Dr. Wen-jia Yang

Researcher
Guiyang University, China

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Insect Molecular Biology from Southwest University, China

My URL
https://livedna.org/86.15733

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Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
Insecticide Toxicology
Plant Protection
Molecular Biology
Entomology

Selected Publications

  1. Yang, W.J., X.Y. Cai, K.K. Xu, Y. Cao, Y.L. Meng and C. Li, 2016. The complete mitochondrial genome of Stegobium paniceum (Coleoptera: Anobiidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 1: 815-816.
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  2. Yang, W.J., K.K. Xu, F. Shang, W. Dou and J.J. Wang, 2016. Identification and characterization of three juvenile hormone genes from Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae). Florida Entomol., 99: 648-657.
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  3. Xie, Y.F., J.Z. Niu, X.Z. Jiang, W.J. Yang and G.M. Shen et al., 2016. Influence of various stressors on the expression of core genes of the small interfering RNA pathway in the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis. Insect Sci. 10.1111/1744-7917.12311.
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  4. Yang, W.J., Y.B. Wu, L. Chen, K.K. Xu, Y.F. Xie and J.J. Wang, 2015. Two chitin biosynthesis pathway genes in Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera:Tephritidae): Molecular characteristics, expression patterns and roles in larval-pupal transition. J. Econ. Entomol., 108: 2125-2140.
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  5. Xu, K.K., W.J. Yang, Y. Tian, Y.B. Wu and J.J. Wang, 2015. Insulin signaling pathway in the oriental fruit fly: The role of insulin receptor substrate in ovarian development. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 216: 125-133.
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  6. Wu, Y.B., W.J. Yang, Y.F. Xie, K.K. Xu, Y. Tian, G.R. Yuan and J.J. Wang, 2015. Molecular characterization and functional analysis of BdFoxO gene in the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae). Gene, 578: 219-224.
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  7. Wei, D., H.M. Li, W.J. Yang, D.D. Wei, W. Dou, Y. Huang and J.J. Wang, 2015. Transcriptome profiling of the testis reveals genes involved in spermatogenesis and marker discovery in the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis. Insect Mol. Biol., 24: 41-57.
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  8. Cong, L., W.J. Yang, X.Z. Jiang, G.M. Shen, C. Ran and J.J. Wang, 2015. The essential role of vitellogenin receptor in ovary development and vitellogenin uptake in Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel). Int. J. Mol. Sci., 16: 18368-18383.
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  9. Yuan, G.R., W.Z. Shi, W.J. Yang, X.Z. Jiang, W. Dou and J.J. Wang, 2014. Molecular characteristics, mRNA expression and alternative splicing of a ryanodine receptor gene in the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel). PLoS ONE, Vol. 9. 10.1371/journal.pone.0095199.
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  10. Yang, W.J., G.R. Yuan, L. Cong, Y.F. Xie and J.J. Wang, 2014. De novo cloning and annotation of genes associated with immunity, detoxification and energy metabolism from the fat body of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis. PLoS ONE, Vol. 9. 10.1371/journal.pone.0094470.
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  11. Xia, W.K., T.B. Ding, J.Z. Niu, C.Y. Liao and R. Zhong et al., 2014. Exposure to diflubenzuron results in an up-regulation of a chitin synthase 1 gene in citrus red mite, Panonychus citri (Acari: Tetranychidae). Int. J. Mol. Sci., 15: 3711-3728.
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  12. Yang, W.J., K.K. Xu, R.Y. Zhang, W. Dou and J.J. Wang, 2013. Transcriptional regulation of a chitinase gene by 20-hydroxyecdysone and starvation in the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 14: 20048-20063.
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  13. Yang, W.J., K.K. Xu, L. Cong and J.J. Wang, 2013. Identification, mRNA expression and functional analysis of chitin synthase 1 gene and its two alternative splicing variants in oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis. Int. J. Biol. Sci., 9: 331-342.
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  14. Xie, Y.F., W.J. Yang, W. Dou and J.J. Wang, 2013. Characterization of the cDNA encoding membrane-bound trehalase, its expression and enzyme activity in Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae). Florida Entomol., 96: 1233-1242.
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  15. Jiang, X.Z., D.D. Wei, W.J. Yang, W. Dou, S.C. Chen and J.J. Wang, 2013. Molecular characterization and alternative splicing of a sodium channel and DSC1 ortholog genes in Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae). Int. J. Biol. Sci., 9: 989-1003.
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  16. Chen, L., W.J. Yang, L. Cong, K.K. Xu and J.J. Wang, 2013. Molecular cloning, characterization and mRNA expression of a chitin synthase 2 gene from the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae). Int. J. Mol. Sci., 14: 17055-17072.
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  17. Yang, W.J., Y. Tian, L. Cong, W. Dou and J.J. Wang, 2012. cDNA cloning and expression analysis of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha6 subunit in the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae). Florida Entomol., 95: 253-260.
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  18. Cong, L., W.J. Yang, G.M. Shen, W. Dou and J.J. Wang, 2012. Molecular characterization of the cDNA encoding ecdysone receptor isoform B1 and its expression in the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae). Florida Entomol., 95: 650-658.
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  19. Shen, G.M., W. Dou, J.Z. Niu, H.B. Jiang and W.J. Yang et al., 2011. Transcriptome analysis of the oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis). PLoS ONE, Vol. 6. 10.1371/journal.pone.0029127.
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  20. Jia, F.X., M.S. Yang, W.J. Yang and J.J. Wang, 2009. Influence of continuous high temperature conditions on wolbachia infection frequency and the fitness of Liposcelis tricolor (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae). Environ. Entomol., 38: 1365-1372.
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