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  1. The 3D Genome of Gigaspora margarita Unveils Stable Chromatin and Nucleolar Organization and Symbiont-Dependent Genome Dynamics

    Article • January 2026, openRxiv

    Dr. Yan Wang

  2. Description of Gopheromyces tardescens , gen. nov., sp.nov., Gigasporangiomyces pilosus, gen. nov., sp.nov., Kelyphomyces adhaerens, ...

    Article • November 2025, openRxiv

    Dr. Yan Wang

  3. From fragmentation to resolution: high-fidelity genome assembly of zancudomyces culisetae through comparative insights from PacBio, Nanopore, and Illumina sequencing

    Article • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, September 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Yan Wang

  4. A conserved small RNA-generating gene cluster undergoes sequence diversification and contributes to plant immunity

    Article • July 2025, openRxiv

    Dr. Yan Wang

  5. Insect gut-dwelling fungus Zancudomyces culisetae: A hidden player in mosquito development

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, July 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Yan Wang

  6. From Fragmentation to Resolution: High-Fidelity Genome Assembly of Zancudomyces culisetae through Comparative Insights from PacBio, Nanopore, and Illumina Sequencing

    Article • April 2025, openRxiv

    Dr. Yan Wang

  7. The diversity of Acarosporaceae (Acarosporales, Lecanoromycetes) in California

    Article • MycoKeys, January 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Yan Wang

  8. Anaerobic gut fungal community in ostriches ( Struthio camelus )

    Article • ISME Communications, January 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Yan Wang

  9. First record of trichomycete fungi from Rouge National Urban Park and Greater Toronto Area

    Article • Botany, January 2025, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr. Yan Wang

  10. De Novo Long-Read Genome Assembly and Annotation of the Mosquito Gut-Dwelling Fungus, Smittium minutisporum

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, November 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Yan Wang

  11. Anaerobic fungi in the tortoise alimentary tract illuminate early stages of host-fungal symbiosis and Neocallimastigomycota evolution

    Article • Nature Communications, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Yan Wang

  12. Anaerobic fungi in the tortoise alimentary tract illuminate early stages of host-fungal symbiosis and Neocallimastigomycota evolution

    Article • September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Yan Wang

  13. Anaerobic fungi in the tortoise alimentary tract illuminate early stages of host-fungal symbiosis and Neocallimastigomycota evolution

    Article • August 2023, openRxiv

    Dr. Yan Wang

  14. Sequencing the Genomes of the First Terrestrial Fungal Lineages: What Have We Learned?

    Article • Microorganisms, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Yan Wang

  15. Patterns and determinants of the global herbivorous mycobiome

    Article • Nature Communications, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Yan Wang

  16. Divergent Evolution of Early Terrestrial Fungi Reveals the Evolution of Mucormycosis Pathogenicity Factors

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, March 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Yan Wang

  17. CIGAF—a database and interactive platform for insect-associated trichomycete fungi

    Article • Database, January 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Yan Wang

  18. Patterns and determinants of the global herbivorous mycobiome

    Article • December 2022, Research Square

    Casey Meili, Dr. Yan Wang

  19. Patterns and determinants of the global herbivorous mycobiome

    Article • November 2022, openRxiv

    Dr. Yan Wang

  20. Phylogenomic analysis of the Neocallimastigomycota: Proposal of Caecomycetaceae fam. nov., Piromycetaceae fam. nov., and emended description of the families ...

    Article • July 2022, openRxiv

    Dr. Yan Wang

  21. Divergent evolution of early terrestrial fungi reveals the evolution of Mucormycosis pathogenicity factors

    Article • June 2022, openRxiv

    Dr. Yan Wang

  22. Early branching arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Paraglomus occultum carries a small and repeat-poor genome compared to relatives in the Glomeromycotina

    Article • Microbial Genomics, April 2022, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr. Yan Wang

  23. DNA extraction from insect gut-dwelling fungi v1

    Article • February 2022, ZappyLab, Inc.

