一、基本信息
廖毅，博士，华南农业大学园艺学院首聘教授。2015年毕业于中国科学院大学，获遗传学博士学位。此后先后在中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所、美国德州大学奥斯汀分校、加州大学尔湾分校和德州农工大学从事博士后与科研工作。2023年3月加入华南农业大学园艺学院。主要从事蔬菜基因组学、群体遗传学和生物信息学研究。以第一作者或通讯作者在The Plant Cell、Genome Research、Nature Communications、Molecular Biology and Evolution、Genome Biology、Horticulture Research等期刊发表论文10余篇，合作成果发表于Science、Cell、Nature Genetics、PNAS等知名期刊。主持国家自然科学基金面上项目、广东省自然科学基金面上项目、国家优博专项和广东省青年人才项目等。邮箱：yiliao@scau.edu.cn
二、学习与工作经历
2003 -- 2007湖南农业大学园艺学（农学）学士
2007 -- 2009华南农业大学园艺学（农学）硕士
2009 -- 2015中国科学院大学遗传学（理学）博士
2015 -- 2017中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所科研助理
2017 -- 2018美国德州大学奥斯汀分校博士后
2018 -- 2022美国加州大学尔湾分校博士后、岗位科学家
2022 -- 2023美国德州农工大学岗位科学家
2023--现在华南农业大学园艺学院教授（首聘）
三、研究方向
研究领域主要包括植物基因组学、生物信息学、蔬菜群体遗传学与生物育种，重点关注蔬菜品质与适应性形成的遗传基础和基因组学机制。
四、课程教学
担任园艺学院本科生课程《遗传学》、《遗传学实验》、《科技前沿与行业发展（园艺）》及博士研究生课程《英文科技论文写作与学术交流（全英）》教学负责人，同时承担本科生课程《园艺植物生物技术》、《园艺植物种子生产原理与技术》以及研究生课程《园艺学研究进展》、《高级蔬菜育种学》等课程的教学工作。
五、科研项目
（1）华南农业大学人才引进项目2023 -- 2027（主持）
（2）广东省自然科学基金面上项目2024 -- 2026（主持）
（3）广东省青年人才项目2024 -- 2026 (主持)
（4）国家优博专项2024 -- 2026 （主持）
（5）国家自然科学基金面上项目2026 -- 2029（主持）
六、代表性学术论文（*代表同等贡献，†代表通讯作者）
1.Penglong Wan*, Ming Hu*, Hongyu Jin*, Shuyuan Tang*, Min Zhong, Jiaowen Cheng, Zhangsheng Zhu, Bihao Cao, Guoju Chen, Changming Chen, Chengjie Chen†, Jianwen Song†, and Yi Liao†. Comparative centromere genomics reveals evolutionary divergence in Solanaceae genomes. Genome Biology, (Accept) (2026).
2. Qian You*,†, Ze Peng*, Zhiliang Li*, Yaolan Jiang*, Penglong Wan*, Yahui Zhao, Wei Zhao, Songyuan Zhang, Hefen Cheng, Chengjie Chen, Zhou Heng, Ming Hu, Yongfeng Zhou, Brandon S. Gaut, Baojuan Sun†, Tao Li†, and Yi Liao†. Sub-pangenome analysis reveals structural variants associated with fruit color and bacterial wilt resistance in eggplant. Nature communications,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-69764-8 (2026).
3. Ming Hu*, Penglong Wan*, Chengjie Chen* , Shuyuan Tang, Jiahao Chen, Liang Wang, Mahul Chakraborty, Yongfeng Zhou, Jinfeng Chen, Brandon S Gaut, J J Emerson†, and Yi Liao†. Accurate, scalable structural variant genotyping in complex genomes at population scales. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 42(8): msaf180 (2025).
4. Yahui Zhao*, Guangguang Li*, Zhangsheng Zhu, Ming Hu, Ding Jiang, Muxi Chen, Juantao Wang, Kexin Zhang, Yansong Zheng†, Yi Liao†, and Changming Chen†. Genomic selection and genetic architecture of agronomic traits during modern flowering Chinese cabbage breeding. Horticulture Research, 12(2): uhae299 (2025).
5. Weiyao Chen*, Jinshuai Zhao*, Miaojin Lin*, Changyou Liu, Liqiang Xie, Lixia Wang, Yang Liu, Xiaoming Zhang†, Yi Liao†, and Jinfeng Chen†. Chromosome-level genomes of Bruchinae reveal the rapid evolution of sex chromosomes and sex-biased genes in seed beetles. Genomics Communications,2(1): e016 (2025).
