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Department of Plant Biology Plant Biology Department
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Research Interests
I am interested in a better understanding of genetic, genomic, and ecological mechanisms of plant adaptation and diversification in natural and agricultural systems. I am also interested in applying this understanding to the development and improvement of food, energy, and ecological crops for the long-term sustainability of human society.
Yan et al. 2011. Variability and adaptability of Miscanthus species evaluated for energy crop domestication. Global Change Biology Bioenergy Doi: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01108.x [PDF] Miscanthus adapts
Sang T. 2011. Toward the domestication of lignocellulosic energy crops: Leaning from food crop domestication. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 53: 96-104. (Published online November 2010, DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2010.01006.x) [PDF]
Sang T. and W.-X. Zhu. 2011. China's bioenergy potential. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 3:79-179. (Published online July 2010,DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2010.01064.x [PDF]
Zhu B. et al. 2011. Genetic control of a transition from black to straw-white seed hull in rice domestication. Plant Physiology 155: 1301-1311. [PDF]
Huang X. et al. 2010. Genome-wide association studies of 14 agronomic traits in rice landraces. Nature Genetics 42: 961-967. [PDF]
Wang L., A. Wang, X. Huang, Q. Zhao, G. Dong, Q. Qian, T. Sang, B. Han. 2010. Mapping 49 quantitative trait loci at high resolution through sequencing-based genotyping of rice recombinant inbred lines. Theoretical and Applied Genetics DOI:10.1007/s00122-010-1449-8 [PDF]
Zhang L.-B., Q. Zhu, Z.-Q.Wu, J. Ross-Ibarra, B.S. Gaut, S. Ge, and T. Sang. 2009. Selection on grain shattering genes and rates of rice domestication. New Phytologist 184: 708-720. [PDF]
Huang X., Q. Feng, Q. Qian, Q. Zhao, L. Wang, A. Wang, J. Guan, D. Fan, Q. Weng, T. Huang, G. Dong, T. Sang, B. Han. 2009. High-throughput genotyping by whole-genome resequencing. Genome Research 19:1068-1076. [PDF]
Yan J., H.-J. Chu, H.-C. Wang, J.-Q. Li, and T. Sang. 2009. Population structure of two Medicago species shaped by distinct life form, mating system and seed dispersal. Annals of Botany 103: 825-834. [PDF]
Grillo, M.A, C. Li, A.M. Fowlkes, T.M. Briggeman, A. Zhou, D.W. Schemske, and T. Sang. 2009. Genetic architecture for the adaptive origin of annual wild rice, Oryza nivara. Evolution 63: 870-883. [PDF] Suppl Figs Suppl Table
Sang, T. 2009. Genes and mutations underlying domestication transitions in grasses. Plant Physiology 149: 63-70. [PDF]
Lorts, C.M, T. Briggeman, and T. Sang. 2008. Evolution of fruit types and seed dispersal: A phylogenetic and ecological snapshot. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 46: 396-404. [PDF]
Zou, X.-H., F.-M. Zhang, J.-G. Zhang, L.-L. Zang, L. Tang, J. Wang, T. Sang, and S. Ge. 2008. Analysis of 142 genes resolves the rapid diversification of the rice genus. Genome Biology 9:R49. [PDF]
Sang, T. and S. Ge. 2007. Genetics and phylogenetics of rice domestication. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 17: 533-538.[PDF]
Sang, T. and S. Ge. 2007. The puzzle of rice domestication. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 49:760-768.[PDF]
Li, C. B., A. L. Zhou, and T. Sang. 2006. Rice domestication by reducing shattering. Science 311: 1936-1939. [PDF]
Li, C.B., A.L. Zhou, and T. Sang. 2006. Genetic analysis of rice domestication syndrome with the wild annual species, Oryza nivara. New Phytologist 170: 185-194. [PDF]
Sang. T., J. Pan, D. Zhang, D.M. Ferguson, C. Wang, K. Pan, and D.-Y. Hong. 2004. Origins of polyploids: an example from Paeonia and a model for angiosperms. Biological Journal of Linnean Society 82: 561-571. [PDF]
Sang, T. 2002. Utility of low-copy nuclear gene sequences in plant phylogenetics. Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 37: 121-147. [PDF]
Ferguson, D.M. and T. Sang. 2001. Speciation through homoploid hybridization between allotetraploids in peonies (Paeonia). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 98: 3915-3919. [PDF]
Sang, T. and Y. Zhong. 2000. Testing hybridization hypotheses based on incongruent gene trees. Systematic Biology 49: 422-434. [PDF]
Wang, X.-Q., D.C. Tank, and T. Sang. 2000. Phylogeny and divergence times in the pine family: Evidence from three genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 17: 773-781. [PDF]
Ge, S., T. Sang, B.-R. Lu, and D.-Y. Hong. 1999. Phylogeny of rice genomes with emphasis on origins of allotetraploid species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 96: 14400-14405. [PDF]
