Email: gesong@ibcas.ac.cn
Telephone: 1062836097
Address: 中关村新科祥园8－406
Postcode: 100093
Research Areas
Molecular phylogenetics and phylogenomics (Oryza, Adenophora, Aconitum, etc.)
Plant speciation and polyploid evolution (Oryza, Adenophora, etc.)
Plant population biology and conservation genetics, with particular emphasis on the endangered plants in China
Education
1993 Ph.D. Institute of Botany, CAS Plant Systematics and Evolution
1986 M.Agr. Nanjing Forestry University Plant Genetics and Breeding
1982 B.S. Nanjing Forestry University Forestry
Experience
Work Experience
1994-present: Institute of Botany (CAS), Beijing, China; Molecular phylogenetics and phylogenomics of the rice tribe and genus; Conservation genetics of the wild rice and many endangered plants in China; Speciation and adaptation of the plants.
2003 (3 months): University of California at Irvine, USA (visiting scholar, with B. S. Gaut); Molecular evolution of the rice genus.
1998-1999: Michigan State University, USA (visiting scholar, with Tao Sang); Molecular phylogeny of the genus Oryza L.
1996 (6 months): Washington University, USA (visiting scholar, with B. A. Schaal); Conservation genetics of the wild rice in China, Molecular systematics of the genus Adenophora Fisch.
1990-1994: Institute of Botany (CAS), Beijing, China; Taxonomy and evolution of the genus Adenophora Fisch.; Conservation biology of the main endangered plants in China.
1986-1990: Southwest Forestry College, Kunming, China; Studies on karyotype and chromosome Banding of Forest Trees.
1982-1986: Nanjing Forestry university, Nanjing, China; Genetic improvement of masson Pine (Pinus massoniana Lamb.).
Honors & Distinctions
2004 The Hundred Talent Plan of CAS
2001 CAS Young Scientist Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2000 Outstanding Young Scientist Award, National Natural Science Foundation of China
1993 The President's Prize for Graduate Students, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1987 Teaching Prize, Southwest Forestry College
Publications
Cai Z†, Zhou L†, Ren N-N†, Xu X†, Liu R, Huang L, Zheng X-M, Meng Q-L, Du Y-S, Wang M-X, Geng M-F, Chen W-L, Jing C-Y, Zou X-H, Guo J, Chen W-B, Zeng H-Z, Liang Y-T, Wei X-H, Guo Y-L, Zhou H-F, Zhang F-M, Ge S*. 2019. Parallel speciation of wild rice associated with habitat shifts. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36 (5): 875-889
Zhao Y-P†, Fan G†, Yin P-P†, Sun S†, Li N†, Hong X†, Zhang H, Hu G, Zhang F-M, Han J-D, Hao Y-J, Xu Q, Yang X, Xia W, Chen W, Lin H-Y, Zhang R, Chen J, Zheng X-M, Lee S. M-Y, Lee J, Uehara K, Wang J, Yang H, Fu C-X*, Liu X*, Xu X*, Ge S* 2019. Resequencing 545 ginkgo genomes across the world reveals evolutionary history of the living fossil. Nature Communications 10: 4201.
