Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University
Professor, Category: Ecology and Evolution
Research Expertise: Population Genetics; Molecular Evolution; Phylogeography; Molecular Ecology; Forest Ecology; Environmental Microbiology; Microbial Ecology
Phone: (+886)-2-7749-6330
Email: pcliao@ntnu.edu.tw
Office: B301
Yang, Yong-Zhi†, De-Ming Gao†, Pei-Wei Sun†, Chong-Yi Ke, Qihui Fong, Min-Xin Luo, Run-Hong Gao*, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2025. Margins of adaptation at the desert frontier: Genetic responses of Ammopiptanthus mongolicus in arid northwestern China. Botanical Studies (Accepted) (SCI, IF = 3.1, Rank: 76/273, 27.84%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES)
Chang, Jui-Tse*, Tsung-Chen Lee, Anna K. Valchanova, Tomoko Okamoto, Pei-Chun Liao*, Goro Kokubugata, Yudai Okuyama*. 2025. Match of fruit-scented cone volatile composition with genetic boundary in Cycas revoluta and implications for fruit mimicry pollination. Plant Biology 27(5): 725-739; doi: 10.1111/plb.70052 (SCI, IF = 3.6, Rank: 58/273, 21.25%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Chai, Min-Wei†, Chong-Yi Ke†, Bhanubong Bongcheewin, Thanit Singcharoen, Yu-Hsiu Cho, Yung-I Lee*, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2025. The roles of Kra Isthmus in shaping the genetic structure of Paphiopedilum godefroyae (Orchidaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society boaf034; doi: 10.1093/botlinnean/boaf034 (SCI, IF = 2.2, Rank: 112/273, 41.03%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Chai, Min-Wei, Hsin-Pei Lu, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2025. A historical misstep: Niche shift to specialisation is pushing insular ginger towards an evolutionary dead end. Molecular Ecology 34(10): e17765; doi: 10.1111/mec.17765 (SCI, IF= 3.9, Rank: 9/53, 16.98% 15.23%, Category: EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY) [link]
Chang, Chih-Yi, Pei-Chun Liao, Hsy-Yu Tzeng, Junko Kusumi, Zhi-Hui Su & Yen-Hsueh Tseng*. 2025. Chromosome number variation and phylogenetic divergence of East Asian Cirsium sect. Onotrophe subsect. Nipponocirsium (Compositae), with a new species from Taiwan. Botanical Studies 66: 8; doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40529-025-00454-2 (SCI, IF = 3.1, Rank: 76/273, 27.84%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Sun, Pei-Wei, Jui-Tse Chang, Min-Xin Luo, Chien-Ti Chao, Fang K. Du*, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2025. In situ diversification and adaptive introgression in Taiwanese Scutellaria. Plant Biology 27(2): 238-254; doi: 10.1111/plb.13769 (SCI, IF = 3.6, Rank: 48/273, 21.25%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Yang, Yong-Zhi†, Pei-Wei Sun†, Chong-Yi Ke†, Min-Xin Luo, Jui-Tse Chang, Chien-Ti Chao, Run-Hong Gao*, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2025. Towards climate-resilient conservation: Integrating genetics and environmental factors in determining adaptive units of a xeric shrub. Global Ecology and Conservation 57: e03417; doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03417 (SCI, IF = 3.4, Rank: 14/73, 19.18%, Category: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION) [link]
Jiang, Hong†, Jui-Tse Chang†, Pei-Chun Liao*, Yung-I Lee*. 2025. Breaking the hybrid myth of Paphiopedilum wenshanense: Double bifurcated divergence followed by adaptive introgression formed a morphological intermediate. Molecular Ecology 34(2): e17613; doi: 10.1111/mec.17613 (SCI, IF= 3.9, Rank: 9/53, 16.98% 15.23%, Category: EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY) [link]
Yu, Chih-Chieh, Ko Mochizuki, Shuichi Nemoto, Szu-Wei Tsai, Pei-Chun Liao, Chien-Ti Chao*. 2024. Systematics of Anaphalis of Taiwan I: resurrection of A. nagsawae (Compositae: Gnaphalieae) with recognition of two varieties. Nordic Journal of Botany: e04416; doi: 10.1111/njb.04416 (SCI, IF = 1.0, Rank: 194/265, 73.21%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Sun, Pei-Wei, Chen Hsiao, Kurtis Jai-Chyi Pei, Yu-Hsiu Lin, Mei-Ting Chen, Po-Jen Chiang, Ling Wang, Dau-Jye Lu, Pei-Chun Liao, Yu-Ten Ju*. 2024. Unraveling the interplay between demography and landscape features in shaping connectivity and diversity: insights from the leopard cat on a subtropical island. Landscape Ecology 39: 99; doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-024-01894-0 (SCI, IF= 5.2, Rank: 25/171, 14.62%, Category: ECOLOGY) [link]
