Minliang Jin

Complex genetic architecture underlying the plasticity of maize agronomic traits

This study identifies QTLs and genetic factors influencing phenotypic plasticity in maize traits across different environments, improving prediction accuracy for key agronomic traits.

Portrait of a genus: genome sequencing reveals evidence of adaptive variation in Zea

The paper characterizes genomic variation across 744 Zea genomes, identifies adaptive variants, and highlights their potential for breeding applications.

ZmCOL3, a CCT-domain containing gene affects maize adaptation as a repressor and upstream of ZmCCT

The paper identifies ZmCOL3 as a flowering time repressor in maize that delays flowering by transactivating ZmCCT or interfering with the circadian clock, contributing to adaptation from tropical to temperate regions.

Maize pan-transcriptome provides novel insights into genome complexity and quantitative trait variation

This study identifies ePAVs in maize using RNA-seq data and links them to agronomic and metabolic traits, revealing novel sequences absent in the reference genome.

Genomic, transcriptomic and phenomic variation reveals the complex adaptation of modern maize breeding

This study analyzes genomic, transcriptomic, and phenomic variation in 368 maize inbred lines to uncover adaptation mechanisms during maize's temperate-tropical divergence.