Yu X,† Zhao Z,† Zheng X, Zhou J, Kong W, Wang P, Bai W, Zheng H, Zhang H, Li J, Liu J, Wang Q, Zhang L, Liu K, Yu Y, Guo X, Wang J, Lin Q, Wu F, Ren Y, Zhu S, Zhang X, Cheng Z, Lei C, Liu S, Liu X, Tian Y, Jiang L, Ge S, Wu C,* Tao D,* Wang H,* Wan J* 2018. A selfish genetic element confers non-Mendelian inheritance in rice. Science 360: 1130-1132
Cai Z, Ge S*. 2017. Machine learning algorithms improve the power of phytolith analysis: A case study of the tribe Oryzeae (Poaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 55: 377-384
Guo J, Huang L, Liu R, Zheng X-M, Liu P-L, Du Y-S, Cai Z, Zhou L, Wei X-H, Zhang F-M, Ge S*. 2016. Widespread and adaptive alterations in genome-wide gene expression associated with ecological divergence of two Oryza species. Mol Biol Evol 33: 62-78
Guan R†, Zhao Y†, Zhang H†, Fan G†, Liu X, Zhou W, Shi C, Wang J, Liu W, Liang X, Fu Y, Ma K, Zhao L, Zhang F, Lu Z, Lee S M-Y, Xu X, Wang J, Yang H, Fu C*, Ge S*, Chen W*. 2016. Draft genome of the living fossil Ginkgo biloba. GigaScience 5: 49
Liu R, Zheng X-M, Zhou L, Zhou H-F; Ge S*. 2015. Population genetic structure of Oryza rufipogon and Oryza nivara: implications for the origin of O. nivara. Mol Ecol 24: 5211-5228
Zou X-H, Du Y-S, Tang L, Xu X-W, Doyle JJ, Sang T, Ge S*. 2015. Multiple origins of BBCC allopolyploid species in the rice genus (Oryza). Sci Report 5: 14876.
Ma Y, Dai X, Xu Y, Luo W, Zheng X, Zeng D, Pan Y, Lin X, Liu H, Zhang D, Xiao J, Guo X, Xu S, Niu Y, Jin J, Zhang H, Xu X, Li L, Wang W, Qian Q, Ge S, Chong K*. 2015. COLD1 confers chilling tolerance in rice. Cell 160: 1209-1221
Wang C-H, Zheng X-M, Xu Q, Yuan X-P, Huang L, Zhou H-F, Wei X-H*, Ge S*. 2014. Genetic diversity and classification of Oryza sativa with emphasis on Chinese rice germplasm. Heredity 112: 489-496
Sang T*, Ge S. 2013. Understanding rice domestication and implications for cultivar improvement. Curr Opin Plant Biol 16: 139-146
Zou X-H, Yang Z, Doyle JA, Ge S*. 2013. Multilocus estimation of divergence times and ancestral population sizes of Oryza species and implications for the diversification of the genus. New Phytol 198: 1155-1164
Wu W, Zheng X-M, Lu G, Zhong Z, Gao H, Chen L, Wu C, Wang H-J, Wang Q, Zhou K, Wang J-L, Wu F, Zhang X, Guo X, Cheng Z, Lei C, Lin Q, Jiang L, Wang H, Ge S*, Wan J*.. 2013. The association of functional nucleotide polymorphisms at DTH2 with the northward expansion of rice cultivation in Asia. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 110: 2775-2780
Ai B, Wang Z-S, Ge S*. 2012. Genome size is not correlated with effective population size in the Oryza species. Evolution 66: 3302-3310
Xu X*, Liu X*, Ge S*, Jensen JD*, Hu F*, Li X*, Dong Y*, Gutenkunst RN, Fang L, Huang L, Li J, He W, Zhang G, Zheng X, Zhang F, Li Y, Yu C, Kristiansen K, Zhang X, Wang J, Wright M, McCouch S, Nielsen R*, Wang J*, Wang W*. 2012. Resequencing 50 accessions of cultivated and wild rice yields markers for identifying agronomically important genes. Nat Biotech 30: 105-111 (*co-first authors or corresponding authors)
Wu Z-Q, Ge S*. 2012. Phylogeny of the BEP clade in grasses revisited: evidence from whole genome sequences of chloroplast. Mol Phylogenet Evol 62: 573-578
López-Pujol J*, Zhang F-M, Sun H-Q, Ying T-S, Ge S*. 2011. Centres of plant endemism in China: places for survival or for speciation? J Biogeogr 38: 1267-1280
Li Z-M, Zheng X-M, Ge S*. 2011. Genetic diversity and domestication history of African rice (Oryza glaberrima) as inferred from multiple gene sequences. Theor Appl Genet 123: 21-23
Ge S*, Sang T. 2011. Inappropriate model rejects independent domestications of indica and japonica rice. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 108: E755 (Letter)