6. Shuyuan Tang, Yanyang Liang, Fengqi Wu, Ya Wu, Jiawei Li, Lvna Lin, Junting Feng, Aiping Luan, You Wang, Chunxiang Xu, Jiabao Wang, Yongfeng Zhou, Rui Xia, Yi Liao, and Chengjie Chen†. HiMT: An integrative toolkit for assembling organelle genomes using HiFi reads. Plant Communications, 6(9): 101467 (2025).
7. Alejandra Samano, Naveen Kumar, Yi Liao, Farah Ishtiaq, and Mahul Chakraborty.Genome structural variants shape adaptive success of an invasive urban malaria vector Anopheles stephensi. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 42 (6): msaf140 (2025).
8. Liuying Fei, Rahat Sharif, Wanming Yan, Lin Chen, Yi Liao, Zhangsheng Zhu, Guoju Chen, and Changming Chen. Identification of CaMATE genes family in pepper and functional characterization of CaMATE27 in capsaicin accumulation. Plant Science, 359:112677 (2025).
9. Yiting Song, Yating Zhang, Xu Wang, Xikai Yu, Yi Liao, Hao Zhang, Linfeng Li, Yingping Wang, Bao Liu, and Wei Li. Telomere-to-telomere reference genome for Panax ginseng highlights the evolution of saponin biosynthesis. Horticulture research, 11 (6): uhae107 (2024).
10. Liuying Fei, Jiarong Liu, Yi Liao, Rahat Sharif, Feng Liu, Jianjun Lei, Guoju Chen, Zhangsheng Zhu, and Changming Chen. The CaABCG14 transporter gene regulates the capsaicin accumulation in Pepper septum. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 280: 136122 (2024).
11. Shuo Feng, Ling Zhou, Rahat Sharif, Weiping Diao, Jiali Liu, Xinxin Liu, Kunhao Chen, Guoju Chen, Bihao Cao, Zhangsheng Zhu, Yi Liao, Jianjun Lei, and Changming Chen. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15: 1447805 (2024).
12. Jinfeng Chen, Yang Liu, Minxuan Liu, Wenlei Guo, Yongqiang Wang, Qiang He, Weiyao Chen,Yi Liao, Wei Zhang, …, Ping Lu, Hui Zhi, Sha Tang, and Xianmin Diao. Pangenome analysis reveals genomic variations associated with domestication traits in broomcorn millet. Nature Genetics,55:2243–2254 (2023).
13. Guangguang Li, Ding Jiang, Juntao Wang, Yi Liao, Ting Zhang, Hua Zhang, Xiuchun Dai, Hailong Ren, Changming Chen, Yansong Zheng. A high-continuity genome assembly of Chinese flowering cabbage (Brassica rapa var. parachinensis) provides new insights into Brassica genome structure evolution. Plants, 12 (13): 2498 (2023).
14.Yi Liao*, Juntao Wang*, Zhangsheng Zhu, Yuanlong Liu, Jinfeng Chen, Yongfeng Zhou, Feng Liu, Jianjun Lei, Brandon S. Gaut, Bihao Cao, J.J. Emerson, and Changming Chen. The 3D architecture of the pepper genome and its relationship to function and evolution.Nature communications,13: 3479 (2022).
15. Yi Liao†,Xinwen Zhang, Mahul Chakraborty, and JJ Emerson†.Topologically associating domains and their role in the evolution of genome structure and function inDrosophila.Genome Research,31: 397-410 (2021).
16.Mahul Chakraborty, Ching-Ho Chang, Danielle Khost, Jeffrey Vedanayagam, Jeffrey R Adrion,Yi Liao, Kristi L Montooth, Colin D Meiklejohn, Amanda M Larracuente, and JJ Emerson.Evolution of genome structure in theDrosophila simulansspecies complex.Genome Research,31: 380-396 (2021).
17.Peng Qin, Hongwei Lu, Huilong Du, Hao Wang, Weilan Chen, Zhuo Chen, Qiang He, Shujun Ou, Hongyu Zhang, Xuanzhao Li, Xiuxiu Li, Yan Li,Yi Liao, …, Ning Jiang, Xuewei Chen, Chengzhi Liang, and Shigui Li.Pan-genome analysis of 33 genetically diverse rice accessions reveals hidden genomic variations.Cell,184: 3542–3558 (2021).
18.John P Rippe, Groves Dixon, Zachary L Fuller,Yi Liao, and Mikhail Matz.Environmental specialization and cryptic genetic divergence in two massive coral species from the Florida Keys Reef Tract.Molecular Ecology, 30: 3468–3484 (2021).
