Ning Yang

This study identifies cellular and genetic changes in maize and teosinte ears, showing how cytokinin signaling and transcription factor expression differences drive cob thickening and increased kernel number during domestication.

Varigraph improves variant genotyping accuracy in pangenome graphs for diploid and polyploid genomes, outperforming existing methods in non-human genomes.

The paper analyzes chromatin accessibility in 214 maize inbred lines using ATAC-seq, identifies variation in accessible chromatin regions, and links them to gene expression and complex traits.

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

The paper introduces gcaPDA, a diploid assembler that uses haploid gamete cells to resolve haplotypes, and demonstrates its effectiveness on a complex maize genome.

ZEAMAP integrates multi-omics data for maize and teosinte to support genetic research and trait improvement.