polygonaceae) in China", 2020, BMC Plant Biology
  • "Telomere-to-telomere haplotype-resolved reference genome reveals subgenome divergence and disease resistance in triploid Cavendish banana", 2023, Horticulture Research
  • "The ecology of palm genomes: repeat-associated genome size expansion is constrained by aridity", 2022, New Phytologist

Best Publications

  • Comparative analysis of a large dataset indicates that internal transcribed spacer (ITS) should be incorporated into the core barcode for seed plants.

    De Zhu Li;Lian Ming Gao;Hong Tao Li;Hong Wang

  • Phylogenetic and functional alpha and beta diversity in temperate and tropical tree communities

    Nathan G. Swenson;David L. Erickson;Xiangcheng Mi;Norman Alan Bourg

  • Phylogeographic studies of plants in China: Advances in the past and directions in the future

    Jian-Quan Liu;Yong-Shuai Sun;Xue-Jun Ge;Lian-Ming Gao

  • SSR and AFLP Markers Reveal Low Genetic Diversity in the Biofuel Plant Jatropha curcas in China

    Qi-Bao Sun;Qi-Bao Sun;Lin-Feng Li;Yong Li;Guo-Jiang Wu

  • Reproductive biology and genetic diversity of a cryptoviviparous mangrove aegiceras corniculatum (Myrsinaceae) using allozyme and intersimple sequence repeat (ISSR) analysis

    X. J. Ge;M. Sun

  • Evolutionary history and underlying adaptation of alpine plants on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

    Jian‐Quan Liu;Yuan‐Wen Duan;Gang Hao;Xue‐Jun Ge

  • Conservation genetics and phylogeography of endangered and endemic shrub Tetraena mongolica (Zygophyllaceae) in Inner Mongolia, China.

    Xue Jun Ge;Chi Chuan Hwang;Zin Huang Liu;Chi Chun Huang

  • ISSR variation in the endemic and endangered plant Cycas guizhouensis (Cycadaceae).

    Long‐Qian Xiao;Xue‐Jun Ge;Xun Gong;Gang Hao

  • Genetic diversity and geographic differentiation in endangered Ammopiptanthus (Leguminosae) populations in desert regions of northwest China as revealed by ISSR analysis.

    Xue-Jun Ge;Yan Yu;Yong-Ming Yuan;Hong-Wen Huang

  • Glacial survival east and west of the 'Mekong-Salween Divide' in the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains region as revealed by AFLPs and cpDNA sequence variation in Sinopodophyllum hexandrum (Berberidaceae).

    Yong Li;Sheng-Nan Zhai;Ying-Xiong Qiu;Yan-Ping Guo

  • Testing DNA barcoding in closely related groups of Lysimachia L. (Myrsinaceae)

    Cai‐Yun Zhang;Feng‐Ying Wang;Hai‐Fei Yan;Gang Hao

  • Genetic uniformity of Alternanthera philoxeroides in South China

    W H Ye;J Li;H L Cao;X J Ge

  • Molecular phylogeny of Lysimachia (Myrsinaceae) based on chloroplast trnL–F and nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences

    Gang Hao;Yong-Ming Yuan;Chi-Ming Hu;Xue-Jun Ge

  • Modified CTAB Protocol Using a Silica Matrix for Isolation of Plant Genomic DNA

    Junchao Huang;Xuejun Ge;Mei Sun

  • Genetic variation in the endangered Inner Mongolia endemic shrub Tetraena mongolica Maxim. (Zygophyllaceae)

    Xue-Jun Ge;Yan Yu;Nan-Xian Zhao;Hai-Shan Chen

  • Variation in flowering phenology and selfing rate across a contact zone between diploid and tetraploid Arrhenatherum elatius (Poaceae)

    Christophe Petit;Philippe Lesbros;Xuejun Ge;John D Thompson

  • Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the banana family (Musaceae) inferred from multiple nuclear and chloroplast DNA fragments, with a special reference to the genus Musa.

    Lin-Feng Li;Markku Häkkinen;Yong-Ming Yuan;Gang Hao

  • Exploring Tree-Habitat Associations in a Chinese Subtropical Forest Plot Using a Molecular Phylogeny Generated from DNA Barcode Loci

    Nancai Pei;Ju-Yu Lian;David L. Erickson;Nathan G. Swenson

  • Strong genetic differentiation of the East-Himalayan Megacodon stylophorus (Gentianaceae) detected by Inter-Simple Sequence repeats (ISSR)

    Xue-Jun Ge;L. B. Zhang;Y. M. Yuan;Gang Hao

  • Population structure of wild bananas, Musa balbisiana, in China determined by SSR fingerprinting and cpDNA PCR‐RFLP

    X. J. Ge;M. H. Liu;W. K. Wang;B. A. Schaal

  • Evaluation of 10 plant barcodes in Bryophyta (Mosses)

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  • Plant DNA barcoding in China

    De-Zhu Li;Jian-Quan Liu;Zhi-Duan Chen;Hong Wang

  • Contrasting phylogeographical patterns between mainland and island taxa of the Pinus luchuensis complex

    Y.-C. Chiang;K.-H. Hung;B. A. Schaal;X.-J. Ge

Frequent Co-Authors

Wanhui Ye
Wanhui Ye Chinese Academy of Sciences
Barbara A. Schaal
Barbara A. Schaal Washington University in St. Louis
Jianquan Liu
Jianquan Liu Lanzhou University
Nathan G. Swenson
Nathan G. Swenson University of Notre Dame
W. John Kress
W. John Kress Smithsonian Institution
Martin Lascoux
Martin Lascoux Uppsala University
Keping Ma
Keping Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jess K. Zimmerman
Jess K. Zimmerman University of Puerto Rico
John D. Nason
John D. Nason Iowa State University
Lian-Ming Gao
Lian-Ming Gao Chinese Academy of Sciences

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