1）Zhongtao Zhao, Jin Hu, Shi Chen, Zhonglai Luo, Da Luo, Jun Wen, Tieyao Tu，Dianxiang Zhang*. Evolution of CYCLOIDEA-like genes in Fabales: Insights into duplication patterns and the control of floral symmetry. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2019, 132, 81-89.
2）Zhongtao Zhao, Zhonglai Luo*, Shuai Yuan, Lina Mei, Dianxiang Zhang*. Global transcriptome and gene co-expression network analyses on the development of distyly in Primula oreodoxa. Heredity, July, 2019, doi: 10.1038/s41437-019-0250-y.
3) Li X, Qian X, Yao G, Zhao Z*, Zhang D*. 2019. Plastome of mycoheterotrophic Burmannia itoana Mak. (Burmanniaceae) exhibits extensive degradation and distinct rearrangements. PeerJ 7:e7787 DOI 10.7717/peerj.7787
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5）Zhao Z, Jin Q, Xu J-R*, Liu H (2014) Identification of a Fungi-Specific Lineage of Protein Kinases Closely Related to Tyrosine Kinases. PLoS ONE 9(2): e89813. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089813.
6）Zhao Z, Liu H*, Wang C, Xu JR. (2013) Comparative analysis of fungal genomes reveals different plant cell wall degrading capacity in fungi. BMC Genomics 14(1):274.
7）Xing Guo, Zhongtao Zhao, Shek Shing Mar, Dianxiang Zhang and Richard M. K. Saunders*. A symbiotic balancing act: arbuscular mycorrhizal specificity and specialist fungus gnat pollination in the mycoheterotrophic genus Thismia (Thismiaceae). Annals of Botany, 2019, 124(2):331-342.
8）Duan Tingting, Deng Xiaofang, Chen Shi, Luo Zhonglai, Zhao Zhongtao, Tu Tieyao, Nguyen Sinh Khanga, Sylvain G. Razafimandimbisone, Dianxiang Zhang*. Evolution of sexual systems and growth habit in Mussaenda (Rubiaceae): Insights into the evolutionary pathways of dioecy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2018, 123, 113-122.
9）Zhonglai Luo, Jin Hu, Zhongtao Zhao, Dianxiang Zhang*. Transcriptomic analysis of heteromorphic stamens in Cassia biscapsularis L. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 31600.
10）Mu Li, Cong Jiang, Qinhu Wang, Zhongtao Zhao, Qiaojun Jin, Jin-Rong Xu, Huiquan Liu*, 2016. Evolution and functional insights of different ancestral orthologous clades of chitin synthase genes in the fungal tree of life. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016, 7:37. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00037.
11）Wenming Zheng, Lili Huang, Jinqun Huang, Xiaojie Wang, Xianming Chen, Jie Zhao, Jun Guo, Hua Zhuang, Chuangzhao Qiu, Jie Liu, Huiquan Liu, Xueling Huang, Guoliang Pei, Gangming Zhan, Chunlei Tang, Yulin Cheng, Minjie Liu, Jinshan Zhang, Zhongtao Zhao, Shijie Zhang et al. (2013) High genome heterozygosity and endemic genetic recombination in the wheat stripe rust fungus. Nature Communications 4:2673 (DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3673).
12）Wang C, Zhang S, Hou R, Zhao Z, Zheng Q, et al. (2011) Functional analysis of the kinome of the wheat scab fungus Fusarium graminearum. PLoS Pathog 7: e1002460.
