本实验室主要兴趣在于：
系统与进化植物学：运用宏观至微观生物学的手段，通过对基因到表型、个体到群体多个层次上遗传变异式样及其成因的综合分析，研究植物类群的起源、分化和散布，探讨它们现代地理分布格局的成因，揭示植物类群的进化历史及其系统发育关系。
植物居群生物学和保护遗传学：以植物的居群/种群为研究对象，利用群体遗传学的原理和方法，研究目标植物的居群遗传结构、时空动态变化及其成因；探讨物种形成的式样和机制；研究植物遗传多样性产生、维持和丧失的原因和机制，建立多样性保护和利用的理论基础和技术体系。
植物演化发育生物学：通过对植物演化过程中关键创新性性状及其相关基因和表达调控网络的研究，推动对植物表型演化机制和多样性起源的探索。
Research Interests: Research in my laboratory currently focuses on: Plant Systematics, Population Biology and Plant Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Plant Evo-Devo).
代表性论文
1. Li J, Wan Q, Abbott RJ, Rao GY , Geographical distribution of cytotypes in the Chrysanthemum indicum complex as evidenced by ploidy level and genome-size variation. , Journal of Systematics and Evolution , 2013 , 51: 196 – 204.
2. Liu PL, Wan JN, Guo YP, Ge S, Rao GY , Adaptive evolution of the chrysanthemyl diphosphate synthase gene involved in irregular monoterpene metabolism. , BMC Evol Biol , 2012 , 12:214
3. Liu PL, Wan Q, Guo YP, Yang J, Rao GY. , Phylogeny of the Genus Chrysanthemum L.: Evidence from Single-Copy Nuclear Gene and Chloroplast DNA Sequences. , PLoS ONE , 2012 , 7(11): e48970. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048970.
4. Xie ZY, Li X, Glover BJ, Bai SN, Rao GY, Luo JC & Yang J , Duplication and functional diversification of HAP3 genes leading to the origin of the seed-developmental regulatory gene, LEAFY COTYLEDON1 (LEC1), in nonseed plant genomes , Mol. Biol. Evol. , 2008 , 25: 1581-1592.
5. Liang ZC, Yang J & Rao GY , Development of microsatellite markers in an amphicarpic species, Amphicarpaea edgeworthii Benth. (Leguminosae) , Molecular Ecology Notes , 2007 , 7: 863-865
6. Yang WH, Glover BJ, Rao GY & Yang J , Molecular evidence for multiple polyploidization and lineage recombination in the Chrysanthemum indicum polyploid complex (Asteraceae) , New Phytologist , 2006 , 171: 875-886
7. Zhang Y, Yang J & Rao GY , Comparative aerial and subterranean flower development in Amphicarpaea edgeworthii (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae), an amphicapic legume , International Journal of Plant Sciences , 2006 , 167: 943-949
8. Zhang Y, Yang J & Rao GY , Genetic diversity of an amphicarpic species, Amphicarpaea edgeworthii Benth. (Leguminosae) based on RAPD marker , Biochemical Systematics and Ecology , 2005 , 33: 1246-1257
9. Rao GY, Andersson S & Widén B , Developmental stability in Brassica cretica ssp. cretica: the effect of crossing distance on fluctuating asymmetry in cotyledon morphology , Heredity , 2002 , 88: 197-202
10. Rao GY, Andersson S & Widén B , Flower and cotyledon asymmetry in Brassica cretica ssp. cretica: Genetic variation and relationship with fitness , Evolution , 2002 , 56: 690-698
11. Rao GY, Andersson S & Widén B , Pattern of inbreeding depression in a population of Brassica cretica (Brassicaceae): evidence from family-level analyses , Biological Journal of Linnean Society , 2002 , 76: 317-325
12. Wu, SA, Yang, J & Rao GY , Systematic position of Polygonatum simizui (Convallariaceae) based on morphological, cytological and chloroplast DNA sequence data , Botanical Journal of Linnean Society , 2001 , 137: 291-296
13. He, TH, Rao, GY & You, RL , Reproductive biology of Ophiopogon xylorrhizus (Liliaceae s.l.),an endangered endemic of Yunnan, Southwest China , Australian Journal of Botany , 2000 , 48: 101-107
14. He, TH, Rao, GY，You, RL,Ge, S & Zhang, DM. , Genetic diversity of widespread Ophiopogon intermedius: A comparison with endangered O. xylorrhizus , Biological Conservation , 2000 , 96:253-257
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