Sun, Pei-Wei, Jui-Tse Chang, Min-Xin Luo, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2024. Genomic insights into local adaptation and vulnerability of Quercus longinux to climate change. BMC Plant Biology 24: 279; doi: doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-04942-8 (SCI, IF = 5.3, Rank: 31/239, 12.97%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Chang, Jui-Tse†, Yu Zhang†, Elena Andronova†, Leonid V. Averyanov, Evgeniy G. Filippov, Takayuki Kawahara, Richard Shefferson, Joo-Hwan Kim, Rebecca C.-C. Hsu, Yu-Hsiu Cho, Min-Xin Luo, Pei-Chun Liao*, Yung-I Lee*. 2024. Middle Pleistocene climate change influences northward divergence and cold adaptation in an Asian lady's slipper orchid, Cypripedium macranthos Sw. (Orchidaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 205(2): 150-160; doi: doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae003 (SCI, IF = 2.4, Rank: 106/239, 44.35%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Chai, Min-Wei†, Hsin-Pei Lu†, Yi-Ting Tseng, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2024. Maintenance of species boundaries amid hybridization in two island gingers with similar ecological niches. Evolution 78(3): 526-538; doi: 10.1093/evolut/qpad233 (SCI, IF = 3.3, Rank: 59/171, 34.50%, Category: ECOLOGY) [link]
Chang, Jui-Tse, Koh Nakamura, Chien-Ti Chao, Min-Xin Luo, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2023. Ghost introgression facilitates genomic divergence of a sympatric cryptic lineage in Cycas revoluta. Ecology and Evolution 13: e10435; doi: 10.1002/ece3.10435 (SCI, IF = 2.6, Rank: 85/169, 50.30%, Category: ECOLOGY) [link]
Wu, Shu-Hong†,*, Min-Xin Luo†, Jui-Tse Chang, Ye Chen, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2023. Unravelling the dynamics of soil microbial communities under the environmental selection and range shift process in afforestation ecosystems. Science of The Total Environment 898: 165476; doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165476 (SCI, IF = 9.8, Rank: 26/274, 9.49%, Category: Environmental Sciences) [link]
He, Yi-Zhou, Pei-Chun Liao*, Yung-Ta Chang*. 2023. Enhancing patient-centred care in Taiwan's dental education system: Exploring the feasibility of doctor-patient communication education and training. Journal of Dental Sciences 18(4): 1830-1837; doi: 10.1016/j.jds.2023.07.006 (SCI, IF = 3.5, Rank: 26/91, 28.57%, Category: DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE) [link]
Yang, Yong-Zhi†, Jui-Tse Chang†, Hai-Xia Yan†, Run-Hong Gao†,*, Min-Xin Luo, Chien-Ti Chao, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2023. Turfgrass-dependent mycotrophic change enhances soil deterioration in dry, cold and high-alkali environments. Journal of Applied Microbiology 134(2): lxac084; doi: 10.1093/jambio/lxac084 (SCI, IF = 4.0, Rank: 55/156, 35.26%, Category: Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology) [link]
Li, Yi-Shao, Pei-Chun Liao, Chung-Te Chang, Shih-Ying Hwang* 2023. The contribution of epigenetics to evolutionary adaptation in Zingiber kawagoii Hayata (Zingiberaceae) endemic to Taiwan. Plants 12(7): 1558; doi: 10.3390/plants12071558 (SCI, IF = 4.5, Rank: 43/238, 18.07%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Yang, Yong-Zhi†, Min-Xin Luo†, Hai-Xia Yan†, Run-Hong Gao*, Jui-Tse Chang, Chien-Ti Chao, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2022. Physicochemical and biotic changes and the phylogenetic evenness of microbial community in soil subjected to phytoreclamation. Microbial Ecology 84: 1182-1194; doi: 10.1007/s00248-021-01890-w (SCI, IF = 3.6, Rank: 10/106, 9.43%, Category: MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY) [link]
Li, Yi-Shao, Pei-Chun Liao, Chung-Te Chang, Shih-Ying Hwang*. 2022. Pattern of adaptive divergence in Zingiber kawagoii Hayata (Zingiberaceae) along a narrow latitudinal range. Plants 11 (19): 2490; doi: 10.3390/plants11192490 (SCI, IF = 4.5, Rank: 43/238, 18.07%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Yang, Yong-Zhi†, Min-Xin Luo†, Li-Dong Pang†, Run-Hong Gao*, Jui-Tse Chang, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2022. Parallel adaptation prompted core-periphery divergence of Ammopiptanthus mongolicus. Frontiers in Plant Science 13:956374; doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.956374 (SCI, IF = 5.6, Rank: 27/238, 11.34%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Chai, Min-Wei†, Yi-Ting Tseng†, Hsin-Pei Lu, Min-Xin Luo, Jui-Tse Chang, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2022. Riding an escalator: upward range shift and patterns of genetic response to climate change in Acer caudatifolium. Diversity and Distributions 28(9): 1863-1874; doi: 10.1111/ddi.13588 (SCI, IF = 4.6, Rank: 11/64, 17.19%, Category: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION) [link]