19.Yixuan Kou*,Yi Liao*, Tuomas Toivainen, Yuanda Lv, Xinmin Tian, JJ Emerson, Brandon S Gaut, and Yongfeng Zhou. Evolutionary genomics of structural variation in Asian rice (Oryza sativa) and its wild progenitor (O. rufipogon).Molecular Biology and Evolution, 37: 3507-3524 (2020).
20.Zachary L Fuller, Veronique JL Mocellin, Luke Morris, Neal Cantin, Jihanne Shepherd, Luke Sarre, Julie Peng,Yi Liao, Joseph Pickrell, Peter L Andolfatto, Mikhail V Matz, Line K Bay, and Molly Przeworski. Population genetics of the coralAcropora millepora: Towards a genomic predictor of bleaching.Science,369: eaba4674 (2020).
21.Shujun Ou, Weija Su,Yi Liao, Kapeel Chougule, Jireh RA Agda, Adam J Hellinga, Carlos Santiago Blanco Lugo, Tyler A Elliott, Doreen Ware, Thomas Peterson, Ning Jiang, Candice N Hirsch, and Matthew B Hufford. Benchmarking transposable element annotation methods for creation of a streamlined, comprehensive pipeline.Genome Biology,20: 275 (2019).
22. Yi Liao*, Xuemei Zhang*, Bo Li, Tieyan Liu, Jinfeng Chen, Zetao Bai, Meijiao Wang, Jinfeng Shi, Jason G Walling, Rod A Wing, Jiming Jiang, and Mingsheng Chen. Comparison ofOryza sativaandOryza brachyanthagenomes reveals selection-driven gene escape from the centromeric regions.The Plant Cell,30(8): 1729-1744 (2018).
23.Joshua C Stein, Yeisoo Yu, Dario Copetti, Derrick J Zwickl, Li Zhang, Chengjun Zhang, Kapeel Chougule, Dongying Gao, Aiko Iwata, Jose Luis Goicoechea, Sharon Wei, Jun Wang,Yi Liao, …, Mingsheng Chen, …, Manyuan Long, Doreen Ware, and Rod A Wing. Genomes of 13 domesticated and wild rice relatives highlight genetic conservation, turnover and innovation across the genusOryza.Nature Genetics,50(2): 285-296 (2018).
24. Groves Dixon,Yi Liao, Line K. Bay, and Mikhail V. Matz. Role of gene body methylation in acclimatization and adaptation in a basal metazoan.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,115(52): 13342-13346(2018).
25. Zetao Bai, Jinfeng Chen, Yi Liao, Meijiao Wang, Rong Liu, Song Ge, Rod A Wing, and Mingsheng Chen. The impact and origin of copy number variations in the Oryza species.BMC Genomics, 17: 261 (2016).
26. Jinfeng Chen 1, Quanfei Huang, Dongying Gao, Junyi Wang, Yongshan Lang, Tieyan Liu, Bo Li, Zetao Bai, Jose Luis Goicoechea, Chengzhi Liang, Chengbin Chen, Wenli Zhang, Shouhong Sun, Yi Liao, …, Rod A Wing, Jun Wang, and Mingsheng Chen. Whole-genome sequencing of Oryza brachyantha reveals mechanisms underlying Oryza genome evolution. Nature communications, 4: 1595 (2013).
27. Zhen-Yu Gao, Shan-Cen Zhao, Wei-Ming He, Long-Biao Guo, You-Lin Peng, Jin-Jin Wang, Xiao-Sen Guo, …, Da-Wei Xue, Yi Liao, Li Zhu, Ming-Sheng Chen, Jia-Yang Li, Shi-Hua Cheng, Geng-Yun Zhang, Jun Wang, and Qian Qian.Dissecting yield-associated loci in super hybrid rice by resequencing recombinant inbred lines and improving parental genome sequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110 (35): 14492-14497 (2013).
28.Yi Liao, Baojuan Sun, Guangwen Sun, Houcheng Liu, Zhiliang Li, Zhenxing Li, Guoping Wang, and Riyuan Chen. AFLP and SCAR markers associated with peel color in eggplant (Solanum melongena). Agricultural Sciences in China, 8(12): 1466-1474 (2009).
29.廖毅,孙保娟,孙光闻,刘厚诚,李植良,黎振兴,汪国平,陈日远.与茄子果皮颜色相关联的AFLP及SCAR标记.中国农业科学, 2009 (11)
30.廖毅,孙保娟,黎振兴,罗少波,陈日远,孙光闻,李植良.茄子及其近缘野生种遗传多样性及亲缘关系的AFLP分析.热带作物学报, 2009 (06)
31.廖毅,孙保娟,孙光闻,刘厚诚,陈日远.集群分离分析法在作物分子标记研究中的应用及问题分析.分子植物育种, 2009 (01)