    Dr. Yan Wang

  24. DNA extraction from insect gut-dwelling fungi v1

    Article • February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Yan Wang

  25. Ecological Role of 6OH-BDE47: Is It a Chemical Offense Molecule Mediated by Enoyl-ACP Reductases?

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, December 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Yan Wang

  26. Acarosporaceae of the Chihuahuan Desert: four Magnusson species saved from synonymy and a new yellow species

    Article • The Bryologist, November 2021, American Bryological and Lichenological Society

    Dr. Yan Wang

  27. Three species of Trimmatothelopsis (Acarosporaceae) from Europe and North America

    Article • The Bryologist, May 2021, American Bryological and Lichenological Society

    Dr. Yan Wang

  28. Genome-scale phylogenetic analyses confirm Olpidium as the closest living zoosporic fungus to the non-flagellated, terrestrial fungi

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Yan Wang

  29. The genome of Geosiphon pyriformis reveals ancestral traits linked to the emergence of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

    Article • Current Biology, February 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Yan Wang

  30. A genome-scale phylogeny of the kingdom Fungi

    Article • Current Biology, February 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Yan Wang

  31. Ion channel profiling of the Lymnaea stagnalis ganglia via transcriptome analysis

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Yan Wang

  32. Genome-scale phylogenetic analyses confirm Olpidium as the closest living zoosporic fungus to the non-flagellated, terrestrial fungi

    Article • September 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Yan Wang

  33. A genome-scale phylogeny of Fungi; insights into early evolution, radiations, and the relationship between taxonomy and phylogeny

    Article • August 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Yan Wang

  34. Phylogenomic Analyses of Non-Dikarya Fungi Supports Horizontal Gene Transfer Driving Diversification of Secondary Metabolism in the Amphibian Gastrointestinal Symbiont, Basidiobolus

    Article • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, July 2020, Genetics Society of America

    Dr. Yan Wang

  35. Ion channel profiling of the Lymnaea stagnalis ganglia via transcriptome analysis

    Article • June 2020, Research Square

    Dr. Yan Wang

  36. Phylogenomic analyses of non-Dikarya fungi supports horizontal gene transfer driving diversification of secondary metabolism in the amphibian gastrointestinal symbiont, Basidiobolus

    Article • April 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Yan Wang

  37. The monophyletic Sarcogyne canadensis–wheeleri clade, a newly recognized group sister to the European Acarospora glaucocarpa group

    Article • The Bryologist, January 2020, American Bryological and Lichenological Society

    Dr. Yan Wang

  38. Molecular Dating of the Emergence of Anaerobic Rumen Fungi and the Impact of Laterally Acquired Genes

    Article • mSystems, August 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr. Yan Wang

  39. Diversification of the gut fungi (Harpellales) co-occurred with the origin of complete metamorphosis of their symbiotic insect hosts (lower Diptera)

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Yan Wang

  40. Advances and Applications in the Quest for Orthologs

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, June 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Yan Wang, Dr Christophe Dessimoz

  41. Horizontal Gene Transfer as an Indispensable Driver for Evolution of Neocallimastigomycota into a Distinct Gut-Dwelling Fungal Lineage

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr. Yan Wang

  42. Horizontal gene transfer as an indispensible driver for Neocallimastigomycota evolution into a distinct gut-dwelling fungal lineage

    Article • December 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Yan Wang

  43. Comparative genomics and divergence time estimation of the anaerobic fungi in herbivorous mammals

    Article • August 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Yan Wang

  44. Comparisons of the insect-related fungal organisms using genomic information

    Article • mBio, May 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr. Yan Wang

  45. Genome annoucement of Capniomyces stellatus

    Article • Genome Announcements, August 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr. Yan Wang

  46. The fungus, Zancudomyces culisetae, can encode a mosquito-like protein degradation flag (ubiquitin).

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, June 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Yan Wang

  47. Using a five-gene phylogeny to test morphology-based hypotheses of Smittium and allies, endosymbiotic gut fungi (Harpellales) associated with arthropods

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Yan Wang

  48. An eight-gene molecular phylogeny of the Kickxellomycotina, including the first phylogenetic placement of Asellariales

    Article • Mycologia, June 2014, Mycological Society of America

    Dr. Yan Wang

  49. Examining new phylogenetic markers to uncover the evolutionary history of early-diverging fungi: comparing MCM7, TSR1 and rRNA genes for single- and multi-gene analyses of the Kickxellomycotina

    Article • Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi, June 2013, Naturalis Biodiversity Center

    Dr. Yan Wang

  50. Overview of 75 years of Smittium research, establishing a new genus for Smittium culisetae, and prospects for future revisions of the 'Smittium' clade

    Article • Mycologia, July 2012, Mycological Society of America

    Dr. Yan Wang

  51. Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Yan Wang, Prof. Csaba Vágvölgyi