2002和2005年在安徽农业大学先后获学士和硕士学位，2010年在中国科学院植物研究所获博士学位并留所工作，历任助理研究员、副研究员和研究员。2016年入选中国科学院青年创新促进会。2018—2020年在德国马普植物育种研究所公派访问。

主要研究方向

苦苣苔科关键花部性状的进化发育生物学

近年来主要聚焦于花对称性及相关性状协同进化的分子调控机制、大岩桐属套筒花栽培种的杂交起源、花形花色控制基因的启动子多靶点基因编辑研究等。

主持和参加的科研项目

8. 北京市自然科学基金面上项目“大岩桐属植物套筒花突变体的驯化机制”（5222022, 2022.01–2024.12），主持人

7. 农业农村部专项项目子课题“抗倒伏大豆种质资源精准鉴定”（19211109, 2021.12–2022.04），主持人

6. 国家自然科学基金面上项目“斑叶草（苦苣苔科）两侧对称花形成的调控网络研究”（31670217, 2017.01–2020.12），主持人

5. 中国科学院战略生物资源服务网络计划植物种质资源创新项目“花对称性新型模式植物斑叶草高效转基因体系的建立”（ZSZC-001, 2016.11–2017.10），骨干成员

4. 中国科学院青年创新促进会人才项目（2016079, 2016.03–2020.02），主持人

3. 国家自然科学基金重点项目“石蝴蝶属植物适应性快速分化的分子进化机制研究”（31530003, 2016.01–2020.12），骨干成员

2. 国家自然科学基金面上项目“石山苣苔属花器官形态分化和物种适应性进化的分子机制研究” （31300197, 2015.01–2018.12），骨干成员

1. 国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目“烟叶苣苔RAD类基因的招募及进化意义研究”（31300197, 2014.01–2016.12），主持人

代表性论文（^#共同第一作者，^*通讯作者）

2025

Yang X^#*, Liu Q^#, Wang M-M^#, Wang X-Y, Han M-Q, Liu F-P, Lü T-F, Liu J, Wang Y-Z (2025) A single dominant GLOBOSA allele accounts for repeated origins of hose-in-hose flowers in Sinningia (Gesneriaceae). Plant Cell 37(1): koae283.

2024

Guo F-X^#, Yang R-X^#, Yang X^#, Liu J, Wang Y-Z^*(2024) Application of an efficient enhancer in gene function research. Plants 2024, 13: 3120.

2023

Yang X^#, Wang Y^#, Liu T-X^#, Liu Q, Liu J, Lü T-F, Yang R-X, Guo F-X, Wang Y-Z^*(2023)CYCLOIDEA-like genes control floral symmetry, floral orientation, and nectar guide patterning. Plant Cell 35: 2799–2820.

(Highlighted article, commented by Humberto Herrera-Ubaldo. 2023. The extended functions of CYCLOIDEA-like genes in the control of floral architecture. Plant Cell 35: 2703–2704.)

2022

Sang Q^#, Vayssières A^#, Ó’Maoiléidigh DS, Yang X, Vincent C, Bertran Garcia de Olalla E, Cerise M, Franzen R, Coupland G^*(2022) MicroRNA172 controls inflorescence meristem size through regulation of APETALA2 in Arabidopsis. New Phytol 235: 356–371.

Wang J-J^#, Wang Y^#, Lü T-F, Yang X, Liu J, Dong Y^*, Wang Y-Z^*(2022) An efficient and universal protoplast isolation protocol suitable for transient gene expression analysis and single-cell RNA sequencing. Int J Mol Sci 23: 3419.

2021

Liu J, Wang J-J, Wu J, Wang Y, Liu Q, Liu F-P, Yang X*, Wang Y-Z* (2021) An optimized transformation system and functional test of CYC-like TCP gene CpCYC in Chirita pumila (Gesneriaceae). Int J Mol Sci 22(9): 4544.

Liu J^#, Wu J^#, Yang X, Wang Y-Z^*(2021) Regulatory pathways of CYC-like genes in patterning floral zygomorphy exemplified in Chirita pumila. J Syst Evol 59: 567–580.

2020

Sang Q^#, Pajoro A^#, Sun H, Song B, Yang X, Stolze SC, Andrés F, Schneeberger K, Nakagami H, Coupland G^*(2020) Mutagenesis of a quintuple mutant impaired in environmental responses reveals roles for CHROMATIN REMODELING4 in the Arabidopsis floral transition. Plant Cell 32: 1479–1500.

(Highlighted article, commented by Hanna Hõrak. 2020. Remodeling flowering: CHROMATIN REMODELING4 promotes the floral transition. Plant Cell32: 1346–1347.)

2018

Liu J^#, Li C-Q^#, Dong Y, Yang X, Wang Y-Z^*(2018) Dosage imbalance of B- and C-class genes causes petaloid-stamen relating to F₁ hybrid variation. BMC Plant Biol 18: 341.

Dong Y^#, Liu J^#, Li P-W, Li C-Q, Lü T-F, Yang X, Wang Y-Z^* (2018) Evolution of Darwin’s peloric Gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa) is caused by a null mutation in a pleiotropic TCP gene. Mol Biol Evol 35(8): 1901–1915.

2015

Yang X^#, Zhao X-G^#, Li C-Q, Liu J, Qiu Z-J, Dong Y, Wang Y-Z^* (2015) Distinct regulatory changes underlying differential expression of TEOSINTE BRANCHED 1-CYCLOIDEA-PROLIFERATING CELL FACTOR genes associated with petal variations in zygomorphic flowers of Petrocosmea spp. of the family Gesneriaceae. Plant Physiol 169: 2138–2151.

2014

Liu B-L^#, Yang X^#, Liu J, Dong Y, Wang Y-Z^*(2014) Characterization, efficient transformation and regeneration of Chirita pumila (Gesneriaceae), a potential evo-devo model plant. Plant Cell Tiss Org Cult 118: 357–371.

Dong Y, Yang X, Liu J, Wang B-H, Liu B-L, Wang Y-Z^*(2014) Pod shattering resistance associated with domestication is mediated by a NAC gene in soybean. Nat Commun 5: 3352.

Liu B-L^#, Pang H-B^#, Yang X, Wang Y-Z^*(2014) Functional and evolutionary analyses of Primulina heterotricha CYC1C gene in tobacco and Arabidopsis transformation systems. J Syst Evol 52(1): 112–123.

2012

Yang X, Pang H-B, Liu B-L, Qiu Z-J, Gao Q, Wei L, Dong Y, Wang Y-Z^*(2012) Evolution of double positive autoregulatory feedback loops in CYCLOIDEA2 clade genes is associated with the origin of floral zygomorphy. Plant Cell 24(5): 1834–1847.

(Highlighted article, commented by Jennifer Mach. 2012. Transcription factors and Darwin’s “abominable mystery”: positive autoregulation in floral zygomorphy. Plant Cell 24: 1712.)

2010及以前

Yang X, Cui H, Yuan Z-L, Wang Y-Z^* (2010) Significance of consensus CYC-binding sites found in the promoters of both ChCYC and ChRAD genes in Chirita heterotricha (Gesneriaceae). J Syst Evol 48(4): 249–256.

Yang X^#, Zhang Y-H^#, Yang Z-L, Chen L-J, He J-L, Wang R-F^*(2009) pH dependence of photosynthetic behavior of plant photosystem I particles. Russ J Plant Physiol 56 (5): 599–606.