Zeng Qingyin

Prof.  Zeng Qingyin

Organization: State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Chinese Academy of Forestry

Research category: Forest Tree Genetics and Breeding

Research field: Functional genomics and molecular breeding of forest trees

E-mail: qingyin.zeng@caf.ac.cn

Key research projects

  • Design and cultivation of new poplar varieties with high quality and yield, (2023.09-2025.12)

  • Comparative functional genomics of forest trees, (2015.01-2019.12)

Published articles & books

  • Chang Qu, Hong-Na Kao Hui Xu, Bao-Sheng Wang, Zhi-Ling Yang, Qi Yang, Gui-Feng Liu, Xiao-Ru Wang, Yan-Jing Liu*, Qing-Yin Zeng*. 2024. Functional significance of asymmetrical retention of parental alleles in a hybrid pine species complex. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 62: 135-148.

  • Chao Sun, Yun‐Hui Xie, Zhen Li, Yan‐Jing Liu, Xiao‐Mei Sun, Jing‐Jing Li, Wei‐Peng Quan, Qing‐Yin Zeng*, Yves Van de Peer*, Shou‐Gong Zhang*. 2022. The Larix kaempferi genome reveals new insights into wood properties. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 64: 1364-1373.

  • Hui Xu, Zhen Li, Peng-Fei Jiang, Li Zhao, Chang Qu, Yves Van de Peer, Yan-Jing Liu*, Qing-Yin Zeng*. 2022. Divergence of active site motifs among different classes of Populus glutaredoxins results in substrate switches. Plant Journal, 110: 129-146.

  • Yan-Jing Liu, Xiao-Ru Wang, and Qing-Yin Zeng*. 2019. De novo assembly of white poplar genome and genetic diversity of white poplar population in Irtysh River basin in China. SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences, 62: 609-618.

  • Qi Yang, Xue-Min Han, Jin-Ke Gu, Yan-Jing Liu, Mao-Jun Yang, Qing-Yin Zeng*. 2019. Functional and structural profiles of GST gene family from three Populus species reveal the sequence-function decoupling of orthologous genes. New Phytologist, 221:1060-1073.

  • Hai-Jing Liu, Zhen-Xin Tang, Xue-Min Han, Zhi-Ling Yang, Fu-Min Zhang, Hai-Ling Yang, Yan-Jing Liu*, Qing-Yin Zeng*. 2015. Divergence in enzymatic activities in the soybean GST supergene family provides new insight into the evolutionary dynamics of whole genome duplicates. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32: 2844–2859.

  • Lin-Ling Ren, Yan-Jing Liu, Hai-Jing Liu, Ting-Ting Qian, Li-Wang Qi, Xiao-Ru Wang, Qing-Yin Zeng*. 2014. Subcellular relocalization and positive selection play key roles in the retention of duplicate genes of Populus class III peroxidase family. Plant Cell, 26: 2404-2419.

  • Ting Lan, Xiao-Ru Wang, Qing-Yin Zeng*. 2013. Structural and functional evolution of positively selected sites in pine glutathione S-transferase enzyme family. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 288: 24441–24451.

  • Yan-Jing Liu, Xue-Min Han, Lin-Ling Ren, Hai-Ling Yang, Qing-Yin Zeng*. 2013. Functional divergence of the GST supergene family in Physcomitrella patens reveals complex patterns of large gene family evolution in land plants. Plant Physiology, 161: 773-786.

  • Ting Lan, Zhi-Ling Yang, Yan-Jing Liu, Xiao-Ru Wang, Qing-Yin Zeng*. 2009.  Extensive functional diversification of the populus glutathione s-transferase supergene family, Plant Cell, 21: 3749-3766.