publications
2017
13. Zhong J, McKeown M, Poire A#, Preston JC. (Accepted) Successive evolutionary steps drove the transition of Pooideae grasses from the tropics to the northern temperate zone. New Phytologist DOI: 10.1111/nph.14868 (# undergraduate coauthor)
12. Zhao J-L, Zhong J, Fan Y-L, Xia Y-M and Li Q-J. 2017. A preliminary species-level phylogeny of the alpine ginger Roscoea: implications for speciation. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 55(3): 215-224.
11. Zhong J, Preston JC, Hileman L and Kellogg EA. (In press) Repeated and diverse losses of corolla bilateral symmetry in the Lamiales. Annals of Botany 119(7):1211-1223.
2016
10. Zhong J, Powell S#, and Preston JC. 2016. Functional Changes of NAC-domain transcription factors is implicated in the evolution of petal fusion. Plant Biology 18: 893-902. (# undergraduate coauthor)
9. Preston JC, Zhong J, McKeown M, den Bakker M, Friedman J. 2016. Comparative transcriptomics indicates a role for SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE (SVP) genes in Mimulus guttatus vernalization response. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 6: 1239-49.
2015
8. Zhong J, and Kellogg EA. 2015. Stepwise evolution of corolla symmetry in CYCLOIDEA2-like and RADIALIS-like gene expression patterns in Lamiales. American Journal of Botany. 102: 1260-1267.
7. Zhong J, and Preston JC. 2015. Bridging the gaps: evolution and development of perianth fusion. New Phytologist 208: 330-335.
6. Zhong J, and Kellogg EA. 2015. Duplication and expression of CYC2-like genes in the origin and maintenance of corolla zygomorphy in Lamiales. New Phytologist 205: 852–868.
2014
5. Estep MC*, McKain MR*, Vela Diaz D*, Zhong J*, Hodge JG, Hodkinson TR, Layton DJ, Malcomber ST, Pasquet R, Kellogg EA. 2014. Allopolyploidy, diversification, and the Miocene grassland expansion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111: 15149–15154.
4. Thiel T, Pratte BS, Zhong J, Goodwin L, Copeland A, Lucas S, Han C, Pitluck S, Land ML, Kyrpides NC, et al. 2014. Complete genome sequence of Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413. Standards in Genomic Sciences 9: 562–573.
Before 2014
3. Estep MC, Diaz DMV, Zhong J, Kellogg EA. 2012. Eleven diverse nuclear-encoded phylogenetic markers for the subfamily Panicoideae (Poaceae). American Journal of Botany 99: e443–e446.
2. Triplett JK, Wang Y, Zhong J, Kellogg EA. 2012. Five nuclear loci resolve the polyploid history of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) and relatives. PLoS ONE 7: e38702.
1. Zhong J, Li J, Li L, Conran JG, Li H-W. 2010. Phylogeny of Isodon (Schrad. ex Benth.) Spach (Lamiaceae) and related genera inferred from nuclear ribosomal ITS, trnL-trnF region, and rps16 intron sequences and morphology. Systematic Botany 35: 207–219.
13. Zhong J, McKeown M, Poire A#, Preston JC. (Accepted) Successive evolutionary steps drove the transition of Pooideae grasses from the tropics to the northern temperate zone. New Phytologist DOI: 10.1111/nph.14868 (# undergraduate coauthor)
12. Zhao J-L, Zhong J, Fan Y-L, Xia Y-M and Li Q-J. 2017. A preliminary species-level phylogeny of the alpine ginger Roscoea: implications for speciation. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 55(3): 215-224.
11. Zhong J, Preston JC, Hileman L and Kellogg EA. (In press) Repeated and diverse losses of corolla bilateral symmetry in the Lamiales. Annals of Botany 119(7):1211-1223.
2016
10. Zhong J, Powell S#, and Preston JC. 2016. Functional Changes of NAC-domain transcription factors is implicated in the evolution of petal fusion. Plant Biology 18: 893-902. (# undergraduate coauthor)
9. Preston JC, Zhong J, McKeown M, den Bakker M, Friedman J. 2016. Comparative transcriptomics indicates a role for SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE (SVP) genes in Mimulus guttatus vernalization response. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 6: 1239-49.
2015
8. Zhong J, and Kellogg EA. 2015. Stepwise evolution of corolla symmetry in CYCLOIDEA2-like and RADIALIS-like gene expression patterns in Lamiales. American Journal of Botany. 102: 1260-1267.
7. Zhong J, and Preston JC. 2015. Bridging the gaps: evolution and development of perianth fusion. New Phytologist 208: 330-335.
6. Zhong J, and Kellogg EA. 2015. Duplication and expression of CYC2-like genes in the origin and maintenance of corolla zygomorphy in Lamiales. New Phytologist 205: 852–868.
2014
5. Estep MC*, McKain MR*, Vela Diaz D*, Zhong J*, Hodge JG, Hodkinson TR, Layton DJ, Malcomber ST, Pasquet R, Kellogg EA. 2014. Allopolyploidy, diversification, and the Miocene grassland expansion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111: 15149–15154.
4. Thiel T, Pratte BS, Zhong J, Goodwin L, Copeland A, Lucas S, Han C, Pitluck S, Land ML, Kyrpides NC, et al. 2014. Complete genome sequence of Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413. Standards in Genomic Sciences 9: 562–573.
Before 2014
3. Estep MC, Diaz DMV, Zhong J, Kellogg EA. 2012. Eleven diverse nuclear-encoded phylogenetic markers for the subfamily Panicoideae (Poaceae). American Journal of Botany 99: e443–e446.
2. Triplett JK, Wang Y, Zhong J, Kellogg EA. 2012. Five nuclear loci resolve the polyploid history of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) and relatives. PLoS ONE 7: e38702.
1. Zhong J, Li J, Li L, Conran JG, Li H-W. 2010. Phylogeny of Isodon (Schrad. ex Benth.) Spach (Lamiaceae) and related genera inferred from nuclear ribosomal ITS, trnL-trnF region, and rps16 intron sequences and morphology. Systematic Botany 35: 207–219.