Publications (Google Scholar profile) (*equal contribution, #corresponding author)

Since the appointment at BNU:

  1. Lyu Y, Shi Y, Song K, Zhou J, Chen H, Li XC#, Yu Y#, Lu H. 2026. Intergeneric chromosomal transfer in yeast results in improved phenotypes and widespread transcriptional responses. Nature Communications 17 (1):1419.

Before BNU:

  1. Fay JC, Miller JH, Dashko S, Hyma KE, Liu P, Volk H, Cohen H, Rahman NF, Tang K, Longan ER, Li XC, et al. 2026. Distribution of yeast species and their resistance to copper and sulfite across arboreal and viticulture habitats. FEMS Yeast Res. 26:foaf074.
  2. Gandara L, Jacoby R, Laurent F, Spatuzzi M, Vlachopoulos N, Borst NO, Ekmen G, Potel CM, Garrido-Rodriguez M, Böhmert AL, Misunou N, Bartmanski BJ, Li XC, et al. 2024. Pervasive sublethal effects of agrochemicals on insects at environmentally relevant concentrations. Science 386:446–453.
  3. Li XC#, Srinivasan V, Laiker I, Misunou N, Frankel N, Pallares LF, Crocker J#. 2024. TF-High-Evolutionary: in vivo mutagenesis of gene regulatory networks for the study of the genetics and evolution of the Drosophila regulatory genome. Molecular Biology and Evolution 41(8):msae167.
  4. Li XC#, Gandara L, Ekelöf M, Richter K, Alexandrov T, Crocker J#. 2024. Rapid response of fly populations to gene dosage across development and generations. Nature Communications 15:4551.
  5. Li XC#, Fuqua T, van Breugel ME, Crocker J#. 2023. Mutational scans reveal differential evolvability of Drosophila promoters and enhancers. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 378:20220054.
  6. Li XC#, Fay JC. 2019. Multiple changes underlie allelic divergence of CUP2 between Saccharomyces. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 9(11):3595–3600.
  7. Zhang Y*, Li Y*, Li T*, Shen X*, Zhu T, Tao Y, Li X, Wang D, Ma Q, Hu Z, Liu J, Ruan J, Cai J, Wang H-Y#, Lu X#. 2019. Genetic load and potential mutational meltdown in cancer cell populations. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36(3):541–552.
  8. Li XC#, Peris D, Hittinger CT, Sia EA, Fay JC#. 2019. Mitochondria-encoded genes contribute to the evolution of heat and cold tolerance in yeast. Science Advances 5(1):eaav1848.
  9. Baker EP, Peris D, Moriarty RV, Li XC, Fay JC, Hittinger CT#. 2019. Mitochondrial DNA and temperature tolerance in lager yeasts. Science Advances 5(1):eaav1869.
  10. Li XC, Fay JC#. 2017. Cis-regulatory divergence in gene expression between two thermally divergent yeast species. Genome Biology and Evolution 9(5):1120–1129.