The article published in Nature Communications reports a research finding by a Yunnan University (YNU) research team led by Cindy Q, on Oct 26. Tang’s team worked in partnership with various domestic and foreign research teams and achieved a major research finding. [Photo/ynu.edu.cn]

A research finding made by a Yunnan University (YNU) biology research team was reported in the international journal Nature Communications, on Oct 26.

The main research team was led by Cindy Q. Tang working at the university’s Institute of Ecology and Geobotany, in partnership with domestic and foreign research teams. 

The title of their finding is: Identifying long-term stable refugia for relict plant species in East Asia. 

The authors are Cindy Q. Tang, Tetsuya Matsui, Haruka Ohashi, Yi-Fei Dong, Arata Momohara, Sonia Herrando-Moraira, Shenhua Qian, Yongchuan Yang, Masahiko Ohsawa, Hong Truong Luu, Paul J. Grote, Pavel V. Krestov, Ben LePage, Marinus Werger, Kevin Robertson, Carsten Hobohm, Chong-Yun Wang, Ming-Chun Peng, Xi Chen, Huan-Chong Wang, Wen-Hua Su, Rui Zhou, Shuaifeng Li, Long-Yuan He, Kai Yan, Ming-Yuan Zhu, Jun Hu, Ruo-Han Yang, Wang-Jun Li, Mizuki Tomita, Zhao-Lu Wu, Hai-Zhong Yan, Guang-Fei Zhang, Hai He, Si-Rong Yi, Hede Gong, Kun Song, Ding Song, Xiao-Shuang Li, Zhi-Ying Zhang, Peng-Bin Han, Li-Qin Shen, Diao-Shun Huang, Kang Luo and Jordi López-Pujo. 

The article can be found at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06837-3.