Prof. Cao Fuliang’s Team Published High-Quality Ginkgo Genome

On June 14, 2021, Nanjing Forestry University and Institute of Agricultural Genomics of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has published an online paper entitled "The nearly complete genome of Ginkgo biloba illuminates gymnosperm evolution" in ‘Nature Plants’ (link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-00933-x).

Liu Hailin, a PhD candidate of NFU, was the first author. Research Associate Wang Xiaobo and Research Fellow Cuipeng of Institute of Agricultural Genomics of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Prof. Wang Guibin of NFU were the co-authors.  Prof. Yin Tongming and Prof. Cao Fuliang of NFU and Research Fellow Ruan Jue of Institute of Agricultural Genomics of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences were the corresponding authors. The achievement was funded by National Forestry Administration, Natural Science Foundation of China, and Nanjing Forestry University.