Chang, Jui-Tse, Chien-Ti Chao, Koh Nakamura, Hsiao-Lei Liu, Min-Xin Luo, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2022. Divergence with gene flow and contrasting population size blur the species boundary in Cycas sect. Asiorientales, as inferred from morphology and RAD-seq data. Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 824158; doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.824158 (SCI, IF = 5.6, Rank: 27/238, 11.34%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Luo, Min-Xin, Yi-Ting Tseng, Jui-Tse Chang, Chien-Ti Chao, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2022. Different roles of introgression on the demographic change in two snakebark maples, Acer caudatifolium and A. morrisonense, with contrasted postglacial expansion routes. Plants 11: 644; doi: 10.3390/plants11050644 (SCI, IF = 4.5, Rank: 43/238, 18.07%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Luo, Min-Xin, Hsin-Pei Lu, Bing-Hong Huang, Chia-Lung Huang, Yu-Feng Hsu*, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2022. Local adaptation and migratory habits balance spatial-genetic structure between continental and insular chestnut tiger butterflies in East Asia. Molecular Ecology 31(6): 1864-1878; doi: 10.1111/mec.16362 (SCI, IF = 4.9, Rank: 46/315, 14.60%, Category: BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR ECOLOGY) [link]
Yu, Tao, Jian Gao*, Pei-Chun Liao, Jun-Qing Li, Wen-Bao Ma. 2022. Insights into comparative analyses and phylogenomic implications of Acer (Sapindaceae) inferred from complete chloroplast genomes. Frontiers in Genetics 12: 791628; doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.791628 (SCI, IF = 3.7, Rank: 59/171, 34.50%, Category: GENETICS & HEREDITY) [link]
Chao, Chien-Ti*, Chu-Chia Kuo, Jui-Tse Chang, Min-Wei Chai, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2021. Evolution of floral characters and biogeography of Heloniadeae (Melanthiaceae): an example of breeding system shifts with inflorescence change. Scientific Reports 11: 21494; doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-01049-0 (SCI, IF = 4.996, Rank: 19/73, 26.03%, Category: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES) [link]
Li, Yuejuan, Yuanye Zhang, Pei-Chun Liao, Tianrui Wang, Xuanying Wang, Saneyoshi Ueno, Fang K. Du*. 2021. Genetic, geographic, and climatic factors jointly shape leaf morphology of an alpine oak, Quercus aquifolioides Rehder & E.H. Wilson. Annals of Forest Science 78: 64; doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14579349 (SCI, IF = 3.775, Rank: 10/69, 14.49%, Category: FORESTRY) [link]
Luo, Min-Xin†, Hsin-Pei Lu†, Min-Wei Chai, Jui-Tse Chang, Pei-Chun Liao*, 2021. Environmental heterogeneity leads to spatial differences in genetic diversity and demographic structure of Acer caudatifolium. Plants 10(8): 1646; doi: 10.3390/plants10081646 (SCI, IF = 4.658, Rank: 39/238, 16.39%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Chang, Jui‐Tse†, Min‐Xin Luo†, Hsin-Pei Lu, Yi-Ting Tseng, Pei-Chun Liao*, 2021. Population genetics under the Massenerhebung effect: The influence of topography on the demography of Acer morrisonense. Journal of Biogeography 48(7): 1773-1787; doi: 10.1111/jbi.14113 (SCI, IF = 4.810, Rank: 9/48, 18.75%, Category: GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL) [link]
Tzeng, Tzuen-Rong J, Tzu-Yu Liu, Chiao-Wei Lin, Pei-En Chang, Pei-Xin Liao, Wen-Yuan Yang, Chih-Yuan Cheng, Pei-Chun Liao, Wen-Dee Chiang, Shih-Torng Ding, Yuan-Yu Lin*. 2021. Effects of dietary inclusion of dry Hydrastis canadensis on laying performance, egg quality, serum biochemical parameters and cecal microbiota in laying hens. Animals 11 (5): 1381; doi: 10.3390/ani11051381 (SCI, IF = 3.321, Rank: 16/144, 11.11%, Category: VETERINARY SCIENCES) [link]
Wang, Xuelin, Jinfu Liu*, Zhongsheng He*, Cong Xing, Jing Zhu, Xinguang Gu, Yiqi Lan, Zeyan Wu, Pei-Chun Liao, Dehuang Zhu. 2021. Forest gaps mediate the structure and function of the soil microbial community in a Castanopsis kawakamii forest. Ecological Indicators 122: 107288 ; doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107288 (SCI, IF = 6.263, Rank: 67/279, 24.01%, Category: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES) [link]