Prasad V, Strömberg CAE*, Leaché AD, Samant B, Patnaik R, Tang L, Mohabey D M, Ge S, Sahni A. 2011. Late Cretaceous origin of the rice tribe provides evidence for early diversification in Poaceae. Nat Comm 2: 480
Sun H-Z, Ge S*. 2010. Molecular evolution of the duplicated TFIIAγ genes in Oryzeae and its relatives. BMC Evol Biol 10: 128
Zheng X-M, Ge S*. 2010. Ecological divergence in the presence of gene flow in two closely related Oryza species (Oryza rufipogon and O. nivara). Mol Ecol 19: 2439-2454
Wang Z-S, Sun H-Q, Wang H-W, Ge S*. 2010. Isolation and characterization of 50 nuclear microsatellite markers for Cathaya argyrophylla, a Chinese endemic conifer. Amer J Bot 97: e117-e120
Tang L, Zou X-H, Achoundong G, Potgieter C, Second G, Zhang D-Y, Ge S*. 2010. Phylogeny and biogeography of the rice tribe (Oryzeae): Evidence from combined analysis of 20 chloroplast fragments. Mol Phylogenet Evol 54: 266-277
Zhang L-B, Zhu Q, Wu Z-Q, Ross-Ibarra J, Gaut B S, Ge S*, Sang T. 2009. Selection on grain shattering genes and rates of rice domestication. New Phytol 184: 708-720
Yang Y-H, Zhang F-M, Ge S*. 2009. Evolutionary rate patterns of the gibberellin pathway genes. BMC Evol Biol 9: 206
Sun H-Q*, Cheng J, Zhang F-M, Luo Y-B, Ge S. 2009. Reproductive success of non-rewarding Cypripedium japonicum benefits from low spatial dispersion pattern and asynchronous flowering. Ann Bot 103: 1227-1237
Zou X-H, Zhang F-M, Zhang J-G, Zang L-L, Tang L, Wang J, Sang T, Ge S*. 2008. Analysis of 142 genes resolves the rapid diversification of the rice genus. Genome Biol 9: R49
Xu X-W, Ke W-D, Yu X-P, Wen J, Ge S*. 2008. A preliminary study on population genetic structure and phylogeography of the wild and cultivated Zizania latifolia (Poaceae) based on Adh1a sequences. Theor Appl Genet 116:835–843
Zhang L-B, Ge S*. 2007. Multilocus analysis of nucleotide variation and speciation in Oryza officinalis and its close relatives. Mol Biol Evol 24: 769-783
Zhu Q, Zheng X, Luo J, Gaut B S, Ge S*. 2007. Multilocus analysis of nucleotide variation of Oryza sativa and its wild relatives: severe bottleneck during domestication of rice. Mol Biol Evol 24: 875-888
Sang T*, Ge S. 2007. Genetics and phylogenetics of rice domestication. Curr Opin Genet Deve 17: 533-538
Wang H-W, Ge S*. 2006. Phylogeography of the endangered Cathaya argyrophylla (Pinaceae) inferred from sequence variation of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Mol Ecol 15: 4109-4123
Sun H-Q, Luo Y-B, Alexandersson R, Ge S*. 2006. Pollination and pollen flow of the endanged orchid, Changnienia amoena (Orchidaceae). Botanical Journal of Linnean Society 150: 165-175
Zhu Q, Ge S*. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships among A-genome species of the genus Oryza revealed by intron sequences of four nuclear genes. New Phytol 167: 249-265
Guo Y-L, Ge S* 2005. Molecular phylogeny of Oryzeae (Poaceae) based on DNA sequences from chloroplast, mitochrondrial and nuclear genomes. Amer J Bot 92: 1548-1558
Zhou H-F, Xie Z-W, Ge S*.2003. Microsatellite analysis of genetic diversity and population genetic structure of a wild rice (Oryza rufipogon Griff.) in China. Theor Appl Genet 107: 332-339
Ge S*, Li A, Lu B-R, Zhang S-Z, Hong D-Y. 2002. A phylogeny of the rice tribe Oryzaeae based on matK sequence data. Amer J Bot 89: 1967-1972
Qian W, Ge S*, Hong D-Y. 2001. Genetic variation within and among populations of a wild rice Oryza granulata from China detected by RAPD and ISSR markers. Theor Appl Genet 102：440-449
Li A, Ge S*, 2001. Genetic variation and clonal diversity of Psammochloa villosa detected by ISSR markers. Ann Bot 87: 585-590
Ge S*, Sang T, Lu B-R, Hong D-Y. 2001. Rapid and reliable identification of rice genomes by RFLP analysis of PCR-amplified Adh genes. Genome 44: 1136-1142
