# overview
My main research interest is to apply genomics and molecular genetics to crop improvement. Current research topics include genomics of abiotic stress tolerance in warm-season turfgrass, gene regulatory networks underlying CAM photosynthesis in pineapple, and sex chromosome evolution in Caricaceae.

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1.1 Normal Biological Development And Functioning

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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

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Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (fish)

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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2.6 Resources And Infrastructure (aetiology)

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis

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Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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China Agricultural University - (Beijing, China)

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University of Hawaii at Manoa - (Honolulu, Hawaii, United States)

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同源多倍体甘蔗和二倍体高粱基因组间的微共线性

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Integration of Genetic and Cytological Maps and Development of a Pachytene Chromosome-based Karyotype in Papaya

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Analysis of papaya BAC end sequences reveals first insights into the organization of a fruit tree genome.

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Rapid divergence and expansion of the X chromosome in papaya.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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The origin of the non‐recombining region of sex chromosomes in Carica and Vasconcellea

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Sex biased expression of hormone related genes at early stage of sex differentiation in papaya flowers.

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Sex specific expression and distribution of small RNAs in papaya.

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B-class MADS-box genes in trioecious papaya: two paleoAP3 paralogs, CpTM6-1 and CpTM6-2, and a PI ortholog CpPI.

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Chromosome Nomenclature and Cytological Characterization of Sacred Lotus.

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The draft genome of the transgenic tropical fruit tree papaya (Carica papaya Linnaeus).

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Low X/Y divergence in four pairs of papaya sex-linked genes.

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Floral MADS-Box genes in trioecious papaya: Characterization of AG and AP1 subfamily genes revealed a sex-type-specific gene

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Research article Microcollinearity between autopolyploid sugarcane and diploid sorghum genomes

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Characterization of Insertion Sites in Rainbow Papaya, the First Commercialized Transgenic Fruit Crop

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Evolution and expression of the fructokinase gene family in Saccharum.

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Development and Applications of Chromosome-Specific Cytogenetic BAC-FISH Probes in S. spontaneum.

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Comparative analysis of sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) gene family between Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum spontaneum.

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Asymmetric purine-pyrimidine distribution in cellular small RNA population of papaya.

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Features of transcriptome in trioecious papaya revealed by a large-scale sequencing of ESTs and comparative analysis in higher plants

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Tissue differential expression of lycopene beta-cyclase gene in papaya.

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High-density linkage mapping revealed suppression of recombination at the sex determination locus in papaya.

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New insights into the evolution and functional divergence of the SWEET family in Saccharum based on comparative genomics.

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Development of male-specific markers and identification of sex reversal mutants in papaya

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Allele-defined genome of the autopolyploid sugarcane Saccharum spontaneum L.

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The Diversity of Plant Sex Chromosomes Highlighted through Advances in Genome Sequencing.

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Rapid divergence and expansion of the x chromosome in papaya

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Genetic mapping of quantitative trait loci controlling fruit size and shape in papaya

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Genetic diversity and relationships in native Hawaiian Saccharum officinarum sugarcane.

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Isolating promoters of multigene family members from the polyploid sugarcane genome by PCR-based walking in BAC DNA.

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Characterization and detection of Ralstonia solanacearum strains causing bacterial wilt of ginger in Hawaii.

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A physical map of the papaya genome with integrated genetic map and genome sequence.

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Characterization of soil microbial communities using 16S rDNA ribosomal sequence tags.

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Sequence-tagged high-density genetic maps of Zoysia japonica provide insights into genome evolution in Chloridoideae.

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Cloning and characterization of a FLORICAULA/LEAFY ortholog, PFL, in polygamous papaya.

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Comprehensively Characterizing the Cytological Features of Saccharum spontaneum by the Development of a Complete Set of Chromosome-Specific Oligo Probes.

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Evidence for emergence of sex-determining gene(s) in a centromeric region in Vasconcellea parviflora.

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The bracteatus pineapple genome and domestication of clonally propagated crops.

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Genome-wide comparative analyses of microsatellites in papaya

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An overview of molecular advances in zoysiagrass

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The Crop Science Society Of America, Inc.

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Positional cloning and characterization of the papaya diminutive mutant reveal a truncating mutation in the CpMMS19 gene.

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Characterization and detection of Ralstonia solanacearum strains causing bacterial wilt of ginger in Hawaii.

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American Phytopathological Society (aps Press)

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Enrichment of a papaya high-density genetic map with AFLP markers.

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Construction of papaya male and female BAC libraries and application in physical mapping of the sex chromosomes.

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Recent amplification of microsatellite-associated miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements in the pineapple genome.

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Abs# 468: The genetic basis of sex determination in papaya

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An integrated cytogenetic and physical map reveals unevenly distributed recombination spots along the papaya sex chromosomes.