Yang, Yong-Zhi†, Rong Zhang†, Run-Hong Gao*,†, Min-Wei Chai, Min-Xin Luo, Bing-Hong Huang, Pei-Chun Liao*, 2021. Heterocarpy diversifies diaspore propagation of the desert shrub Ammopiptanthus mongolicus. Plant Species Biology 36(2): 198-207; doi: 10.1111/1442-1984.12308 (SCI, IF = 1.821, Rank: 136/238, 57.14%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Wu, Shu-Hong*,†, Chien-Ti Chao†, Bing-Hong Huang, Min-Xin Luo, Xiang-Guang Duan, Pei-Chun Liao*, 2020. Environmental disturbance in natural forest and the effect of afforestation methods on timber volume increment in Pinus sylvestris L. var. mongolica Litv. Global Ecology and Conservation 24: e01311; doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01311 (SCI, IF = 2.526, Rank: 16/59, 27.12%, Category: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION) [link]
Gao, Jian, Pei-Chun Liao*, Bing-Hong Huang, Tao Yu, Yu-Yang Zhang, Jun-Qing Li*. 2020. Historical biogeography of Acer L. (Sapindaceae): Genetic evidence for Out-of-Asia hypothesis with multiple dispersals to North America and Europe. Scientific Reports 10: 21178; doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-78145-0 (SCI, IF = 4.380, Rank: 17/72, 23.61%, Category: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES) [link]
Jiang, Hong, Ji-Jun Kong, Hsin-Chun Chen, Zhen-Yong Xiang, Wei-Ping Zhang, Zhou-Dong Han, Pei-Chun Liao, Yung-I Lee*. 2020. Cypripedium subtropicum (Orchidaceae) employs aphid colony mimicry to attract hoverfly (Syrphidae) pollinators. New Phytologist 227(4): 1213-1221; doi:10.1111/nph.16623 (SCI, IF = 10.152, Rank: 7/235, 2.98%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Yu, Tao, Jian Gao, Bing-Hong Huang, Buddhi Dayananda, Wen-Bao Ma, Yu-Yang Zhang, Pei-Chun Liao*, Jun-Qing Li*. 2020. Comparative plastome analyses and phylogenetic applications of Acer section Platanoidea. Forests 11(4): 462; doi: 10.3390/f11040462 (SCI, IF = 2.634, Rank: 13/67, 19.40%, Category: FORESTRY) [link]
Tsai, Chi-Chu†, Pei-Chun Liao†, Ya-Zhu Ko†, Chih-Hsiung Chen, Yu-Chung Chiang*. 2020. Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of Paphiopedilum Pfitzer (Orchidaceae) based on nuclear and plastid DNA. Frontiers in Plant Science 11:126; doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00126 (SCI, IF = 5.754, Rank: 17/235, 7.23%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Yang, Yong-Zhi†, Run-Hong Gao†,*, Min-Xin Luo, Bing-Hong Huang, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2020. Tissue-specific bioaccumulation of heavy metals in Ammopiptanthus mongolicus, the only evergreen shrub in the desert of Northwest China. Taiwania 65(2): 140-148; doi: 10.6165/tai.2020.65.140 (SCI, IF = 0.925, Rank: 195/235, 82.98%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Chao, Chien-Ti*, Bing-Hong Huang, Jui-Tse Chang, Pei-Chun Liao. 2020. Taxonomic notes on Scutellaria taipeiensis (Lamiaceae) from morphological and molecular data. PhytoKeys 140:33-45; doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.140.48578 (SCI, IF = 1.635, Rank: 141/235, 60.00%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Jin, Wei-Yin†, Hai-Wen Li†, Ran Wei, Bing-Hong Huang, Bing Liu, Tian-Tian Sun, David J. Mabberley, Pei-Chun Liao*, Yong Yang*. 2019. New insights into biogeographic disjunctions between Taiwan and the Eastern Himalayas: the case of Prinsepia (Rosaceae). Taxon 69: 278-289; doi:10.1002/tax.12209 (SCI, IF = 2.817, Rank: 55/234, 23.50%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Yu, Tao, Bing-Hong Huang, Yuyang Zhang, Pei-Chun Liao*, Jun-Qing Li*. 2019. Chloroplast genome of an extremely endangered conifer Thuja sutchuenensis Franch.: gene organization, comparative and phylogenetic analysis. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 26: 409-418. DOI :10.1007/s12298-019-00736-7 (SCI, IF = 2.391, Rank: 99/235, 42.13%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Tian, Cheng, Pei-Chun Liao, Yu-Yang Zhang, Zhengxiao Liu, Junqing Li*, Bing Yu, Qing Li, Buddhi Dayananda. 2019. Impacts of livestock grazing, topography and vegetation on distribution of wildlife in Wanglang National Nature Reserve, China. Global Ecology and Conservation 20: e00726; doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00726 (SCI, IF = 2.751, Rank: 16/58, 27.59%, Category: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION) [link]
Jiang, Shan†, Min-Xin Luo†, Run-Hong Gao†,*, Wei Zhang, Yong-Zhi Yang, Ying-Jie Li, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2019. Isolation-by-environment as a driver of genetic differentiation among populations of the only broad-leaved evergreen shrub Ammopiptanthus mongolicus in Asian temperate deserts. Scientific Reports 9: 12008; doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48472-y (SCI, IF = 4.011, Rank: 15/69, 21.74%, Category: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES) [link]
