Xilong Chen

This study shows that conserved transcriptional plasticity, not local adaptation, is the main molecular response to climate variation in apples.

This study shows domestication altered apple defense responses and host-aphid interaction networks, with cultivated apples showing stronger inducible defenses and higher aphid performance.

This study compares domestication routes in European and East Asian pears, finding weak bottlenecks, gene flow, and no cost-of-domestication effect.

The paper analyzes the genomic structure and evolution of the S-locus in apple to show how balancing selection maintains conserved S-haplotype architectures despite structural divergence.

The paper analyzes olfactory and gustatory receptor genes and transposable elements in aphid genomes to understand their evolutionary dynamics and role in host adaptation.

This study uses genome and transcriptome data from apple species to show how selection and gene flow shaped the cultivated apple genome, revealing distinct gene pools and adaptive introgression patterns.

This study identifies the genomic footprints of almond domestication, revealing multi-regional origins, gene flow from wild relatives, and population-specific selection on stress and agronomic traits.

The paper sequenced clonal Fuji apple varieties to uncover somatic variants linked to spur-type morphology and early maturation traits.