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Draft genome sequence of the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis.

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Cloning of the papaya chromoplast-specific lycopene beta-cyclase, CpCYC-b, controlling fruit flesh color reveals conserved microsynteny and a recombination hot spot.

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Construction of physical maps for the sex-specific regions of papaya sex chromosomes.

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Papain-like cysteine proteases in Carica papaya: lineage-specific gene duplication and expansion

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The pineapple genome and the evolution of CAM photosynthesis.

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Transcriptome analysis of the male-to-hermaphrodite sex reversal induced by low temperature in papaya

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The draft genome of the transgenic tropical fruit tree papaya

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Differential methylation and expression of HUA1 ortholog in three sex types of papaya.

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EFFORTS TO DEREGULATE RAINBOW PAPAYA IN JAPAN: MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF TRANSGENE AND VECTOR INSERTS

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International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

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Structure, phylogeny, allelic haplotypes and expression of sucrose transporter gene families in Saccharum.

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Construction of high-resolution genetic maps of Zoysia matrella (L.) Merrill and applications to comparative genomic analysis and QTL mapping of resistance to fall armyworm.

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Extremely low nucleotide diversity in the X-linked region of papaya caused by a strong selective sweep.

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Frequency and distribution of microsatellites in papaya genome

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同源多倍体甘蔗和二倍体高粱基因组间的微共线性

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Chromosomal location and gene paucity of the male specific region on papaya Y chromosome.

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Genome of papaya, a fast growing tropical fruit tree

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Sequencing papaya X and Yh chromosomes reveals molecular basis of incipient sex chromosome evolution.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Construction of an arabica coffee BAC library for molecular dissection of an allotetraploid genome

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An Overview of Molecular Advances in Zoysiagrass

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Genome of the long-living sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.).

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The Effects of Gibberellic Acid on Sex Expression and Secondary Sexual Characteristics in Papaya

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American Society For Horticultural Science

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A primitive Y chromosome in papaya marks incipient sex chromosome evolution.

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IDENTIFICATION OF DISEASE TOLERANCE LOCI TO PHYTOPHTHORA PALMIVORA IN CARICA PAPAYA USING MOLECULAR MARKER APPROACH

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International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

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DNA methylation and heterochromatinization in the male-specific

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Abs# 475: Cloning and characterization of flower development genes in papaya

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Comparative Analysis of SUS Gene Family between Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum spontaneum

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Development of Chromosome-specific Cytogenetic Markers and Merging of Linkage Fragments in Papaya

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DNA methylation and heterochromatinization in the male-specific region of the primitive Y chromosome of papaya.

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Diurnal Cycling Transcription Factors of Pineapple Revealed by Genome-Wide Annotation and Global Transcriptomic Analysis.

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Origin and domestication of papaya Yh chromosome.

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Genome size variation in three Saccharum species

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Comparative Analysis of GC Content Variations in Plant Genomes

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Isolation and characterization of translation initiation factor 4E in Carica papaya and Vasconcellea species

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International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

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Comparative genomics revealed the gene evolution and functional divergence of magnesium transporter families in Saccharum.

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Development and application of microsatellite markers for genomic analysis of papaya

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Micro-collinearity and genome evolution in the vicinity of an ethylene receptor gene of cultivated diploid and allotetraploid coffee species (Coffea).

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Recent Origin of Dioecious and Gynodioecious Y Chromosomes in Papaya

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Comparative Analysis of Homologous Sequences of Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum spontaneum Reveals Independent Polyploidization Events.

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Microcollinearity between autopolyploid sugarcane and diploid sorghum genomes

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Genomics of Papaya a Common Source of Vitamins in the Tropics

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Comparative structural analysis of Bru1 region homeologs in Saccharum spontaneum and S. officinarum.

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Transcriptional regulation of dosage compensation in Carica papaya.

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Nucleotide Composition of the Nelumbo nucifera Genome

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Cold Responsive Gene Expression Profiling of Sugarcane and Saccharum spontaneum with Functional Analysis of a Cold Inducible Saccharum Homolog of NOD26-Like Intrinsic Protein to Salt and Water Stress.

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Molecular Diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum Isolated from Ginger in Hawaii.

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Construction of a sequence-tagged high-density genetic map of papaya for comparative structural and evolutionary genomics in brassicales.

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Fruit development, ripening and quality related genes in the papaya genome

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Abs# 728: Cloning and characterization of APETALA3 and PISTILLATA orthologs in papaya

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Transcriptomic analysis of transgressive segregants revealed the central role of photosynthetic capacity and efficiency in biomass accumulation in sugarcane.

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Genetics and Genomics of Tropical and Subtropical Crop Plants

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Improving turfgrass and urban agriculture production through genomic research

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Texas A&M Agrilife Research; Dallas; 9999 TAMUS