Lee, Yung-I, Sheng-Kun Yu, Pei-Chun Liao, Kuo-Hsiung Wang, Tsan-Piao Lin*. 2019. Newly discovered native orchids of Taiwan (XIV). Taiwania 64(4): 339-346 (SCI); doi: 10.6165/tai.2019.64.339 (SCI, IF = 0.602, Rank: 204/228, 89.47%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Tseng, Yi-Ting, Min-Xin Luo, Bing-Hong Huang, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2019. Development of transferable expressed sequence tag-simple sequence repeat (EST-SSR) markers for delimitating two recently diverged gingers endemic to Taiwan. Taiwania 64(2): 209-216; doi: 10.6165/tai.2019.64.209 (SCI, IF = 0.602, Rank: 204/228, 89.47%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Luo, Min-Xin, Meng-Yuan Huang, Chih-Kai Yang, Yi-Zhou He, Bing-Hong Huang, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2019. Deviation from the Brownian motion expectation implies episodic adaptive divergences in traits of Lithocarpus species in Taiwan. Taiwania 64(2): 202-208; doi: 10.6165/tai.2019.64.202 (SCI, IF = 0.602, Rank: 204/228, 89.47%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Chang, Jui-Tse, Bing-Hong Huang, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2019. Genetic evidence of the southward founder speciation of Cycas taitungensis from ancestral C. revoluta along the Ryukyu Archipelagos. Conservation Genetics 20(5): 1045-1056; doi: 10.1007/s10592-019-01193-1 (SCI, IF = 2.283, Rank: 23/58, 39.66%, Category: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION) [link]
Wu, Shu-Hong*, Bing-Hong Huang, Jian Gao, Siqi Wang, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2019. The effects of afforestation on soil bacterial communities in temperate grassland are modulated by soil chemical properties. PeerJ 7: e6147; doi: https://peerj.com/articles/6147/ (SCI, IF = 2.118, Rank: 19/64, 29.69%, Category: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES) [link]
Yang, Chih-Kai, Yu-Chung Chiang, Bing-Hong Huang, Li-Ping Ju, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2018. Nuclear and chloroplast DNA phylogeography suggests an Early Miocene southward expansion of Lithocarpus (Fagaceae) on the Asian continent and islands. Botanical Studies 59:27; doi: 10.1186/s40529-018-0244-8 (SCI, IF = 1.796, Rank: 95/228, 41.67%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Huang, Bing-Hong, Yuan-Chien Lin, Chih-Wei Huang, Hsin-Pei Lu, Min-Xin Luo, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2018. Differential genetic responses to the stress revealed the mutation-order adaptive divergence between two sympatric ginger species. BMC Genomics 19:692; doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-5081-3 (SCI, IF = 3.501, Rank: 48/162, 29.63%, Category: BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY) [link]
Yang, Chih-Kai, Bing-Hong Huang, Shao-Wei Ho, Meng-Yuan Huang, Jenn-Che Wang, Jian Gao, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2018. Molecular genetic and biochemical evidence for adaptive evolution of leaf abaxial epicuticular wax crystals in the genus Lithocarpus (Fagaceae). BMC Plant Biology 18:196; doi: 10.1186/s12870-018-1420-4 (SCI, IF = 3.670, Rank: 30/228, 13.16%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Chiang, Yu-Chung, Bing-Hong Huang, Nan Li, Yi-Qing Gong, Hsien-Hui Shen, Shong Huang, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2018. Multilocus genome evidence for a paraphyletic relationship and past interspecific gene flow between species of Cycas Section Asiorientales. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden: 117: 230-249 [link]
Liao, Pei-Chun, Li-Ping Ju, Ya-Zhu Ko, Mei-Hui Chen, Yu-Pin Cheng, Yu-Chung Chiang*. 2018. Using the genetic variation of Cycas taitungensis, an endangered island cycad, to evaluate ex situ conservation strategies. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden: 205-229 [link]
Guo, Wuxia, Ying Liu, Wei Lun Ng, Pei-Chun Liao, Bing-Hong Huang, Weixi Li, Chunmei Li,Xianggang Shi, Yelin Huang*. 2018. Comparative transcriptome analysis of the invasive weed Mikania micrantha with its native congeners provides insights into genetic basis underlying successful invasion. BMC Genomics 19:392; doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-4784-9 (SCI, IF = 3.501, Rank: 48/162, 29.63%, Category: BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY) [link]
