Hong Yao

Former Graduate Student

EDUCATION:

  • M.S., Genetics, Academia Sinica, 1996
  • Ph.D., Interdepartmental Genetics, Iowa State University, 2004

EXPERIENCE:

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Missouri, Birchler Lab, 2004-Present

PUBLICATIONS (4):

* Authors contributed equally to the article
  • Yao H, PS Schnable (2005) Cis-effects on meiotic recombination across distinct a1-sh2 intervals in a common Zea genetic background. Genetics, 170(4): 1929-1944.
    [ Abstract | Full Text PDF | doi:10.1534/genetics.104.034454 | PMID: 15937141 | Impact Factor: 3.3 ]
  • Yao H, L Guo*, Y Fu*, LA Borsuk, TJ Wen, DS Skibbe, X Cui, BE Scheffler, J Cao, SJ Emrich, DA Ashlock, PS Schnable (2005) Evaluation of five ab initio gene prediction programs for the discovery of maize genes. Plant Mol Biol, 57(3): 445-460.
    [ Abstract | Full Text PDF | doi:10.1007/s11103-005-0271-1 | PMID: 15830133 | Impact Factor: 5.1 ]
  • Yandeau-Nelson MD, Q Zhou, H Yao, X Xu, BJ Nikolau, PS Schnable (2005) MuDR transposase increases the frequency of meiotic crossovers in the vicinity of a Mu insertion in the maize a1 gene. Genetics, 169(2): 917-929.
    [ Abstract | Full Text PDF | doi:10.1534/genetics.104.035089 | PMID: 15489518 | Impact Factor: 3.3 ]
  • Yao H, Q Zhou, J Li, H Smith, MD Yandeau-Nelson, BJ Nikolau, PS Schnable (2002) Molecular characterization of meiotic recombination across the 140-kb multigenic a1-sh2 interval of maize. PNAS, 99(9): 6157-6162.(A commentary on this manuscript solicited by journal editors and written by Cliff Weil was provided in 99:5763-5765; selected as a "must read" by the Faculty of 1000 Biology)
    [ Abstract | Full Text PDF | doi:10.1073/pnas.082562199 | PMID: 11959909 | Impact Factor: 10.7 | Cited 131 times ] Faculty1000 Recommeded Article