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• 1. Ma Y^#, Mao X^#, Wang J^#, Zhang L, Jiang Y, Geng Y, Ma T, Cai L, Huang S, Hollingsworth P, Mao K, Kang M, Li Y, Yang W, Wu H, Chen Y, Davis CC, Shrestha N, Ree RH, Xi Z, Hu Q, Milne R, Liu J. 2022. Pervasive hybridization during evolutionary radiation of Rhododendron subgenus Hymenanthes in mountains of southwest China. National Science Review, 9(12): nwac276.
  2. Hu Q^#, Ma Y^#, Mandáková T^#, Shi S, Chen C, Sun P, Zhang L, Feng L, Zheng Y, Feng X, Yang W, Jang J, Li T, Zhou P, Yu Q, Wan D, Lysak MA, Xi Z, Nevo E, Liu J. 2021. Genome evolution of the psammophyte Pugionium for desert adaptation and further speciation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118: e2025711118.
  3. Ma Y^#, Wang J^#, Hu Q^#, Li J, Sun Y, Zhang L, Abbott R, Liu J, Mao K. 2019. Ancient introgression drives adaptation to cooler and drier mountain habitats in a cypress species complex. Communications Biology, 2: 213.
  4. Huang L^#, Ma Y^#, Jiang J, Li T, Yang W, Zhang L, Wu L, Feng L, Xi Z, Xu X, Liu J, Hu Q. 2020. A chromosome-scale reference genome of Lobularia maritima, an ornamental plant with high stress tolerance. Horticulture Research, 7: 197.
  5. Ma Y^#, Xu T^#, Wan D^#, Ma T, Shi S, Liu J, Hu Q. 2015. The salinity tolerant poplar database (STPD): a comprehensive database for studying tree salt-tolerant adaption and poplar genomics. BMC Genomics, 16: 205.
  6. Ma Y, Li Z, Wang X, Shang B, Wu G, Wang Y. 2014. Phylogeography of the genus Dasiphora (Rosaceae) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: divergence blurred by expansion. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 111: 777-788.