Hong Ma

Huck Chair in Plant Reproductive Development and Evolution; Professor of Biology

Hong Ma

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Plant development under favorable and stressful conditions; phylogeny and evolutionary biology of plant groups containing major crops and ecologically important species.

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Genes Phylogeny Genome Transcriptome Magnoliopsida Angiosperms Radiation Proteins Arabidopsis Transcription Factors Rosaceae Fruit Brassicaceae Cladistics Divergence Angiospermae Flower Development Stress Response Gene Duplication Family Gene Brassica Oleracea Nuclear Genes Nuclear Gene Time

Most Recent Publications

Preferential retention of the slowly evolving gene in pairs of duplicates in angiosperm genomes

Lin‐Bo Wang, Hong Ma, Juan Lin, Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Developmentally dependent reprogramming of the Arabidopsis floral transcriptome under sufficient and limited water availability

Xinwei Ma, Jun Wang, Zhao Su, Hong Ma, 2024, BMC Plant Biology

Phylogenomic profiles of whole-genome duplications in Poaceae and landscape of differential duplicate retention and losses among major Poaceae lineages

Taikui Zhang, Weichen Huang, Lin Zhang, De Zhu Li, Ji Qi, Hong Ma, 2024, Nature Communications

A highly resolved nuclear phylogeny uncovers strong phylogenetic conservatism and correlated evolution of fruit color and size in Solanum L.

João Vitor S. Messeder, Tomás A. Carlo, Guojin Zhang, Juan David Tovar, César Arana, Jie Huang, Chien Hsun Huang, Hong Ma, 2024, New Phytologist on p. 765-780

XBAT31 regulates reproductive thermotolerance through controlling the accumulation of HSFB2a/B2b under heat stress conditions

Lin Lin Zhang, Qiao Yun Zhu, Jing Liang Sun, Zi Wei Yao, Tao Qing, Hong Ma, Jian Xiang Liu, 2024, Cell Reports

Nuclear phylogenomics of Asteraceae with increased sampling provides new insights into convergent morphological and molecular evolution

Guojin Zhang, Junbo Yang, Caifei Zhang, Bohan Jiao, José L. Panero, Jie Cai, Zhi Rong Zhang, Lian Ming Gao, Tiangang Gao, Hong Ma, 2024, Plant Communications

Revealing the role of CCoAOMT1: fine-tuning bHLH transcription factors for optimal anther development

Zesen Lai, Jianzheng Wang, Ying Fu, Menghan Wang, Hong Ma, Shiqing Peng, Fang Chang, 2024, Science China Life Sciences on p. 565-578

Nuclear phylogenomics of angiosperms and insights into their relationships and evolution

Guojin Zhang, Hong Ma, 2024, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology on p. 546-578

Angiosperm-wide analysis of fruit and ovary evolution aided by a new nuclear phylogeny supports association of the same ovary type with both dry and fleshy fruits

Yezi Xiang, Taikui Zhang, Yiyong Zhao, Hongjin Dong, Hongyi Chen, Yi Hu, Chien Hsun Huang, Jun Xiang, Hong Ma, 2024, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology on p. 228-251

Regulation of micro- and small-exon retention and other splicing processes by GRP20 for flower development

Jun Wang, Xinwei Ma, Yi Hu, Guanhua Feng, Chunce Guo, Xin Zhang, Hong Ma, 2024, Nature Plants on p. 66-85

Most-Cited Papers

Resolution of deep angiosperm phylogeny using conserved nuclear genes and estimates of early divergence times

Liping Zeng, Qiang Zhang, Renran Sun, Hongzhi Kong, Ning Zhang, Hong Ma, 2014, Nature Communications

Evolution of rosaceae fruit types based on nuclear phylogeny in the context of geological times and genome duplication

Yezi Xiang, Chien Hsun Huang, Yi Hu, Jun Wen, Shisheng Li, Tingshuang Yi, Hongyi Chen, Jun Xiang, Hong Ma, 2017, Molecular Biology and Evolution on p. 262-281

The water lily genome and the early evolution of flowering plants

Liangsheng Zhang, Fei Chen, Xingtan Zhang, Zhen Li, Yiyong Zhao, Rolf Lohaus, Xiaojun Chang, Wei Dong, Simon Y.W. Ho, Xing Liu, Aixia Song, Junhao Chen, Wenlei Guo, Zhengjia Wang, Yingyu Zhuang, Haifeng Wang, Xuequn Chen, Juan Hu, Yanhui Liu, Yuan Qin, Kai Wang, Shanshan Dong, Yang Liu, Shouzhou Zhang, Xianxian Yu, Qian Wu, Liangsheng Wang, Xueqing Yan, Yuannian Jiao, Hongzhi Kong, Xiaofan Zhou, Cuiwei Yu, Yuchu Chen, Fan Li, Jihua Wang, Wei Chen, Xinlu Chen, Qidong Jia, Chi Zhang, Yifan Jiang, Wanbo Zhang, Guanhua Liu, Jianyu Fu, Feng Chen, Hong Ma, Yves Van de Peer, Haibao Tang, 2020, Nature on p. 79-84

Widespread Whole Genome Duplications Contribute to Genome Complexity and Species Diversity in Angiosperms

