Professor Dr. Shuqing Xu

Professor Dr. Shuqing Xu

Hüfferstr. 1, room 216
48149 Münster

T: 0049 0251 83 21090

Consultation Hours

Tue. 14:00

Academic Profile

  • Research Focus

    Plant evolutionary ecology

    I study the processes of plant adaptation. I aim to address fundamental questions in plant evolutionary ecology using an integrative approach that includes techniques and theories from comparative genomics, quantitative genetics, molecular biology, chemical ecology and experimental evolution.

  • CV

    Academic Education

    Ph.D. ETH Zurich
    Master
    Bachelor, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

    WorkExperience

    Project group leader, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
  • Publications

    Selection

    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . . “Wild tobacco genomes reveal the evolution of nicotine biosynthesis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (23): 61336138. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1700073114.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . . “Tissue-specific emission of (E)-alpha-bergamotene helps resolve the dilemma when pollinators are also herbivores.Current biology, 27 (9): 13361341. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.017.
    • , , , , , and . . “Nicotiana attenuata Data Hub (NaDH): an integrative platform for exploring genomic, transcriptomic and metabolomic data in wild tobacco.BMC Genomics, 18 (1): 79. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-3465-9.
    • , , and . . “Molecular mechanisms of adaptation and speciation: why do we need an integrative approach?Molecular Ecology, 26 (1): 277290. doi: 10.1111/mec.13678.
    • , , , , and . . “Evidence of an evolutionary hourglass pattern in herbivory-induced transcriptomic responses.New Phytologist, 215 (3): 12641273. doi: 10.1111/nph.14644.

    • , , , , , and . . “Evolution of herbivore-induced early defense signaling was shaped by genome-wide duplications in Nicotiana.eLife, 5 doi: 10.7554/eLife.19531.

    • , , , and . . “Insect herbivory elicits genome-wide alternative splicing responses in Nicotiana attenuata.The Plant journal, 84 (1): 228243. doi: 10.1111/tpj.12997.

    • , , , and . . “The genetic basis of pollinator adaptation in a sexually deceptive orchid.PLoS Genetics, 8 (8): e1002889. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002889.

    • , , , , , , and . . “Stearoyl-acyl carrier protein desaturases are associated with floral isolation in sexually deceptive orchids.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (14): 5696701. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1013313108.
    • , , , , , , and . . “Floral isolation is the main reproductive barrier among closely related sexually deceptive orchids.Evolution, 65 (9): 26062620. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01323.x.

    Complete List

    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . . “Return of the Lemnaceae: duckweed as a model plant system in the genomics and postgenomics era.The Plant cell, koab189 doi: 10.1093/plcell/koab189.
    • , , , , , , , , , and . . “Transcriptomic profiling reveals shared signalling networks between flower development and herbivory-induced responses in tomato.Frontiers in Plant Science, 12: 722810. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.722810.
    • , , , , , , , and . . “Controlled hydroxylations of diterpenoids allow for plant chemical defense without autotoxicity.Science, 371 (6526): 255260.

    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . . “An improved high-quality genome assembly and annotation of Tibetan hulless barley.Scientific data, 7 (1): 139. doi: 10.1038/s41597-020-0480-0.
    • , , , , , , and . . “Genotyping-by-Sequencing for Species Delimitation in Lemna Section Uninerves Hegelm. (Lemnaceae).” in The Duckweed Genomes, edited by XH Cao, P Fourounjian and W Wang. Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-11045-1_11.
    • , , , , , , , , and . . “Allelic differences of clustered terpene synthases contribute to correlated intra-specific variation of floral and herbivory-induced volatiles in a wild tobacco.New Phytologist, na (na) doi: 10.1111/nph.16739.

    • , , , , , , , and . . “Evolution of a novel and adaptive floral scent in wild tobacco.Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2019 doi: 10.1093/molbev/msz292.
    • , , , and . . “Evolution of Alternative Splicing in Eudicots.Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 707. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00707.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , and . . “Efficient genetic transformation and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing in Lemna aequinoctialis.Plant Biotechnology Journal(ja) doi: 10.1111/pbi.13128.
    • , , , , , , , , and . . “Low genetic variation is associated with low mutation rate in the giant duckweed.Nature Communications, 10 (1): 1243. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09235-5.