Ge S, Sang T*, Lu B-R, Hong D-Y. 1999. Phylogeny of rice genomes with emphasis on origins of allotetraploid species. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96: 14400-14405
Ge S*, Oliveira G C X, Schaal B A, Gao L-Z, Hong D-Y. 1999. RAPD variation within and between natural populations of wild rice (Oryza rufipogon) from China and Brazil. Heredity 82: 638-644
Ge S*, Hong D-Y, Wang H-Q, Liu Z-Y, Zhang C-M, 1998, Population genetic structure and conservation of an endangered conifer, Cathaya argyrophylla (Pinaceae). Inter J Plant Sci 159: 351-357
Ge S*, Zhang D-M, Wang H-Q, Rao G-Y, 1997, Allozyme variation in Ophiopogon xylorrhizus, an extreme endemic species of Yunnan, China. Conser Biol 11: 562-565
Conferences
“Plant biodiversity and taxonomy in China.” Invited presentation to the 25th General Meeting with the Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF). Kew Garden, UK, March 24-25, 2009
“Rice and its relatives: A model system for genomics and biological studies.” Invited presentation to the Plant & Animal Genomes (PAG) XVII Conference. San Diego, USA. January 10-14, 2009.
38th Birbal Sahni Memorial Lecture: “Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the rice tribe (Oryzeae) based on DNA sequences of multiple genes.” Invited speech at Founder’s Day of BSIP, Lucknow, India. November 14, 2008.
“Conservation biology and conservation of crop wild relatives in China.” Invited presentation to the inter-regional “Workshop on Genetic Resources Networks at Biodiversity”, Rome, Italy. December 3-5, 2007.
“Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the rice tribe (Oryzeae).” Invited presentation to the International Symposium “Diversity and Evolution of the Plants in Northeast Asia”, Seoul, South Korea. August 16-18, 2007.
“Multilocus analysis of nucleotide diversity of Oryza sativa complex: origin of the Asian cultivated rice” Invited presentation to the Fifth International Rice Genetics Symposium, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila, Philippines. November 19-23, 2005.
“Molecular phylogeny and divergence of the rice tribe (Oryzeae), with special reference to origin of the genus Oryza.” Invited presentation to the World Rice Research Conference, Toyko and Tsukuba, Japan. November 4-7, 2004.
“Conservation genetics of rare and endangered plants in China: some case studies.” Invited presentation to the International Workshop on Conservation Genetics, Kangwon National University, South Korea. March 25-26, 2004.
“Origin and reticulate evolution of tetraploid species of Oryza revealed through molecular approaches.” Presentation to the 24th International Rice Congress, Beijing, China. September 16-20, 2002.
“A phylogeny of the rice tribe Oryzeae based on matK sequence data.” Invited presentation to the International Conference on Wild Rice, Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu, Nepal. October 21-27, 2002.
“A rapid and reliable method to identify rice genomes.” Presentation to the International Workshop on Application of the Molecular Markers in Studies on Plants, Warsaw, Poland. September 25-29, 2002.
“Phylogeny of the Genus Oryza as Revealed by Molecular Approaches.” Invited presentation to the Fourth International Rice Genetics Symposium, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Makati City, Philippines. October 22-27, 2000.
“Phylogeny of the genus Oryza as revealed by multiple gene trees.” Invited presentation to the China-EU Workshop on Biodiversity, Xishuangbanna, Kunming, China. January 8-12, 2000.
“Population genetics and conservation of an endangered conifer, Cathaya argyrophylla (Pinaceae).” Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Baltimore, USA. August 2-6, 1998.
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