Ren Ren, Haifeng Wang, Chunce Guo, Ning Zhang, Liping Zeng, Yamao Chen, Hong Ma, Ji Qi, 2018, Molecular Plant on p. 414-428

Resolution of brassicaceae phylogeny using nuclear genes uncovers nested radiations and supports convergent morphological evolution

Chien Hsun Huang, Renran Sun, Yi Hu, Liping Zeng, Ning Zhang, Liming Cai, Qiang Zhang, Marcus A. Koch, Ihsan Al-Shehbaz, Patrick P. Edger, J. Chris Pires, Dun Yan Tan, Yang Zhong, Hong Ma, 2016, Molecular Biology and Evolution on p. 394-412

RNA-seq analyses of multiple meristems of soybean: Novel and alternative transcripts, evolutionary and functional implications

Lei Wang, Chenlong Cao, Qibin Ma, Qiaoying Zeng, Haifeng Wang, Zhihao Cheng, Genfeng Zhu, Ji Qi, Hong Ma, Hai Nian, Yingxiang Wang, 2014, BMC Plant Biology

The NAC family transcription factor OsNAP confers abiotic stress response through the ABA pathway

Xu Chen, Yaofeng Wang, Bo Lv, Jie Li, Liqiong Luo, Songchong Lu, Xuan Zhang, Hong Ma, Feng Ming, 2014, Plant and Cell Physiology on p. 604-619

The hornwort genome and early land plant evolution

Jian Zhang, Xin Xing Fu, Rui Qi Li, Xiang Zhao, Yang Liu, Ming He Li, Arthur Zwaenepoel, Hong Ma, Bernard Goffinet, Yan Long Guan, Jia Yu Xue, Yi Ying Liao, Qing Feng Wang, Qing Hua Wang, Jie Yu Wang, Guo Qiang Zhang, Zhi Wen Wang, Yu Jia, Mei Zhi Wang, Shan Shan Dong, Jian Fen Yang, Yuan Nian Jiao, Ya Long Guo, Hong Zhi Kong, An Ming Lu, Huan Ming Yang, Shou Zhou Zhang, Yves Van de Peer, Zhong Jian Liu, Zhi Duan Chen, 2020, Nature Plants on p. 107-118

The DYT1-interacting proteins bHLH010, bHLH089 and bHLH091 are redundantly required for Arabidopsis anther development and transcriptome

Engao Zhu, Chenjiang You, Shuangshuang Wang, Jie Cui, Baixiao Niu, Yingxiang Wang, Ji Qi, Hong Ma, Fang Chang, 2015, Plant Journal on p. 976-990

Arabidopsis TOE proteins convey a photoperiodic signal to antagonize CONSTANS and regulate flowering time

Bailong Zhang, Liang Wang, Liping Zeng, Chao Zhang, Hong Ma, 2015, Genes and Development on p. 975-987

News Articles Featuring Hong Ma

Jul 31, 2024

How duplicated genomes helped grasses diversify and thrive

Grasses cover about 40% of the Earth’s land surface, thriving in a multitude of environments. The evolutionary success of this plant family, which includes rice, maize, wheat and bamboo, likely results from a history of whole-genome duplications, according to a new analysis led by Penn State biologists.

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Jun 20, 2024

New tomato, potato family tree shows that fruit color and size evolved together

Fruits of Solanum plants, a group in the nightshade family, are incredibly diverse, ranging from sizable red tomatoes and purple eggplants to the poisonous green berries on potato plants. A new and improved family tree of this group, produced by an international team led by researchers at Penn State, helps explain the striking diversity of fruit colors and sizes and how they might have evolved.

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Apr 03, 2024

New sunflower family tree reveals multiple origins of flower symmetry

The sunflower family tree revealed that flower symmetry evolved multiple times independently, a process called convergent evolution, among the members of this large plant family, according to a new analysis.

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Feb 02, 2024

Newly identified protein helps flowers develop all the right parts

Flowers rely on a newly identified protein to develop properly with all of their organs, according to the research team who made the discovery.

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May 23, 2023

Orchids’ ability to grow on other plants independently evolved multiple times

The most extensive study of the genetic relationships among orchids to date reveals that the flower’s ability to grow on other plants evolved independently multiple times.

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Mar 10, 2022

How grasses like wheat can grow in the cold

A new, large-scale analysis of the relationships among members of the largest subfamily of grasses, which includes wheat and barley, reveals gene-duplication events that contributed to the adaptation of the plants to cooler temperatures.

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Mar 01, 2022

A new molecular family tree of grasses

The evolutionary relationships among grasses — including important crop plants like wheat, rice, corn, and sugarcane — have been clarified in a new molecular study of the grass family tree. Having a clear picture of the relationships among the grasses can help understanding of how important crop traits like seed size or disease resistance evolves and eventually could inform manipulation of these traits to increase crop yields.

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Jan 03, 2020

Water lily genome expands picture of the early evolution of flowering plants

The newly reported genome sequence of a water lily sheds light on the early evolution of angiosperms, the group of all flowering plants. An international team of researchers, including scientists at Penn State, used high-throughput next-generation sequencing technology to read out the water lily’s (Nymphaea colorata) genome and transcriptome — the set of all genes expressed as RNAs.

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