Shen, Xing-Xing

Tempo and Mode of Genome Evolution in the Budding Yeast Subphylum

Shen, X.-X., Opulente, D. A., Kominek, J., Zhou, X., Steenwyk, J. L., Buh, K. V., Haase, M. A. B., Wisecaver, J. H., Wang, M., Doering, D. T., et al. (2018) · Cell

Yeasts and Rust Fungi StudiesFungal and yeast genetics research

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Contentious relationships in phylogenomic studies can be driven by a handful of genes

Shen, X.-X., Hittinger, C. T., & Rokas, A. (2017) · Nature Ecology & Evolution

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesProtist diversity and phylogeny

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Evaluating fast maximum likelihood-based phylogenetic programs using empirical phylogenomic data sets

Zhou, X., Shen, X.-X., Hittinger, C. T., & Rokas, A. (2018) · Molecular Biology and Evolution

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

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Extensive loss of cell-cycle and DNA repair genes in an ancient lineage of bipolar budding yeasts

Steenwyk, J. L., Opulente, D. A., Kominek, J., Shen, X.-X., Zhou, X., Labella, A. L., Bradley, N. P., Eichman, B. F., Čadež, N., Libkind, D., et al. (2019) · PLoS Biology

Fungal and yeast genetics researchYeasts and Rust Fungi Studies

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Rooting the Animal Tree of Life

Li, Y., Shen, X.-X., Evans, B., Dunn, C. W., & Rokas, A. (2021) · Molecular Biology and Evolution

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

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Genomic factors shape carbon and nitrogen metabolic niche breadth across Saccharomycotina yeasts

Opulente, D. A., LaBella, A. L., Harrison, M.-C., Wolters, J. F., Liu, C., Li, Y., Kominek, J., Steenwyk, J. L., Stoneman, H. R., VanDenAvond, J., et al. (2024) · Science

Fungal and yeast genetics researchYeasts and Rust Fungi Studies

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Stable hypermutators revealed by the genomic landscape of genes involved in genome stability among yeast species

Gonçalves, C., Steenwyk, J. L., Rinker, D. C., Opulente, D. A., LaBella, A. L., Harrison, M.-C., Wolters, J. F., Zhou, X., Shen, X.-X., Covo, S., et al. (2025) · Molecular Biology and Evolution

Fungal and yeast genetics researchEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

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