Wu, Shu-Hong, Bing-Hong Huang, Chia-Lung Huang, Gang Li, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2018. The aboveground vegetation type and underground soil property mediate the divergence of soil microbiomes and the biological interactions. Microbial Ecology 75(2):434-446; doi: 10.1007/s00248-017-1050-7 (SCI, IF = 3.611, Rank: 7/108, 6.48% Category: MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY) [link]
Huang, Bing-Hong, Chun-Wen Chang, Chih Wei Huang, Jian Gao, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2018. Composition and functional specialists of the gut microbiota of frogs reflect habitat differences and agricultural activity. Frontiers in Microbiology 8: 2670; doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02670 (SCI, IF = 4.259, Rank: 32/133, 24.06%, Category: MICROBIOLOGY) [link]
Ko, Ya-Zhu, Huei-Chuan Shih, Chi-Chu Tsai, Hsing-Hua Ho, Pei-Chun Liao*, Yu-Chung Chiang* 2017. Screening transferable microsatellite markers across Genus Phalaenopsis (Orchidaceae). Botanical Studies 58:48; doi: 10.1186/s40529-017-0200-z (SCI, IF = 1.411, Rank: 113/222, 50.90%, Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Gao, Jian, Bing-Hong Huang, Yu-Ting Wan, JenYu Chang, Jun-Qing Li, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2017. Functional divergence and intron variability during evolution of angiosperm TERMINAL FLOWER1 (TFL1) genes. Scientific Reports 7: 14830; doi:10.1038/s41598-017-13645-0 (SCI, IF = 4.259, Rank: 10/64, 15.63% Category: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES) [link]
Tsai, Chi-Chu†, Yu-Jen Wu†, Chiou-Rong Sheue†, Pei-Chun Liao†, Ying-Hao Chen, Shu-Ju Li, Jian-Wei Liu, Han-Tsung Chang, Wen-Lin Liu, Ya-Zhu Ko, Yu-Chung Chiang*. 2017. Molecular basis underlying leaf variegation of a moth orchid mutant (Phalaenopsis aphrodite subsp. formosana). Frontiers in Plant Science 8:1333; doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01333 (SCI, IF = 4.298, Rank: 20/211, 9.48% Category: PLANT SCIENCES) († Equal contribution) [link]
Huang, Bing-Hong, Chih-Wei Huang, Chia-Lung Huang, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2017. Continuation of the genetic divergence of ecological speciation by spatial environmental heterogeneity in island endemic plants. Scientific Reports 7: 5465; doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-05900-1 (SCI, IF = 4.259, Rank: 10/64, 15.63% Category: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES) [link]
Gao, Jian, Pei-Chun Liao*, Wan-Heng Meng, Fang K. Du, Jun-Qing Li*. 2017. Application of DNA barcodes for testing hypotheses on the role of trait conservatism and adaptive plasticity in Acer L. section Palmata Pax (Sapindaceae). Brazilian Journal of Botany 40(4): 993-1005; doi: 10.1007/s40415-017-0404-1 (SCI, IF = 0.797, Rank: 156/211, 73.93% Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Chen, Jui-Hung, Chun-Lin Huang, Yu-Long Lai, Chung-Te Chang, Pei-Chun Liao, Shih-Ying Hwang*. Chih-Wen Sun*. 2017. Postglacial range expansion and the role of ecological factors in driving adaptive evolution of Musa basjoo var. formosana. Scientific Reports 7: 5341; doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-05256-6 (SCI, IF = 4.259, Rank: 10/64, 15.63% Category: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES) [link]
Hsiung, Huan-Yi, Bing-Hong Huang, Jui-Tse Chang, Yao-Moan Huang, Chih-Wei Huang, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2017. Local climate heterogeneity shapes population genetic structure of two undifferentiated insular Scutellaria species. Frontiers in Plant Science 8:159; doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00159 (SCI, IF = 4.298, Rank: 20/211, 9.48% Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Huang, Bing-Hong, Yi-Wen Chen, Chia-Lung Huang, Jian Gao, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2016. Imbalanced positive selection maintains the functional divergence of duplicated DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL 4-REDUCTASE genes. Scientific Reports 6: 39031; doi: 10.1038/srep39031 (SCI, IF = 4.259, Rank: 10/64, 15.63% Category: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES) [link]
Huang, Bing-Hong, Yi-Wen Chen, Chia-Lung Huang, Jian Gao, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2016. Diversifying selection of the anthocyanin biosynthetic downstream gene UFGT accelerates floral diversity of island Scutellaria species. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16:191; doi: 10.1186/s12862-016-0759-0 (SCI, IF = 3.221, Rank: 17/48, 35.42% Category: EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY) [link]
