Youchun Li  is from China. She received her Bachelor and Master degrees of Agronomy in 1984 and 1987, respectively, from the Sichuan Agricultural University, China. As a Research Associate, she worked on Genetics & Breeding of hybrid wheat in Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences for seven years and then, she became an assistant professor in the Agriculture College of the Zhanjiang Marine University. These working experiences gave her incentive to pursue a Ph. D degree in the Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Israel. There, she conducted research of Molecular Population Genetics with supervision of Profs. Eviatar Nevo, Abraham B. Korol, and Dr. Tzion Fahima, and received her Ph. D in 2000. Then, she set off a post-doctoral research work in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Arizona, where she, with Prof. Therese A. Markow, worked on variation of rDNA copy number and intergenic spacers in Drosophila using regular PCR and Quantitative PCR, slot dot etc. She joined the Larkins’ laboratory in Feb. 2002. Now her work is related with maize functional genomics and the  investigation of cell unfolding protein response caused by zein mutants.

List of Publications

1.      Li, YC, AB Korol, T Fahima, A Beiles, E Nevo (2002) Microsatellites: Genomic Distribution, Function and Mutational Mechanisms (a review). Mol. Ecol. (In press)

2.      Li, YC, MS Röder, T Fahima, V Kirzhner, A Beiles, AB Korol, E Nevo (2002) Genetic effects on SSR variation in a natural population of wild emmer wheat, Triticum dicoccoides in Yehudiyya microsite, Israel. Heredity 89,

3.      Li, YC, MS Röder, T Fahima, V Kirzhner, A Beiles, AB Korol, E Nevo (2002) Microclimatic effects on microsatellite diversity in wild emmer wheat. Heredity 89,

4.      Li, YC, T Krugman, T Fahima, A Beiles, MS Röder, AB Korol, E Nevo (2001) Spatiotemporal allozye divergence caused by aridity stress in a natural population of Triticum dicoccoides at an ecologically variable Ammiad microsite, Israel. Theor. Appl. Genet. 102: 853-864. Article in PDF format (119 KB)

5.      Li, YC, T Fahima, AB Korol, JH Peng, MS Röder, A Beiles, E Nevo (2000) Microsatellite variations resulting from interaction of genetic and ecological factors in three populations of wild emmer wheat. Mol. Biol. Evol. 17: 851-862. 

6.      Li, YC, MS Röder, T Fahima A Beiles AB Korol, E Nevo (2000) Natural selection causing microsatellite divergence in wild emmer wheat at an ecological variable microsite Theor. Appl. Genet. 100: 985-999. Article in PDF format (112 KB)

7.      Li, YC, T Fahima, JH Peng, MS Röder, V Kirzhner, A Beiles, AB Korol, E Nevo (2000) Edaphic microsatellite DNA divergence in wild emmer wheat, Triticum dicoccoides at a microsite. Theor. Appl. Genet. 101: 1029-1038. Article in PDF format (85 KB)

8.      Li, YC, T Krugman, T Fahima, A Beiles, MS Röder, AB Korol, E Nevo (2000) Parallel microgeographic genetic diversity and divergence revealed by allozyme, RAPD, and microsatellites in wild emmer wheat, Triticum dicoccoides. Conservation Genetics 1: 191-207.

9.      Peng, JH, T Fahima, MS Röder, YC Li, A Dahan, A Grama, YI Ronin, AB Korol, E Nevo (2000) Microsatellite marker enrichment of stripe-rust resistance gene YrH52 region on chromosome 1B and evaluation of its marker-assisted selection in F2 generation in tetraploid wheat. New Phytologist, 146: 141-156. 

10.    Li, YC, T Fahima, A Beiles, AB Korol, E Nevo (1999) Microclimatic DNA differentiation in wild emmer wheat, Triticum dicoccoides. Theor. Appl. Genet. 98: 873-883. Article in PDF format (175 KB)

11.    Peng, JH, T Fahima, MS Röder, YC Li, A Dahan, A Grama, YI Ronin, AB Korol, E Nevo (1999) Microsatellite tagging of the stripe-rust resistance gene YrH52 derived from wild emmer wheat, Triticum dicoccoides, and suggestive negative crossover interference on chromosome 1B. Theor. Appl. Genet. 98: 862-872.  Article in PDF format (221 KB)

12.     Li, YC, T Krugman, T Fahima, A Beiles, E Nevo (1998) Genetic diversity of alcohol dehydrogenase 3 in wild barley population at the “Evolution Canyon” microsite, Nahal Oren, Mt Carmel, Israel. Barley Genetic Newsletter, vol. 28.

13.    Li, YC, JH Peng, ZQ Liu (1997) Heterosis and combining ability for plant height and its components in hybrid wheat Triticum timopheevi cytoplasm.  Euphytica 95: 337-345.

14.    Li, YC, ZQ Liu (1995) Heterosis and effect of the Rht3 gene on plant height and its components in hybrid bread wheat with T. timopheevi cytoplasm. Breeding Science, 45: 419-423.

15.    Li, YC (1995) The genetic improvement on seed viability of A-line and hybrid in wheat with T. timopheevi cytoplasm. HEREDITAS, 17(6): 12-16.

16.    Li, YC, ZQ Liu (1995) Effect of genetic backgrounds of A-line and R-line on hybrid seed vigor in wheat with T. timopheevi cytoplasm. Agric. J. Southwest China, 8: 13-19.

17.    Liu, ZQ Liu, Y. C. Li. 1994. Heterosis of grain weight in wheat hybrids with T. timopheevi cytoplasm. Euphytica, 75: 189-193.

18.    Li, YC, Liu ZQ (1994) Effect of T. timopheevi cytoplasm on the length of spike-neck and components of plant height in common wheat (Triticum aestivum). Agric. J. Southwest China, 2: 22-24.

19.    Li, YC (1994) The advance and prospects of hybrid wheat breeding in China. In: The Prospective of Crop Breeding (eds. Ren, ZL, Peng JH). Sichuan Scientific and Technical press. pp. 75-78.

20.    Liu, ZQ, YC Li (1993) Study of grain filling characteristics in hybrid wheat with T. timopheevi cytoplasm.  Agric. J. Southwest China, 6: 26-31.

21.    Liu, ZQ, YC Li (1993) Studies on grain-weight heterosis of hybrid wheat with T. timopheevi cytoplasm. In: Advances in hybrid wheat breeding (eds. T. Huang, A. Zhang). Natl. Agric. Press, Beijing, China. pp. 40-45.

22.    Li, YC (1992) The analysis of relationship between grain yield and its components in hybrid wheat with T. timopheevi cytoplasm. J. Sichuan Agric. Univ., 10: 19-25.

23.    Li, YC (1991) The current situation and prospective of hybrid wheat research in china. Seed, 6: 23-24.

24.     Li, YC (1991) The comparative study of response to temperature and light of characters related to source and sink in wheat and barley. J. Sichuan Agric. Univ., 9: 338-343.

25.    Li, YC (1988) Study of the post-floral characters in wheat, barley and triticale. J. Sichuan Agric. Univ., 3: 6-8.

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