| The genetic architecture of nodal root number in maize Z Zhang, X Zhang, Z Lin, J Wang, M Xu, J Lai, J Yu, Z Lin The Plant Journal 93 (6), 1032-1044, 2018 | 86 | 2018 |
| A Large Transposon Insertion in the stiff1 Promoter Increases Stalk Strength in Maize Z Zhang, X Zhang, Z Lin, J Wang, H Liu, L Zhou, S Zhong, Y Li, C Zhu, ... The Plant Cell 32 (1), 152-165, 2020 | 79 | 2020 |
| krn1, a major quantitative trait locus for kernel row number in maize J Wang, Z Lin, X Zhang, H Liu, L Zhou, S Zhong, Y Li, C Zhu, Z Lin New Phytologist 223 (3), 1634-1646, 2019 | 73 | 2019 |
| Parallel Domestication of the Heading Date 1 Gene in Cereals H Liu, H Liu, L Zhou, Z Zhang, X Zhang, M Wang, H Li, Z Lin Molecular biology and evolution 32 (10), 2726-2737, 2015 | 72 | 2015 |
| The tin1 gene retains the function of promoting tillering in maize X Zhang, Z Lin, J Wang, H Liu, L Zhou, S Zhong, Y Li, C Zhu, J Liu, Z Lin Nature Communications 10 (1), 5608, 2019 | 70 | 2019 |
| A spatially resolved multi-omic single-cell atlas of soybean development X Zhang, Z Luo, AP Marand, H Yan, H Jang, S Bang, JP Mendieta, ... Cell 188 (2), 550-567. e19, 2025 | 67 | 2025 |
| A new allele of the Brachytic2 gene in maize can efficiently modify plant architecture L Wei, X Zhang, Z Zhang, H Liu, Z Lin Heredity 121 (1), 75-86, 2018 | 59 | 2018 |
| The genetic architecture of cell type–specific cis regulation in maize AP Marand, L Jiang, F Gomez-Cano, MAA Minow, X Zhang, JP Mendieta, ... Science 388 (6744), eads6601, 2025 | 28 | 2025 |
| scifi-ATAC-seq: massive-scale single-cell chromatin accessibility sequencing using combinatorial fluidic indexing X Zhang, AP Marand, H Yan, RJ Schmitz Genome Biology 25 (1), 90, 2024 | 25 | 2024 |
| Quality control and evaluation of plant epigenomics data RJ Schmitz, AP Marand, X Zhang, RA Mosher, F Turck, X Chen, MJ Axtell, ... The Plant Cell 34 (1), 503-513, 2022 | 25 | 2022 |
| QTL mapping in a maize F2 population using Genotyping-by-Sequencing and a modified fine-mapping strategy J Wang, X Zhang, Z Lin Plant Science 276, 171-180, 2018 | 25 | 2018 |
| Investigating the cis-regulatory basis of C3 and C4 photosynthesis in grasses at single-cell resolution JP Mendieta, X Tu, D Jiang, H Yan, X Zhang, AP Marand, S Zhong, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (40), e2402781121, 2024 | 23 | 2024 |
| Sequencing Illumina libraries at high accuracy on the ONT MinION using R2C2 A Zee, DZQ Deng, M Adams, KD Schimke, R Corbett-Detig, SL Russell, ... Genome research 32 (11-12), 2092-2106, 2022 | 18 | 2022 |
| Profiling single-cell chromatin accessibility in plants AP Marand, X Zhang, J Nelson, PAB Dos Reis, RJ Schmitz STAR protocols 2 (3), 100737, 2021 | 18 | 2021 |
| Leveraging histone modifications to improve genome annotations JP Mendieta, AP Marand, WA Ricci, X Zhang, RJ Schmitz G3 11 (10), jkab263, 2021 | 15 | 2021 |
| Evolution of plant cell-type-specific cis-regulatory elements H Yan, JP Mendieta, X Zhang, AP Marand, Y Liang, Z Luo, MAA Minow, ... bioRxiv, 2024.01. 08.574753, 2024 | 14 | 2024 |
| WUSCHEL-dependent chromatin regulation in maize inflorescence development at single-cell resolution S Bang, X Zhang, J Gregory, Z Luo, Z Chen, MAA Minow, M Galli, ... Genome biology 26 (1), 329, 2025 | 8 | 2025 |
| Using single-cell genomics to explore transcriptional divergence and cis-regulatory dynamics of duplicated genes X Li, X Zhang, RJ Schmitz bioRxiv, 2025.05. 07.652760, 2025 | 3 | 2025 |
| Transcription factor binding site divergence across maize inbred lines drives transcriptional and phenotypic variation M Galli, Z Chen, T Ghandour, A Chaudhry, J Gregory, M Li, X Zhang, ... bioRxiv, 2024 | 2 | 2024 |
| Massive-scale single-cell chromatin accessibility sequencing using combinatorial fluidic indexing X Zhang, AP Marand, H Yan, RJ Schmitz BioRxiv, 2023.09. 17.558155, 2024 | | 2024 |
