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• 1. Gao L, Gonda I, Sun H, Ma Q, Bao K, Tieman DM, Burzynski-Chang EA, Fish TL, Stromberg KA, Sacks GL, Thannhauser TW, Foolad MR, Diez MJ, Blanca J, Canizares J, Xu Y, van der Knaap E, Huang S, Klee HJ, Giovannoni JJ, Fei Z. 2019. The tomato pan-genome uncovers new genes and a rare allele regulating fruit flavor. Nature Genetics, 51: 1044-1051.
  2. Yu X, Qu M, Shi Y, Hao C, Guo S, Fei Z, Gao L. 2022. Chromosome-scale genome assemblies of wild tomato relatives Solanum habrochaites and Solanum galapagense reveal structural variants associated with stress tolerance and terpene biosynthesis. Horticulture Research: uhac139.
  3. Wang X, Gao L, Jiao C, Stravoravdis S, Hosmani PS, Saha S, Zhang J, Mainiero S, Strickler SR, Catala C, Martin GB, Mueller LA, Vrebalov J, Giovannoni JJ, Wu S, Fei Z. 2020. Genome of Solanum pimpinellifolium provides insights into structural variants during tomato breeding. Nature Communications, 11: 5817.
  4. Zhou H, Ma R, Gao L, Zhang J, Zhang A, Zhang X, Ren F, Zhang W, Liao L, Yang Q, Xu S, Otieno Ogutu C, Zhao J, Yu M, Jiang Q, Korban SS, Han Y. 2021. A 1.7-Mb chromosomal inversion downstream of a PpOFP1 gene is responsible for flat fruit shape in peach. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 19: 192-205.
  5. Guo N, Wang S, Gao L, Liu Y, Wang X, Lai E, Duan M, Wang G, Li J, Yang M, Zong M, Han S, Pei Y, Borm T, Sun H, Miao L, Liu D, Yu F, Zhang W, Ji H, Zhu C, Xu Y, Bonnema G, Li J, Fei Z, Liu F. 2021. Genome sequencing sheds light on the contribution of structural variants to Brassica oleracea diversification. BMC Biology, 19: 93.
  6. Guo S, Zhao S, Sun H, Wang X, Wu S, Lin T, Ren Y, Gao L, Deng Y, Zhang J, Lu X, Zhang H, Shang J, Gong G, Wen C, He N, Tian S, Li M, Liu J, Wang Y, Zhu Y, Jarret R, Levi A, Zhang X, Huang S, Fei Z, Liu W, Xu Y. 2019. Resequencing of 414 cultivated and wild watermelon accessions identifies selection for fruit quality traits. Nature Genetics, 51: 1616-1623.
  7. Wu S, Wang X, Reddy U, Sun H, Bao K, Gao L, Mao L, Patel T, Ortiz C, Abburi VL, Nimmakayala P, Branham S, Wechter P, Massey L, Ling KS, Kousik C, Hammar SA, Tadmor Y, Portnoy V, Gur A, Katzir N, Guner N, Davis A, Hernandez AG, Wright CL, McGregor C, Jarret R, Zhang X, Xu Y, Wehner TC, Grumet R, Levi A, Fei Z. 2019. Genome of 'Charleston Gray', the principal American watermelon cultivar, and genetic characterization of 1,365 accessions in the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System watermelon collection. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 17: 2246-2258.
  8. Wang P, Yang L, Zhang E, Qin Z, Wang H, Liao Y, Wang X, Gao L. 2017. Characterization and development of EST-SSR markers from a cold-stressed transcriptome of centipedegrass by Illumina paired-end sequencing. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 35: 215-223.
  9. Li J, Gao L, Chen S, Tao K, Su Y, Wang T. 2016. Evolution of short inverted repeat in cupressophytes, transfer of accD to nucleus in Sciadopitys verticillata and phylogenetic position of Sciadopityaceae. Scientific Reports, 6: 20934.
  10. Gao L, Wang B, Wang Z-W, Zhou Y, Su Y-J, Wang T. 2013. Plastome sequences of Lygodium japonicum and Marsilea crenata reveal the genome organization transformation from basal ferns to core leptosporangiates. Genome Biology and Evolution, 5: 1403-1407.
  11. Wang Z, Wang C, Gao L, Mei S, Zhou Y, Xiang C, Wang T. 2013. Heterozygous alleles restore male fertility to cytoplasmic male-sterile radish (Raphanus sativus L.): a case of overdominance. Journal of Experimental Botany, 64: 2041-2048.
  12. Yi X, Gao L, Wang B, Su Y-J, Wang T. 2013. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Cephalotaxus oliveri (Cephalotaxaceae): evolutionary comparison of Cephalotaxus chloroplast DNAs and insights into the loss of inverted repeat copies in gymnosperms. Genome Biology and Evolution, 5: 688-698.
  13. Gao L, Zhou Y, Wang Z-W, Su Y-J, Wang T. 2011. Evolution of the rpoB-psbZ region in fern plastid genomes: notable structural rearrangements and highly variable intergenic spacers. BMC Plant Biology, 11: 64.
  14. Gao L, Su Y-J, Wang T. 2010. Plastid genome sequencing, comparative genomics, and phylogenomics: current status and prospects. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 48: 77-93.
  15. Gao L, Yi X, Yang Y-X, Su Y-J, Wang T. 2009. Complete chloroplast genome sequence of a tree fern Alsophila spinulosa: insights into evolutionary changes in fern chloroplast genomes. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9: 130.