    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . . “Wild tobacco genomes reveal the evolution of nicotine biosynthesis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (23): 61336138. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1700073114.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . . “Tissue-specific emission of (E)-alpha-bergamotene helps resolve the dilemma when pollinators are also herbivores.Current biology, 27 (9): 13361341. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.017.
    • , , , , , , and . . “Species-specific regulation of herbivory-induced defoliation tolerance is associated with jasmonate inducibility.Ecology and Evolution, 7 (11): 37033712. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2953.
    • , , , , , , , , and . . “O-Acyl sugars protect a wild tobacco from both native fungal pathogens and a specialist herbivore.Plant Physiology, 174 (1): 370386. doi: 10.1104/pp.16.01904.
    • , , , , , and . . “Nicotiana attenuata Data Hub (NaDH): an integrative platform for exploring genomic, transcriptomic and metabolomic data in wild tobacco.BMC Genomics, 18 (1): 79. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-3465-9.
    • , , , , , , and . . “NaMYB8 regulates distinct, optimally distributed herbivore defense traits.Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 59 (12): 844850. doi: 10.1111/jipb.12593.
    • , , and . . “Molecular mechanisms of adaptation and speciation: why do we need an integrative approach?Molecular Ecology, 26 (1): 277290. doi: 10.1111/mec.13678.
    • , , and . . “Introduction: integrative molecular ecology is rapidly advancing the study of adaptation and speciation.Molecular Ecology, 26 (1): 16. doi: 10.1111/mec.13947.
    • , , , , and . . “Evidence of an evolutionary hourglass pattern in herbivory-induced transcriptomic responses.New Phytologist, 215 (3): 12641273. doi: 10.1111/nph.14644.
    • , , , , , , and . . “Catechol, a major component of smoke, influences primary root growth and root hair elongation through reactive oxygen species-mediated redox signaling.New Phytologist, 213 (4): 17551770. doi: 10.1111/nph.14317.

    • , , , , , and . . “Evolution of herbivore-induced early defense signaling was shaped by genome-wide duplications in Nicotiana.eLife, 5 doi: 10.7554/eLife.19531.
    • , , , , , , , and . . “Auxin is rapidly induced by herbivore attack and regulates a subset of systemic, jasmonate-dependent defenses.Plant Physiology, 172 (1): 521532. doi: 10.1104/pp.16.00940.

    • , , , , and . . “Virus-induced gene silencing using tobacco rattle virus as a tool to study the interaction between Nicotiana attenuata and Rhizophagus irregularis.PloS one, 10 (8): e0136234. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136234.
    • , , and . . “The rapidly evolving associations among herbivore associated elicitor-induced phytohormones in Nicotiana.Plant Signal and Behaviour, 10 (7): e1035850. doi: 10.1080/15592324.2015.1035850.
    • , and . . “Modeling the two-locus architecture of divergent pollinator adaptation: how variation in SAD paralogs affects fitness and evolutionary divergence in sexually deceptive orchids.Ecology and Evolution, 5 (2): 493502. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1378.
    • , , , and . . “Insect herbivory elicits genome-wide alternative splicing responses in Nicotiana attenuata.The Plant journal, 84 (1): 228243. doi: 10.1111/tpj.12997.
    • , , , and . . “Herbivore associated elicitor-induced defences are highly specific among closely related Nicotiana species.BMC Plant Biology, 15: 2. doi: 10.1186/s12870-014-0406-0.

    • , , , , , , , , , and . . “Transcriptome and proteome data reveal candidate genes for pollinator attraction in sexually deceptive orchids.PloS one, 8 (5): e64621. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064621.
    • , , , , , and . . “Pollinator shifts between Ophrys sphegodes populations: might adaptation to different pollinators drive population divergence?Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26 (10): 2197208. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12216.

    • , , , and . . “The genetic basis of pollinator adaptation in a sexually deceptive orchid.PLoS Genetics, 8 (8): e1002889. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002889.

    • , , and . . “Pollinator-driven speciation in sexually deceptive orchids.International Journal of Ecology, 2012 doi: 10.1155/2012/285081.
    • , , , , , , and . . “Stearoyl-acyl carrier protein desaturases are associated with floral isolation in sexually deceptive orchids.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (14): 5696701. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1013313108.
    • , , , , , , and . . “Floral isolation is the main reproductive barrier among closely related sexually deceptive orchids.Evolution, 65 (9): 26062620. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01323.x.

    • , , , , , , , and . . “Gene conversion in the rice genome.BMC Genomics, 9: 93. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-93.

    • , , , , , , , , , and . . “High altitude adaptation and phylogenetic analysis of Tibetan horse based on the mitochondrial genome.Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 34 (8): 720729. doi: 10.1016/S1673-8527(07)60081-2.
    • , , , , , , , , , , and . . “Detection of HPV-2 and identification of novel mutations by whole genome sequencing from biopsies of two patients with multiple cutaneous horns.Journal of Clinic Virology, 39 (1): 3442. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.01.002.

    • , , , , , , and . . “Complete sequence and gene organization of the Tibetan chicken mitochondrial genome.Yi Chuan, 28 (7): 769777.

    • , , , , , , , , , , and . . “A mitochondrial genome sequence of the Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii).Genomics Proteomics and Bioinformatics, 3 (1): 517.