Huang, Chun-Lin, Jui-Hung Chen, Chung-Te Chang, Jeng-Der Chung, Pei-Chun Liao, Jenn-Che Wang, Shih-Ying Hwang*. 2016. Disentangling the effects of isolation-by-distance and isolation-by-environment on genetic differentiation among Rhododendron lineages in the subgenus Tsutsusi. Tree Genetics & Genomes 12:53; doi: 10.1007/s11295-016-1010-2 (SCI, IF = 1.624, Rank: 8/36, 22.22% Category: HORTICULTURE) [link]
Chang, Chun-Wen, Bing-Hong Huang, Si-Min Lin, Chia-Lung Huang, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2016. Changes of diet and dominant intestinal microbes in farmland frogs. BMC Microbiology 16: 33; doi: 10.1186/s12866-016-0660-4 (SCI, IF = 2.644, Rank: 59/124, 47.58% Category: MICROBIOLOGY) [link]
Shen, Sin Ying, Wei Chun Chang, Hsiang Heng Yi, Shinn-Shong Tsai, Hung Jen Liu, Pei-Chun Liao, Kuo Pin Chuang. 2015. Development of a subunit vaccine containing recombinant chicken anemia virus VP1 and pigeon IFN-γ. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 167(3-4): 200-204; doi:10.1016/j.vetimm.2015.08.002 (SCI, IF = 1.535, Rank: 29/133, 21.80% Category: VETERINARY SCIENCES) [link]
Yang, Yong-Qiong, Bing-Hong Huang, Zhi-Xiang Yu, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2015. Inferences of demographic history and fine-scale landscape genetics in Cycas panzhihuaensis and implications for its conservation. Tree Genetics & Genomes 11:78; doi:10.1007/s11295-015-0894-6 (SCI, IF = 2.451, Rank: 2/33, 6.06% Category: HORTICULTURE) [link]
Liao, Pei-Chun, Kung-Kai Wang, Shinn-Shyong Tsai, Hung-Jen Liu, Bing-Hong Huang, Kuo-Pin Chuang*. 2015. Recurrent positive selection and heterogeneous codon usage bias events leading to coexistence of divergent pigeon circoviruses in Taiwan. Journal of General Virology 96(8): 2262-2273; doi: 10.1099/vir.0.000163 (SCI, IF = 3.183, Rank: 45/162, 27.78% Category: BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY) [link]
Huang, Bing-Hong, Yu Ruan, Jun-Qing Li, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2015. Applying effective population size estimates of Kandelia obovata Sheue, Liu & Yong to conservation and restoration management. Forests 6: 1439-1453; doi: 10.3390/f6051439 (SCI, IF = 1.449, Rank: 23/65, 35.38% Category: FORESTRY) [link]
Huang, Bing-Hong, Erli Pang, Yi-Wen Chen, Huifen Cao, Yu Ruan, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2015. Positive selection and functional divergence of R2R3-MYB paralogous genes expressed in inflorescence buds of Scutellaria species (Labiatae). International Journal of Molecular Sciences 16(3): 5900-5921; doi: 10.3390/ijms16035900 (SCI, IF = 2.862, Rank: 45/157, 26.66% Category: CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY) [link]
Huang, Bing-Hong, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2015. Tracing evolutionary relicts of positive selection on eight malaria-related immune genes in mammals. Innate Immunity 21(5): 463-476; doi: 10.1177/1753425914547744 (SCI, IF = 3.271, Rank: 35/119, 29.41% Category: MICROBIOLOGY) [link]
[This year I changed my job to my Alma Mater, National Taiwan Normal University.]
Chiang, Yu-Chung, Bing-Hong Huang, Chun-Wen Chang, Yu-Ting Wan, Shih-Jie Lai, Shong Huang, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2013. Asymmetric introgression in the horticultural living fossil Cycas Sect. Asiorientales using a genome-wide scanning approach. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 14(4): 8228-8251 (SCI, IF = 2.464, Rank: 48/152, 31.58% Category: CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY) [link]
Ruan, Yu, Bing-Hong Huang, Shih-Jie Lai, Yu-Ting Wan, Jun-Qing Li, Shong Huang, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2013. Population genetic structure, local adaptation, and conservation genetics of Kandelia obovata. Tree Genetics & Genomes 9(4): 913-925 (SCI, IF = 2.397, Rank: 6/62, 9.68% Category: FORESTRY) [link]
Chiang, Yu-Chung, Bing-Hong Huang, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2012. Diversification, biogeographic pattern, and demographic history of Taiwanese Scutellaria species inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA. PLoS ONE 7(11): e50844 (SCI, IF = 3.730, Rank:7/56, 12.50% Category: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES) [link]
Liao, Pei-Chun, Chi-Chu Tsai, Chang-Hong Chou, Yu-Chung Chiang*. 2012. Introgression between cultivars and wild populations of Momordica charantia L. (Cucurbitaceae) in Taiwan. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 13(5): 6469-6491. (SCI, IF = 2.464, Rank: 48/152, 31.58% Category: CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY) [link]
Liao, Pei-Chun, Jen-Der Chung, Chia-Ling Chen, Chiun-Jr Hwang, Ya-Hsiu Sung, Tung-Ta Chang, Shih-Ying Hwang*. 2012. Natural variation, functional divergence, and local adaptation of nucleotide binding site sequences in Rhododendron (Ericaceae). Tree Genetics & Genomes 8(4): 879-893 (SCI, IF = 2.397, Rank: 6/62, 9.68% Category: FORESTRY) [link]
Chiang, Yu-Chung, Bing-Hong Huang, Huei-Chuan Shih, Tsai-Wen Hsu, Chun-Wen Chang, Pei-Chun Liao*. 2012. Characterization of 24 transferable microsatellite loci in four skullcaps (Scutellaria, Labiatae). American Journal of Botany 99(1): e24-e27 (SCI, IF = 2.586, Rank: 47/197, 23.86% Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Liao, Pei-Chun, Kuan-Hung Lin, Chin-Ling Ko, Shih-Ying Hwang*. 2011. Molecular evolution of a family of resistance gene analogs of nucleotide-binding site sequences in Solanum lycopersicum. Genetica 139(10): 1229-1240 (SCI, IF = 2.148, Rank: 100/158, 63.29% Category: GENETICS & HEREDITY) [link]
Liao, Pei-Chun, Shih-Ying Hwang, Shong Huang, Yu-Chung Chiang*, Jenn-Che Wang*. 2011. Contrasting demographic patterns of Ceriops tagal (Rhizophoraceae) populations in the South China Sea. Australian Journal of Botany 59(6): 523-532 (SCI, IF = 1.111, Rank: 107/190, 56.32% Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Liao, Pei-Chun, Dai-Chang Kuo, Chia-Chia Lin, Kuo-Chieh Ho, Tsan-Piao Lin*, Shih-Ying Hwang*. 2010. Historical spatial range expansion and a very recent bottleneck of Cinnamomum kanehirae Hay. (Lauraceae) in Taiwan inferred from nuclear genes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 124. (SCI, IF = 3.521, Rank: 48/158, 30.38% Category: GENETICS & HEREDITY) [link]
Liao, Pei-Chun, Tsan-Piao Lin, Shih-Ying Hwang*. 2010. Reexamination of the pattern of geographical disjunction of Chamaecyparis (Cupressaceae) in North America and East Asia. Botanical Studies 51: 511-520 (SCI, IF = 1.103, Rank: 108/190, 56.84% Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Liao, Pei-Chun, Huei-Chuan Shih, Tsair-Bor Yen, Sheng-You Lu, Yu-Pin Cheng*, Yu-Chung Chiang*. 2010. Molecular evaluation of interspecific hybrids between Acer albopurpurascens and A. buergerianum var. formosanum. Botanical Studies 51: 413-420 (SCI, IF = 1.103, Rank: 108/190, 56.84% Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
Liao, Pei-Chun, Tsan-Piao Lin, Wei-Chieh Lan, Jeng-Der Chung, Shih-Ying Hwang*. 2010. Duplication of the class I cytosolic small heat shock protein gene and potential functional divergence revealed by sequence variations flanking the α-crystallin domain in the genus Rhododendron (Ericaceae). Annals of Botany 105(1): 57-69. (SCI, IF = 4.030, Rank: 19/190, 10% Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
[This year, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Shih-Ying Hwang's laboratory, in which I benefited a lot from Dr. Hwang. After finishing my postdoctoral work, I went to National Pingtung University of Science and Technology.]
Liao, Pei-Chun, Xun Gong, Huei-Chuan Shih, Yu-Chung Chiang*. 2009. Isolation and characterization of eleven polymorphic microsatellite loci from a rare species Piper polysyphonum (Piperaceae). Conservation Genetics 10(6): 1911-1914. (SCI, IF = 1.610, Rank: 17/37, 45.95% Category: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION) [link]
Liao, Pei-Chun, Yu-Chung Chiang*, Jenn-Che Wang*, Shong Huang. 2009. Gene flow of Ceriops tagal (Rhizophoraceae) across the Kra Isthmus in the Thai Malay Peninsula. Botanical Studies 50(2): 193-204. (SCI, IF = 1.103, Rank: 108/190, 56.84% Category: PLANT SCIENCES) [link]
[I got my doctorate this year.]
Liao, Pei-Chun, Bing-Hong Huang, Shong Huang*. 2007. Microbial community composition of the Danshui River estuary of northern Taiwan and the practicality of the phylogenetic method in microbial barcoding. Microbial Ecology 54(3): 497-507. (SCI, IF=2.912, Rank: 9/97, 9.28%, Category: MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY) [link]
Liao, Pei-Chun, Sonjai Havanond, Shong Huang*. 2007. Phylogeography of Ceriops tagal (Rhizophoraceae) in Southeast Asia: the land barrier of the Malay Peninsula has caused population differentiation between the Indian Ocean and South China Sea. Conservation Genetics 8(1): 89-98. (SCI, IF = 1.610, Rank: 17/37, 45.95% Category: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION) [link]
蔡麗琴、廖培鈞、謝幸媚、李俊億、王震哲*. 2007. 以葉綠體基因組之非密碼區及核核糖體DNA之序列探討台灣地區鬼針草(Bidens pilosa L.)之遺傳多樣性. 生物學報42(2): 89-98. [link]